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**blogforlovxr** · 07-25-2011, 10:33 PM

Shawkani was anti-Taqleed, anti-Madhab, and pro-Ijtihad, so obviously his opinion leans towards greater allowance of Ijtihad.

Honestly, if that is all that's required for Ijtihad, then there are multiple people here on this forum who are capable of it, and it would only take a few years of study to reach the level of Ijtihad. Certainly less than the 8-10 years that the Dars Nizami course requires before a person can be called a Mufti, which is funny when you think about how Salafis accuse Deobandis of throwing around labels like Aalim and Mufti too freely.

Ibn Qudamah said about Ijtihad in his Rawdah:

Yes, they are the ones who claim to have mujtahids in each and every house!

Brother, I'm sure you must know that its only the ignorant who say that. I've never heard any Salafi scholar say such a thing.

there are very few people in the world whom salafis consider muftis and mujtahids. Most salafis will state that there are no muftis or mujtahids in europe.

That is true. In UK amongst the Salafis the person who is most looked up to for his knowledge is Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad, but I was told that even he would only consider himself a Student of Knowledge.

And this is not a topic that affects me any way really. I just found that article interesting and shared it. And if there are other views it would be good if they are posted as well. I respect graduates of both Deobandi and Salafi institutes.

07-25-2011, 10:33 PM	#12
blogforlovxr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 673 Senior Member	Shawkani was anti-Taqleed, anti-Madhab, and pro-Ijtihad, so obviously his opinion leans towards greater allowance of Ijtihad. Honestly, if that is all that's required for Ijtihad, then there are multiple people here on this forum who are capable of it, and it would only take a few years of study to reach the level of Ijtihad. Certainly less than the 8-10 years that the Dars Nizami course requires before a person can be called a Mufti, which is funny when you think about how Salafis accuse Deobandis of throwing around labels like Aalim and Mufti too freely. Ibn Qudamah said about Ijtihad in his Rawdah: Yes, they are the ones who claim to have mujtahids in each and every house! Brother, I'm sure you must know that its only the ignorant who say that. I've never heard any Salafi scholar say such a thing. there are very few people in the world whom salafis consider muftis and mujtahids. Most salafis will state that there are no muftis or mujtahids in europe. That is true. In UK amongst the Salafis the person who is most looked up to for his knowledge is Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad, but I was told that even he would only consider himself a Student of Knowledge. And this is not a topic that affects me any way really. I just found that article interesting and shared it. And if there are other views it would be good if they are posted as well. I respect graduates of both Deobandi and Salafi institutes.
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