Post by IbnNurAlShanti on Apr 21, 2015 17:19:10 GMT
Many Salafi brothers raise an objection, questioning why we follow one Imam in Fiqh when they themselves only follow one Imam in Qira'at/Qur'an!
Is Qira'at/Qur'an more important or Fiqh?
I'm sure everybody will agree that Qira'at/Qur'an is more important. So, when the Salafi brothers follow only one Imam in Qira'at, Imam Asim Al-Kufi (rahmatullahi alaih), who was from Kufa, why can't they adhere to one Imam in Fiqh? Take for example Imam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullahi alaih) who was also from Kufa!
Why take your Qira'at from Kufa and not the Fiqh?
It will be absurd and incorrect to say, that we are reading in Imam Asim Al-Kufi's Qira'at and not the Prophet's ﷺ. Everybody knows that this particular Qira'at has been transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ, though the Imam is not from Makkah or Madinah. In the same manner, Imam Abu Hanifah's Fiqh and the Fiqh of other great Imam's is also derived from the Qur'an & Sunnah.
In addition to this, following one school of thought is acting upon the Quran and Sunnah because the schools of the great a'immah are based upon Qur'an and Sunnah, and not the modern day Gospels or Torah.
Shaykh Mohammad Yasir explains this in the following video which was recorded during a course held by Shaykh Mumtaz Ul Haq:
Is Qira'at/Qur'an more important or Fiqh?
I'm sure everybody will agree that Qira'at/Qur'an is more important. So, when the Salafi brothers follow only one Imam in Qira'at, Imam Asim Al-Kufi (rahmatullahi alaih), who was from Kufa, why can't they adhere to one Imam in Fiqh? Take for example Imam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullahi alaih) who was also from Kufa!
Why take your Qira'at from Kufa and not the Fiqh?
It will be absurd and incorrect to say, that we are reading in Imam Asim Al-Kufi's Qira'at and not the Prophet's ﷺ. Everybody knows that this particular Qira'at has been transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ, though the Imam is not from Makkah or Madinah. In the same manner, Imam Abu Hanifah's Fiqh and the Fiqh of other great Imam's is also derived from the Qur'an & Sunnah.
In addition to this, following one school of thought is acting upon the Quran and Sunnah because the schools of the great a'immah are based upon Qur'an and Sunnah, and not the modern day Gospels or Torah.
Shaykh Mohammad Yasir explains this in the following video which was recorded during a course held by Shaykh Mumtaz Ul Haq: