It is nessasary to follow the madhab ? . for eg: Shafi, Anafi, Ambili ,Malik like that?

Answer 1

The basic thing is that we follow Holy Quran and the Sunna. The way before the Companions of Prophet (PBUH) was just the two sources. Sahaba (R.A) did have different of opinion on some of Fiqh matters. So what Imams of Madhahd did is their effort to bring what is best and closer to Sunna regarding a situation according to a clear proof and knowledge they gained. It is a big issue for everyone to learn everything and to understand the whole situation to judge ourselves. Early Scholars as Imam Bukhari, Imam Nawawi, Imam Gazzali all did follow a Mazhab (I Think Shafee Fiqh). But as I said first the basic thing is that you must be sure it reaches to Rasoolulla (S) and your actions are according to Holy Quran and Sunna. Because there are many opinions of later lesser Scholars of a Mazhab and exploit a situation. What I have heard from Scholars who are piety is that it is better for a ordinary Muslim to follow one Mazhab. In Saudi Arabia and all most of men follow the Mazhab of Sheikh Ibn Baz who was a great Scholar. But it is up to you to choose a greater scholars who were in the best era of Islam and who did much efforts for Deen and also were well known for their Taqwa and fear of Allah than most of the Scholars we have today. I personally prefer those early scholars and I take the Fiqh of Imam Shafiee (R.A). (But we shouldn't make Madhahb as a big issue or as a system to divide Muslims. Scholars did respect the opinion of other Scholars and that is the basics of Ahlusunna wal-Jamaath.)

Answer 2

The Imams of Madzahib were great scholars that added to each other... Most of their work was ijtihad to interpret and make people's life better.

A good Muslim acts like a bee that falls on different roses, takes the best of each rose, or Madzhab...

All Imams of Madzahib deserves respect for what they did.. They loved each other and respected each other to the Extent Abu hanifa said about Jaafar Al Sadiq:

"Without Jafaar i'd have been an ignorant"

And About Malik:

"Abu Hanifa can't speak while Malik with all his knowledge is in town"...

Imam Ibrahim "Maliki", though was an enemy of Ibn hazm and attacked his school of thought.. he was a great example.. when the unfair calif made a hole of fire and burnt Ibn hazm's books.. Imam Ibrahim threw himself after the books saying:

"the Books of Ibn Hazm Are Burning?.. what an unredressable loss!" trying to put off the fire with his abaya.. but he died therein.

The Golden rule of Sharia made through common consensus states:

"if An Imam allowed and other one forbid.. we follow the one allowed."

Answer 3

Its classified as wajib due to the reason that you will be able to follow a sound school of teaching that originates from a companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Hanafi madahbs chain of transmission comes from Abdullah ibn Masud, Al-Qamar, Ibraham An-Nakhi to Abu Hanafi (May Allah show them all mercy).

The Maliki Chain is from Abdullah ibn Umar, to his servant and to Imam Malik. So these chains go to the Salaf - the rightous precessors. Many people now say we don't have to follow, we if you want to pray like the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) don't think its going to easy.

All the schools are interlinked and they agree in something like 75%+ rulings.

What we don't want to do is to end up on the day of judgement and see that we did not perform prayer properely because we didn't know. So to eliminate that we follow a madhab to ensure that our prayer is sound and if we need further clarification then we go to the scholars.

Please see links

Answer 4

Not necessarily especially if you are a scholar. As Ruchjat said, the four madhabs (schools of tought) are more or less the same and the difference is only on certain minor things. Even if you follow one madhab, you don't have to follow it strictly and in certain situations you may be required to follow other madhab. It is important to note that your madhab is not your religion.

My religious teacher explained me that the reason why we follow a madhab i.e. followings a particular imam's interpretations of Quran and Hadiths is because we are not knowledgeable enough to interprete Islam ourselves. For example, I don't know about Arabic, expecially classical Arabic used by Quran. So there is no way for me to fully understand Quran and Hadiths without referring to a scholar's teachings. Quranic translations can be used as reference but in no way it is 100% accurate. So I depend to any imam (in this case, madhab imam) who I believe can give me a most suitable teachings about Islam without saying other imams are wrong.

