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Feb 2019
Ijtihad (reasoning) and Taqleed (imitation) Do I need to follow a madhab? Who is qualified to make Ijihad? What essential knowledge does a mujtahid need? Definition While Ijtihad is the process of systematic legal reasoning carried out only by mujtahids (those trained in ijtihad), taqleed is to follow a certain school, or scholar or opinion. The person who does taqleed is called a muqalid. By default anyone who is not a mujtahid is muqalid. There is a very limited number of people who are mujtahids, as it is very specialised and anyone who is......
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Feb 2019
The Origins of the Fiqh Schools Fiqh at the Time of the Prophet (peace be on him) During the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be on him) how was fiqh decided? If someone needed a ruling on a case what did the Prophet (peace be on him) himself do? The first thing the Prophet (peace be on him) would do was wait for revelation. The revelation is of two types: Qur’an and Sunnah. Classifying the Sunnah as revelation might seem strange to some, but nevertheless the Prophet (peace be on him) is the authority......
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