The four madhabs are great scholars of Islam. May Allah reward them for their dedication in helping the Islamic world.
I was born a Muslim but wasn't raised in a family that is practicing so I went away from the deen for majority of my life and only till quite recently I have been back on the right path, I'm not perfect but I try my best.
majority of mosque near me are deobandi ( i live in london ) and they advise to follow the teachings of abu hanifah strictly and stick to that. Whilst I understand for a laymen, it is almost possible for us to interpret hadiths and Qur'an in a way educated scholars can so we have to rely on the teachings of a respected madhab. My question is, to
stricly follow one madhab is it permissible?
In my humble opinion I am of the view that you should have a
a trusted scholar that you go for Islamic views but to completely stick to one is surely wrong ? The great imams like abu hanifa were only humans and could of made errors so to blindly follow them is wrong.
In no way am I implying that Indivduals should go and interpret Qur'an and hadiths and issue themselves "fatwas" that is completely wrong for a laymen and this one of the reasons why we have so much extremism in islam - but surely there has to be a middle ground where both sides can meet in which you follow your respected madhab but in issues you feel they are wrong , you can go with another view, but only if you belive sincerely that the view is correct. I'm seeing with my own eyes that Indivduals have doubts over a view of a madhab but because of their strict following of a madhab they are not willing to take another view regardless of the evidence.
I'm sure this is a topic most people have been through and have different views.
If you could not find hanafi position on divorce by force, let me tell you that accordingly to Hanafi school, the divorce by force occurs if someone forces me to say I divorce my wife. How is that logical? Ask your scholars who you follow blindly.
according to Shafi school of thought, the divorce by force is not valid. Now what happens to this couple? One madhab says that are divorced and other says they are not. Should not they look into the evidence of both madhabs for their opinions and see if it conflicts with Quran?
per Quran if someone forces you to reject Islam then you are not out of the fold of Islam per Quran 16:106. If one can’t loose the most important thing in their life by force then does it make any sense for someone to have divorce when someone forces them to do. That’s simple logic and you can see how following and understand Quran and ruling of two madhabs against Quran can tell us that ruling of Shafi in this case is right one to follow. Hope this is enough for you to understand the value of Quran and Hadith and shows how blindly following a madhab can put you in a really bad situation. And this is for this world, who knows what hold for us in life after death when angels will question us in grave? How can one answer the question that I followed prophet Muhammad peace be upon him when he/she has been rejecting Sahih hadiths at the name of following a madhab blindly?
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