Why should we practice such kind of verity of maslak, and what is the main cause for the origin of this kind of rules in Islam?
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Asslamulaikum,
Dear
Brother Burhan, I`m Muslim, and i belong to the community called as
"Hanafi Maslak" brother i have asked this question to many of the
learned persons but i was unable to get the satisfactory answer from any of
them, my question is
1)
I have read a bit
hadiths and i was not able to come across any of the such sentence which say
that we have to follow on only one Maslak, is there any kind like following
only one maslak?
2)
If we don`t have
such kind of thing they why should we practice such kind of verity of maslak,
and what is the main cause for the origin of this kind of rules in Islam?
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Answer:
Which madhab to follow
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: I
have read a bit hadiths and i was not able to come across any of the such
sentence which say that we have to follow on only one Maslak, is there any kind
like following only one maslak?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verse 77-78:
O you who have believed, do ‘rukooh’ (bow down) and do ‘sajdah’
(prostration), and worship your Lord Allah Alone, and do righteous deeds: it
may be that you attain true success!
Exert your utmost for the cause of Allah, as one should. He has chosen you for His service, and has
not laid on you any hardship in your religion.
Therefore, be steadfast in the
religion of your father Abraham. Allah
had named you ‘muslims’ before this, and has named you (muslims) in this Quran
also, so that the Messenger may
be a witness in regard to you, and you
may be witnesses in regard to the rest of mankind.
Allah is our witness brother, the guidance of Islam is
based on no particular ‘maslak’ or sect, but rather on the two Divine sources
of Guidance alone:
The true believers should be honored to be recognized by
the name their Lord and Creator, Allah Subhanah has Himself chosen for the
believers; ie. ‘muslims’ without adding any self-invented and man-made prefixes
to it like Sunnis, Shias, Hanafis, Shafeis, Hanbalis, Malikis, etc.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 171 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘There will
befall my Ummah exactly (all those) evils which befell the people of Isra'il,
so much so that if there was one amongst them who openly committed fornication
with his mother there will be among my Ummah one who will do that, and if the
people of Isra'il were fragmented into seventy-two sects my Ummah will be
fragmented into seventy-three sects. All of them will be in Hell Fire except
one sect.’ They (the Companions) said: ‘O Allah's Messenger (saws), which is
that?’ Whereupon he (saws) said: ‘It
is one to which I and my companions belong.’
Allah is our witness brother, the Messenger of Allah
(saws) and his noble companions were neither Shias, nor Sunnis, nor Hanafis,
nor Malikis, nor Shafeis, nor Hanbalis, etc…..and they all considered it an
honor to be called and recognized only by the name their Lord Most High had
Himself chosen for the believers: ie. ‘Muslims’.
Your Question: If we
don`t have such kind of thing they why should we practice such kind of verity
of maslak, and what is the main cause for the origin of this kind of rules in
Islam?
In light of the clear guidance
of the Quran and the Sunnah, there are six things which form the articles of
faith or ‘emaan’ in Islam; if one does not believe in even one amongst these
six articles of faith, he would leave the fold of Islam:
If one does not believe in one,
or even a part of one amongst the above listed six articles of faith, he would
leave the fold of Islam and be considered a disbeliever in the Sight of Allah
Subhanah.
Belief in one or more of the
‘imams’ or ‘maslaks’ or ‘madhabs’ is neither an article of faith, nor
compulsory for one to be regarded as a believer in the Sight of Allah
Subhanah.
The Truth is brother, the four eminent ‘imams’ (Malik,
Shafei, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Abu Haneefah) did not invent or bring something new
to the deen of Islam revealed on Prophet Mohamed (saws), but simply gave their
rulings and opinions upon issues of Islamic Jurisprudence and Fiqh in light of
the guidance of the Glorious Quran and the authentic traditions of the
Messenger of Allah (saws). None of the
‘madhabs’ have any difference of opinion in any of the foundational matters of
the deen. They are all absolutely
unanimous in the subjects like Tawheed, Message, Hereafter, Imaan, etc. The difference of opinion arose between the
companions and between the scholars on very small matters of Jurisprudence, and
each amongst them gave rulings and opinions on that matter in light of the
evidence and guidance from the Quran and the Sunnah.
One does not become a Hanafi if one chooses to accept the
opinion and ruling of the eminent ‘Imam’ Abu Haneefah; similarly one does not
become a Shafei, or Maliki, or Hanbali if they choose to accept their opinion
on a matter of Jurisprudence!
Thus, regardless if one accepts and follow the opinion of
any one, or the best ruling of one regarding a particular matter amongst these
eminent ‘imams’, provided his intention is to follow the guidance of the Quran
and the Sunnah, there is absolutely no harm.
The difference between following any of the four madhabs, would be the
difference between following something which is very good to something which is
excellent! It was never a situation
that one imam was right and the other was wrong, for each and every one of these respected
‘imams’ based their opinion on nothing but the Quran and the Sunnah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
