Imām Ghazālī:A Muqallid Shows Complete Deference to his Imām
Mar 26, 2015 19:58:28 GMT
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Post by Zameel on Mar 26, 2015 19:58:28 GMT
Imām Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī (rahimahullāh) said in his celebrated Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn:
“As for the [mufti] who has not attained the rank of ijtihād – which is the position of all the people of today – and he only issues fatwā in that which he is asked by transmitting from the position of his imām, if his madhhab appears to him to be weak, it is not permissible for him to leave it…And whatever is difficult for him, it is necessary for him to say: ‘Maybe the founder of my madhhab has an answer to it, as I have no independent ijtihād in the source of Sharī‘ah.’” (Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn, Dār al-Minhāj, 1:162)
فأما من ليس له رتبة الإجتهاد – وهو حكم جميع أهل العصر – وإنما يفتي فيما يسأل عنه ناقلا عن مذهب صاحبه، فلو ظهر له ضعف مذهبه لم يجز له أن يتركه...وما يشكل عليه يلزمه أن يقول: لعل عند صاحب مذهبي جوابا عن هذا، فإني لست مستقلا بالإجتهاد في أصل الشرع
“As for the [mufti] who has not attained the rank of ijtihād – which is the position of all the people of today – and he only issues fatwā in that which he is asked by transmitting from the position of his imām, if his madhhab appears to him to be weak, it is not permissible for him to leave it…And whatever is difficult for him, it is necessary for him to say: ‘Maybe the founder of my madhhab has an answer to it, as I have no independent ijtihād in the source of Sharī‘ah.’” (Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn, Dār al-Minhāj, 1:162)