Blind Following of Madhabs

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 Response: That was their saying. But I do not
agree with them. Ibn Hazm, known as Abi Muhammmad Aliyu Ibn Ahmad ibn
Saeed Ibn Hazm Zahiri (384-452) is not an innovator. It was probably
the followers of those scholars who disagreed with that called him an
innovator. I possess three books written by him - Ihkam fi usul ahkam,
fissal, and Muratibul Ijma'a  fil Ibadat wal Mu'aamilaat wal
mu'taqidaat. Muhammad Zuhra also wrote on his life history. I prefer we
judge people on what they wrote and not what one said about them. We
differed in our depth of understanding injunctions on Mu'aamalat,
Taqdir, and other Attributes of Allah. It is unfair to criticize one on
what one does not understand. I do not understand how the sun will rise
from the West and Set on the East. I should not be called a Kafir since
no one will explain to me the phenomenon. Rising the sun from the West
and setting on the East will be the day or moment I die! Ibn Hazm's
istinbati is on standing by the Sunna of the holy Prophet and does not
even agree on changing the lafz (words) spoken by the holy Prophet. He
was praised by his contempoaraires as, "The tongue of Ibn Hazm and the
sword of Hajj ibn Yusuf are similar".

 Problems lies when ppl starting thinking tht every scholar is authority in every field. There is no doubt tht Ibn Hazm has done some gd work as mentioned in tht article. But he has made some huge mistakes when it comes to fiqh and aqeedah and shld not be considered authority in those field. Science of Islam is divided in to different fields (Aqeeda/hadith/tafseer/fiqh/tassawuf) and when hv specialised scholars for every field.

Edited by Honzo - 24 January 2009 at 8:32pm