Once I'm an Islamic scholar (I doubt I'll ever be) only then I may review their teachings and to say whether I agree or disagree. Until then, I follow mainly Syafie teachings. Nevertherless, the four imams were learned Muslims whose goals in life was to serve Allah and looking for truth, and all of them strive to follow Allah and His Messengers as much as they could.

Answer 5

In general the 4 mazhabs are the same.There is only a slight difference such as the void of wudhu or ritual washing and void or not void if a man unintentional touch with a woman and about riba or haram (not allowed)interest of loan..I myself do not follow the certain mazhab.I just try to follow and prac tise the contents of holy Qur'an and Hadith of Muhammad pbuh. in my daily life.But my religion teacher or ustadz instructed me to follow a certain mazhab ..In Indonesia most muslims follow Malik or Syafei mazhab..

Answer 6

Islam is a "deen" (ism), that is so wast and hard to grasp in its totality, with complete magnitude of entire set of its teachings.
Actually our approach is limited and we can only perceive Islam in bits and pieces, that may look at some places inharmonious, As it is a religion of entire humanity for rest of world till the last day.
The great Imams of Islam have done a great research and simplified it for common men to not to be confused at different situations, what Islam demands from us in a best way as per its real teachings.

All religious scholars are agreed on this Ijtihad, as the most practical constitution of Islam, suitable to all forms of life. The emergence of sects in Islam is also due to its wide ranged universality, some people may be, cannot grasp the totality of the entire set of the teachings of Islam, by themselves alone.
That may be taken as a guidance through the research of these great Imams of Islam.

To avoid hypocrisy, it is preferable to follow only one Imam as some people may exploit it by choosing the instruction, suitable at personal level and violate the original objective hidden in the specific teaching of Islam.

RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO FOLLOW ANY ONE OF THE IMAM, TO AVOID CONFUSION AND TO BE MOST OF THE TIME AT RIGHT TRACK. MAY BE THERE WOULD BE SOME VOID, THAT ALLAH SWT. WILL FORGIVE, IF OUR INTENTION IS NOT BAD.

Answer 7

I mean u ought to without issues, whether that is extra helpful to not bc the 4 great imaams suggested to not persist with them blindly, to not point out the imams made some errors of their fatwas and stuff(their very very own pupils say that). that is why I persist with the salafiyyiah way of doings issues like salaat and stuff, yet you are able to persist with a madhab with none situation.

Answer 8

Praise be to Allaah.

Allaah has made our worship based on His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The right way is to understand the texts of sharee’ah as they were understood by the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and their followers among the scholars who are qualified and prominent mujtahids. This includes the imaams whose sincerity, fairness and leadership in religion, knowledge, virtue, goodness and righteousness is a matter of record. The four imaams and founders of the schools of Islamic fiqh (Imaam Abu Haneefah, Imaam Maalik, Imaam al-Shaafa’i and Imaam Ahmad) – may Allaah have mercy on them all – all followed the texts of the Sharee’ah and their efforts were all focused on teaching and spreading sound Islamic knowledge. All of them were on the right path, and all were devoted followers of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). If mistakes happened, then the Sahaabah made mistakes too. The things to be followed in Sharee’ah are those for which evidence (daleel) is established. In some cases, some scholars may not have known of daleel whilst others did, but this does not mean that their knowledge and ability is to be discredited. All of them were seeking to find and propagate the truth. If a person wants to follow one of the Imaams and adopt his madhhab, then he should follow him in matters for which there is clear, sound daleel, for this is what is required in Islam, but he should not develop partisan or sectarian feelings towards anybody. It is not permissible for the Muslim to believe that he has to follow anybody in all that he says except the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

The person who is suitably qualified can examine what the scholars said and see what is supported by sound daleel. The “rank and file” Muslim who does not know how to examine the evidence and weigh it up should follow a scholar whose religious commitment and knowledge he trusts, and act according to his fatwas. And Allaah knows best.

Answer 9

Nope, you just need to know the reason when you do something