Why Have Madhabs When We Have the Qur?an and Sunnah?
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Question:
Since we have access to the Qu''ran and Sunnah, how necessary are interpretive materials?
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Wa `alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu,
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate
Please see the following articles are from Sidi Masud Khan?s Excellent Site: http://www.masud.co.uk/
What is a Madhhab? Why is it necessary to follow one? Sh. Nuh Keller
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/madhhab.htm
Understanding the Four Madhhabs: the problem with anti-madhhabism Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/newmadhh.htm
Shaykh Murabtal Haaj?s Fatwa on Following One of the Four Accepted Madhhabs
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/mhfatwa.htm
May Allah `Azza wa Jall guide us all to the way most beloved to Him, ameen.
Wassalam,
Hanafi Fiqh Team.
Jazakallahu khar.