[bitymnmictada]

Salaams

Which madhab out of the four do you, who have more indepth knowledge on this issue..feel is the easiest to follow,if theres any such thing.
I feel its Maliki but I don't have enough knowledge about them to say for sure.

And is it okay to choose a madhab based on that or for other reasons?

[merloermfgj]

Salaams

Which madhab out of the four do you, who have more indepth knowledge on this issue..feel is the easiest to follow,if theres any such thing.
I feel its Maliki but I don't have enough knowledge about them to say for sure.

And is it okay to choose a madhab based on that or for other reasons?

I think the Maliki is probably the most easiest because it is the most reasonable... The Maliki scholars aren't scared to go against the grain... There is more than 1 dominant position in the madhab... So it is more flexiable...

[LsrSRVxR]

technically Salafi madhab is the easiest. you can define your fiqh, you can sef interpret Quran and hadeeth

[hitaEtela]

Why do we have to have ta'assub already in this thread? A madhhab is easy for you if you choose to make it easy for you or if you truly believe in the conclusions reached by the madhhab. If you agree with Hanafi methodology but are a Maliki, you'll find it hard to be a Maliki. And vice versa.

[goctorsurger]

I think the better question would be which madhab is most closest to the way of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Don't get me wrong, they all are very highly regarded imams but we must make sure that we understand that they are not prophets and so they will make mistakes. Some of the issues in shafi'i are more closer to the truth than the hanafi, and some are vice versa. We should take those which are the closest to the sunnah and not do strictly follow a single imam. May Allah allow us to be true followers of his ONLY chosen one for the end times, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

[seodiary]

easiest ? hmm i guess hanafi on many aspects.

I am at shafii most of the times and hanafii sometimes (to make things easier) but the other two never tried them or read about them and i dont think im going to.

[bitymnmictada]

I think the Maliki is probably the most easiest because it is the most reasonable... The Maliki scholars aren't scared to go against the grain... There is more than 1 dominant position in the madhab... So it is more flexiable...

Could you give some examples of this.

JazakAllah kyran for all the wise responses...all made a lot of sense to me.

[Senasivar]

I think the better question would be which madhab is most closest to the way of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Don't get me wrong, they all are very highly regarded imams but we must make sure that we understand that they are not prophets and so they will make mistakes. Some of the issues in shafi'i are more closer to the truth than the hanafi, and some are vice versa. We should take those which are the closest to the sunnah and not do strictly follow a single imam. May Allah allow us to be true followers of his ONLY chosen one for the end times, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

very nice statement.

[TerriLS]

Imho the madhab that should be followed is the one that is most accessible to you, the one people around you follow. That way there are more scholars available in your area to help you out. Wallahu A'alum.

[hitaEtela]

I think the better question would be which madhab is most closest to the way of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Don't get me wrong, they all are very highly regarded imams but we must make sure that we understand that they are not prophets and so they will make mistakes. Some of the issues in shafi'i are more closer to the truth than the hanafi, and some are vice versa. We should take those which are the closest to the sunnah and not do strictly follow a single imam. May Allah allow us to be true followers of his ONLY chosen one for the end times, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

This is a very naive approach that believes that we are following a single person. None of the madhahib rely on a single person. The madhahib are made up of thousands of scholars. We follow these bodies of scholarship. To say that we follow one person blindly is unjust and a lie. The only person we follow blindly is Rasoolullah .

[BundEnhamma]

I think the better question would be which madhab is most closest to the way of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. Don't get me wrong, they all are very highly regarded imams but we must make sure that we understand that they are not prophets and so they will make mistakes. Some of the issues in shafi'i are more closer to the truth than the hanafi, and some are vice versa. We should take those which are the closest to the sunnah and not do strictly follow a single imam. May Allah allow us to be true followers of his ONLY chosen one for the end times, the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

One of the many problematic things about your post and specifically about the bold part above is that it alludes to make the common person think he has the ability to perform Ijtihad in all Islamic sciences.

I dunno how many centuries ago since the last claim of Ijtihad was made, let alone recognized and accepted by scholars.

Then we have people today who meet none of the qualifications of a Mujtahid or nowhere near it, make above mentioned statements...

[royarnekara]

Salaams

Which madhab out of the four do you, who have more indepth knowledge on this issue..feel is the easiest to follow,if theres any such thing.
I feel its Maliki but I don't have enough knowledge about them to say for sure.

And is it okay to choose a madhab based on that or for other reasons?

I am following hanafi madhab for decades, i didn't feel it tough or toughest (opposite of easiest).

When was it that For 1300 years that question was asked.

