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shafat10
No offence but you sir didn't get any of my point.
1. There aren't a lot. Very few. Most of the Fuqaha, they did their researches previously, long, long ago and we have the texts.
2. Define Islamic Scholar. There are scholars on various sectors. If you mean those who did research on Fiqh, then there are quite a few notable ones, whose texts and interpretations are still followed today.
3. Well, I haven't kept a count eh... How do I know exactly? Do you know sir? If you do, then let me know too.
As far as how many works of Fiqh were done, a lot. A lot of researches and understanding of the deen was done by the Sahabas, the Tabeyeens and Tabe Tabeyeens. So to answer you, a lot.
4. You don't have to gather the sources. The Fuqaha themselves give their sources and if you do a small research, aka, read their books, you will understand from where they derived their Fiqhs. Once you know that, it becomes easy for you to understand which ruling is more closer to the Quran and Sunnah.
I want to give an example, but it will take long, so I don't intend doing it now.
5. As far as why you should agree with them, well, if you don't, then am afraid you need to do researches and derive Fiqhs all over again from scratch, which won't finish in your lifetime, neither the next few generations too.
The question is not why you should follow it, the question is why you should not?
For example, Allah says in the Quran, seek knowledge from Allah, that is the Quran, then from Sunnah, that is the Prophet, and then from people who have knowledge.
Hence when you can't find a ruling in the Quran and Hadith, then you refer to the great scholars we had in the past, like I said, the Sahabas, Tabeyeens, and Tabe Tabeyeens and all the other righteous scholars who came next. These were the people who did researches and studied the deen and derived the Fatwas from the Quran and Hadith which weren't clearly mentioned there.
But the verse I spoke about also says: but if people who have knowledge, they differ, then refer back to the Quran and Sunnah.
So hence I said, when there is difference of opinion amongst scholars, we then look for the one which is more closer to the Quran and Sunnah.
Hope this answers your questions.
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