Imam ash-Shafi’i {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “When some of the people of desires came to Imam Malik ibn Anas, he said: “As for me, then I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and my Deen. And as for you, then you are in doubt, so go to a doubter and argue …
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Imam an-Nawawi رحمه الله said: “Although the Sahaba and the elders of the first generation were superior to later day jurists {Fuqaha} and Mujtahid, yet they did not get an opportunity to compile and arrange their knowledge and its principles and branches. So, it is not proper to follow them blindly because none of their …
5. Jumu’a 5.1 Ghusl on the Day of Jumu’a 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Salih as-Sammani from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If someone does ghusl for major ritual impurity …
Praying the two ‘id prayers is a confirmed sunna. The imam and the people should leave for the prayer early in the morning so that by the time they arrive at the prayer place the time for the prayer has come. There is no adhan or iqama for the ‘id prayers. The imam leads the …
It is narrated from Imam Malik ibn Anas رحمه الله , that a man from the people of desires used to walk behind him and say: “O Abu Abdullah! Debate with me. O Abu Abdullah! Debate with me [just one] word! O Abu Abdullah! Hear from me a word!” He would point with his hand …
Imam Abd ar-Rahman ibn Mahdi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: ما نعرف كتابا في الإسلام بعد كتاب الله أصح من موطأ مالك “We do not know of a book in Islam, after the Book of Allah, more authentic than the Muwatta of {Imam} Malik.” {Related in the Siyar A’lam an-Nubala’, The Lives of …
Imam Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “The most knowledgeable with regards to Fatwa are the most silent of them; and the most ignorant with respect to Fatwa are the most outspoken of them.” He also said: “The most daring of the people to issue verdicts are the least of them …
Ibn Wahb and other men of knowledge permitted writing. Munawalah (transmission of ahadith from the writing of a man of knowledge which he has written with his own hand and which he has said is what he heard directly from so and so and which he commands the student to narrate) is stronger than ijazah …