[mashabox]

They all are "easier" in certain areas, while "harder" in others.

The best thing to do would be to follow whatever madhab is easiest for you to access.

[blogforlovxr]

There is no such easy and hard. None of madhabs were formed based on such a perspective so you wont be able to categorize them as such.

Madhabs can be seen as a way to authentically connect yourself to the prophet . The understanding of the religion you take would be the understanding of your Imam, and the Imams understanding would be that of his own Imam and so forth until they reach the Imams under who's name the Madhab is formed, from there to the tabieen, sahabah and the Prophet . You can analyse with the help of this chain whether your understanding of the religion is that of the pious predecessors, sahabah and the prophet .

[newpiknicker]

Salaam.

I do not think that one should choose a madhab based on "Which is easier" or "which is more comfortable" to the individual. I'm sure for most of us, we have a majority when it comes to our community and to which madhab they adhere to. Like me for instance, the Shafi'i madhab is dominant from where i am. Therefore in my honest opinion, just follow the majority and stick to the madhab as this would make understanding and practicing alot easier. But of course, like what someone already said in this thread, there are times where we have to "adopt" another madhab when it come to certain practices(like tawaf around the Kaabah during peak periods). But these don't happen often.

[bitymnmictada]

This is a very naive approach that believes that we are following a single person. None of the madhahib rely on a single person. The madhahib are made up of thousands of scholars. We follow these bodies of scholarship. To say that we follow one person blindly is unjust and a lie. The only person we follow blindly is Rasoolullah .

JazakAllah kyran

[WaicurtaitfuT]

I think the Maliki is probably the most easiest because it is the most reasonable... The Maliki scholars aren't scared to go against the grain... There is more than 1 dominant position in the madhab... So it is more flexiable...

Well, if we're going to go about this with such blatent 'asabiyyah, I could just as easily say that the Shafi'is "aren't scared to against the Qur'an and Sunnah" in favour of what you subjectively hold to be 'reasonable'!

When was the Din based on what "UntoldTruth" feels is more 'reasonable'? Do you have any objective criteria which determines reasonableness, or is this a classic case of following one's hawa? So much for tasawwuf. . .

wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa bi Llah

[ManHolDenPoker]

Imho the madhab that should be followed is the one that is most accessible to you, the one people around you follow. That way there are more scholars available in your area to help you out. Wallahu A'alum.

Bump.

[merloermfgj]

Well, if we're going to go about this with such blatent 'asabiyyah, I could just as easily say that the Shafi'is "aren't scared to against the Qur'an and Sunnah" in favour of what you subjectively hold to be 'reasonable'!

When was the Din based on what "UntoldTruth" feels is more 'reasonable'? Do you have any objective criteria which determines reasonableness, or is this a classic case of following one's hawa? So much for tasawwuf. . .

wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa bi Llah

1) I didn't say anything about going against the Quran and Sunnah... Going against the grain isn't going against the Quran and Sunnah...
2) It is a personal opinion... I think the Maliki madhab is more reasonable... you might think that of the Hanafi madhab, or whatever.... It is a personal opinion... The Maliki madhab agrees with my fitra.. Am I following my hawaa cause I think Maliki madhab makes more sense???? If it doesn't make sense, than it's not following one's hawaa...

I am sorry if I think it makes more sense that a convert should be able make dua to his Lord in other than arabic while in sujud... In the Shafi madhab making dua in other than arabic invalidates your prayer... although it does not invalidate your prayer in the Hanafi madhab, it is forbidden to do so... The Maliki madhabs makes more sense, it seems more reasonable... Am I following my hawaa because I think that???? I don't speak arabic.... I am like why would Allah punish me for wanting to speak to Him in my language....

[bitymnmictada]

1) I didn't say anything about going against the Quran and Sunnah... Going against the grain isn't going against the Quran and Sunnah...
2) It is a personal opinion... I think the Maliki madhab is more reasonable... you might think that of the Hanafi madhab, or whatever.... It is a personal opinion... The Maliki madhab agrees with my fitra.. Am I following my hawaa cause I think Maliki madhab makes more sense???? If it doesn't make sense, than it's not following one's hawaa...

I am sorry if I think it makes more sense that a convert should be able make dua to his Lord in other than arabic while in sujud... In the Shafi madhab making dua in other than arabic invalidates your prayer... although it does not invalidate your prayer in the Hanafi madhab, it is forbidden to do so... The Maliki madhabs makes more sense, it seems more reasonable... Am I following my hawaa because I think that???? I don't speak arabic.... I am like why would Allah punish me for wanting to speak to Him in my language....

JazakAllah kyran

I'm going to start looking into Maliki.