Is The Muhaddith Required To Be A Faqeeh Or Just A Muhaddith Only?

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By Shaykh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaanee
Taken from: Fataawaa of Shaykh al-Albaanee, al-Asaalah Magazine, Issue No. 7
Translated & Arranged by Ismaa’eel Alarcon
Proofread & Verified by Muhammad Zorkane

Question: What is the relationship between the Science of Fiqh and the
Science of Hadeeth? And is the Muhaddith required to be a Faqeeh or just a
Muhaddith only?

Answer: The Faqeeh is required to be a Muhaddith while the Muhaddith is not
required to be a Faqeeh. This is because the Muhaddith is a Faqeeh
automatically due to the nature of his condition.

Did the Companions of Allaah's Messenger (sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
use to study Fiqh or not?

And what was the Fiqh that they used to study? It is that which they used to
take from the Messenger of Allaah (sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) (i.e. the
hadeeth). So they were in fact studying the hadeeth.

As for those Fuqahaa who study the opinions of the scholars and their Fiqh,
while not studying the hadeeth of their Prophet (sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam), who is the source of Fiqh, it must be said to them: “You must study
the Science of Hadeeth.” This is since we cannot imagine there being a
correct Fiqh without knowledge of the hadeeth, memorising them,
authenticating them and declaring them weak. And at the same time, we cannot
imagine there being a Muhaddith that is not a Faqeeh.

Thus, the Qur’aan and the Sunnah are the source for all of the Fiqh. As for
the Fiqh that is commonly known today then it is the Fiqh of the scholars
and not the Fiqh of the Book and the Sunnah. Yes, some of it exists in the
Book and the Sunnah, but some of it consists purely of opinions and
scholarly deductions. However, in much of these (opinions and deductions),
there is a contradiction on their part with the hadeeth, for they were not
able to encompass all the knowledge of it.

[Khayal]

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