Why Have Madhabs When We Have the Qur'an and Sunnah?

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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.

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Jazakallahu khar.