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We have quoted a few sayings of the Sahabah, which in reality portray the
words of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Now let us look at the ulama
and mujtahideen and see what they have to say in regard to jama’at and how they
understood these Ahadith.

1. The Zaahiriyyah and a few followers of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal rahmatullahi
alayh say that jama’at is a prerequisite in order for the salaat to be valid.
Without jama’at, the salaat is not valid.  Read more... (473 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Sayings of The Mujtahid lmams

(5) Some people say that the mujtahid imams have themselves said that their sayings should not be followed until the evidence is known. “If our opinion is against Hadith, throw it off and follow the Hadith.”

However, honestly, these words are directed to those who are capable of making an independent judgment, not those who cannot make ijtihad. Shah Waliullah said about such sayings:

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Taqleed For The Mujtahid in His Mazhab

He is a mujtahid who abides by the method of deduction of the absolute mujtahid, and is also qualified to deduce specified issues under that method directly from the Qur’an and sunnah and aathar. Thus, many such mujtahids do differ from their absolute mujtahid on many branch commands or their details, but continue to be their muqallid. Examples are: Abu Yusuf, and Imam Muhammad in the Hanafi school, Imam Muzani and Abu Thawr, among the Shafi’ees, Suhnun and Ibn al-Qasim among the Maalikis, and Ibrahim al-Harabi and Abu Bakr al-Athram among the Hanbalis.  Read more... (200 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

It is reported by many of the tabi’een that they had chosen to follow one or another Sahabi. Here are the examples:

Imam Sha’bi said:

“To whom it pleases to gain authority in judgement let him adopt the sayings of Umar RA.” (I’lam al-Muqi’een, Ibn al-Qayyim v1 p15)

Sayyidina Mujahid said:

“When people disagree about an affair, see how Sayyidina Umar acted. Thus, follow him.” (I’lam al-Muqi’een, Ibn al-Qayyim v1 p15)

Imam A’mash said about Ibrahim Nakh’ee:

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