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**QysnZWB4** · 07-16-2012, 01:30 AM

In the comments section at http://www.deoband.org/2010/06/hadit...ts-boundaries/

Shaykh Abdus Shakur Brooks states regarding the fact that the positions of each Madhab are determined by what the early authorities had agreed upon:

"...the truth about positions in any school are not determined by contemporaries but rather these issues have been settled centuries about by those who opinions were agreed as sound and relied upon in the canons of the madhab.

My simple advice to those who seek the truth is

“Pay more attention to the written words of a scholar or “the reasons” behind the arguments of his speech. Today many overly attend to his “prestige amongst men” and thus throw their reasoning out the door for superficial marvel, which is far from intelligent and prone to misguidance.”

The written word has always been held in high regard amongst the scholars since the beginning of the typographic age because what a person writes is usually reflected on and well thought over before putting it to ink, and drastically scrutinized by others. So when a scholar writes he clarifies his points coherently and thus his claims and arguments are easier to assess for the truth. As for speech, we look for “the reasons” behind his argument otherwise it is easy for a person to fall into fallacies since his claims may suite ones “appetite” and steer his towards bias. When one focuses on the reasons behind the argument, then like the written word, one focuses on assessing the truth of the matter.

The problem today is people make the mistake of assuming a scholar to be correct on a single matter because of his “prestige amongst men” and so when he slips in to a grievous error all who marvel his prestige slip along with him. And that is why the Messenger of Allah said,

”Take heed from the slip of ‘a single scholar’."

For this reason (and more) when it comes to the issues of fiqh we are requested to follow the mashoor and relied upon opinions registered in the canons of the madhab, because they are the opinions that have been assessed and confirmed and stamped as sound by many of the competent authorities long before us. Our religion is safer in the hands of a community of indisputable scholars than in the hands of a single or few contemporaries whose views are contrary to what is established through chain of transmission."

07-16-2012, 01:30 AM	#32
QysnZWB4 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 482 Senior Member	In the comments section at http://www.deoband.org/2010/06/hadit...ts-boundaries/ Shaykh Abdus Shakur Brooks states regarding the fact that the positions of each Madhab are determined by what the early authorities had agreed upon: "...the truth about positions in any school are not determined by contemporaries but rather these issues have been settled centuries about by those who opinions were agreed as sound and relied upon in the canons of the madhab. My simple advice to those who seek the truth is “Pay more attention to the written words of a scholar or “the reasons” behind the arguments of his speech. Today many overly attend to his “prestige amongst men” and thus throw their reasoning out the door for superficial marvel, which is far from intelligent and prone to misguidance.” The written word has always been held in high regard amongst the scholars since the beginning of the typographic age because what a person writes is usually reflected on and well thought over before putting it to ink, and drastically scrutinized by others. So when a scholar writes he clarifies his points coherently and thus his claims and arguments are easier to assess for the truth. As for speech, we look for “the reasons” behind his argument otherwise it is easy for a person to fall into fallacies since his claims may suite ones “appetite” and steer his towards bias. When one focuses on the reasons behind the argument, then like the written word, one focuses on assessing the truth of the matter. The problem today is people make the mistake of assuming a scholar to be correct on a single matter because of his “prestige amongst men” and so when he slips in to a grievous error all who marvel his prestige slip along with him. And that is why the Messenger of Allah said, ”Take heed from the slip of ‘a single scholar’." For this reason (and more) when it comes to the issues of fiqh we are requested to follow the mashoor and relied upon opinions registered in the canons of the madhab, because they are the opinions that have been assessed and confirmed and stamped as sound by many of the competent authorities long before us. Our religion is safer in the hands of a community of indisputable scholars than in the hands of a single or few contemporaries whose views are contrary to what is established through chain of transmission."
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