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So Islam was studies(Hadeeths and the Qur'an,ashaba's deeds etc..)to the point that nothing can be added to it, no one can study it furthur because that is what the Qur'an, hadeeths etc.. say. But there are minor things that you cannot understand from the Qur'an and the hadeeths so that is why you have madhabs. But Salafi mathology seems to me as if it is excluded. I am not talking about Salafi sect but the Salafs who use as a linguistic term "Salafi" who are the followers of the Salaf methodology.
Just to clarify - the video that I posted was relating to one specific source of Islam, which is the consensus of the scholars (Ijmaa').
Going back to Maddhabs - they don't add anything to the Qur'an and Sunnah, because as you said, this religion is complete and nothing can be added to it. The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam) fulfilled his role in explaining the deen to us. I think brother Maalik explained the role of maddhabs quite well earlier:
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Think of a fruit juicer - you put in different fruit and get different types of juices. Put in different fruits at different amounts and you get a slightly different flavor.
Islamic law is derived from the Qur'an, the Sunnah, Ijma' (consensus) and Qiyaas (analogy).
A madhab is like the fruit juicer - you take the fruits (the Qur'an, the Sunnah, Ijma' and Qiyaas), apply different 'settings' (settings are the 4 different madhabs) and you get a slightly different ruling, depending on how the 'fruits' were analyzed.
Shaykh Haitham also has another video about maddhabs, as well as an article which will Insha'Allaah provide a detailed insight:
All About Maddhabs
Hanafi Salafism: An Oxymoron?
The Salafi were the eye witness followers. They had Muhammad(PBUH) to personally answer any question. For several reasons it is doubtful any of them ever read the Qur'an, there was no need, they heard it as it was being revealed. Also because few people could read Arabic in those times. Arabic while being an ancient oral language had no written form until about 70 years before Our Prophet(PBUH) was born. The Qur'an is the first major written Arabic undertaking. The Ahadeeth were not written until after the last Salafi was long gone and the schools of Fiqh did not come about until after the Ahadeeth was written. We learn of the lives of the Salafi and how they worshiped through the Ahadeeth and the views of each of the 4 Madhabs. To follow the Madhabs is to follow the Salafi and we should not be tied to any one Madhab, to be full we must study all and follow the one we find we follow best. To learn how to copy the Salafi we must get the teachings of each of the 4 Madhabs.
If I may just add a few clarifications to this:
The meaning of 'Salaf' is not restricted to eye witnesses, but include the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alayhi wassallam) and the Imaams of guidance (may Allaah be pleased with them) from the first three generations, those whose goodness Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhi wasallam) bore witness to in his statement:
"The best of mankind is my generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come people where bearing witness of one of them will precede his taking an oath and his taking an oath will be his bearing witness." [Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, Muslim]
More info:
http://www.islamicboard.com/methodol...alafiyyah.html
Although there were illiterate people at that time, there were also a number of learned people who not only wrote down the verses of the Qur'an as they were revealed, but also hadeeth of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wasallam). This latter point is mentioned in detail here:
http://www.islamicboard.com/212874-post5.html
Sister Rasema - in addition to the other links provided, please also use the multaqa forums that brother Maalik mentioned earlier. I will close this thread to prevent us re-iterating what was discussed in the earlier thread. You can PM me if you need it reopened Insha'Allaah.
May Allaah (swt) increase you in knowledge and understanding of His religion, Aameen.
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