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While seeing off Hadrat Mu’az bin Jabal after having appointed him as Qazi / Governor, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) gave him a few counsels and made bequests. He said to him:

O Mu’az! I may not be able to meet you after this year of my life…”

On hearing this Hadrat Mu’az began to weep due to shock of separation. The Messenger of ALLAH then turned his face from him and looking towards Madina said. (probably he himself was visibly moved and deeply impressed)  Read more... (122 words, estimated 29 secs reading time)

Afaqi: Afaqi is the person who lives outside Miqat boundaries such as Indian, Pakistani, Egyption, Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian and
so on.

Ash-hur-E-Hajj: The months of Hajj i.e. complete months of shawwal, Zi-Qa’da and half of the month of Zilhijja.

Ayyam-e-Tashriq: The days from 9th to 13th Zilhijja wherein Takbir-e-Tashriq is regularly proclaimed.

Bab-us-Salam: With this name there is a gate of Masjid-ul-Haram in Mecca. The first entrance to the Sacred Mosque is preferable through this gate. Another gate with the same name is in Madina. This is the gate of Masjid-e-Nabawi opening on the side of market.  Read more... (2356 words, estimated 9:25 mins reading time)

This includes overbearing the weak, the male slave, the female slave, the wife and the beast. Allah, the Almighty ordered us to deal in kindness towards these varieties. He said,

{Serve Allah and join not any partners with Him, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are of kin, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way-fairer( ye meet) and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious} (An-Nisa’: 36)

Concerning Allah’s saying,

{Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him}  Read more... (2801 words, estimated 11:12 mins reading time)

Similarly, when the Holy Prophet (SAWS) appointed some of his companions as governors of different provinces he used to dictate to them similar documents as his directives which they could follow in performing their duties as rulers or as judges. When he appointed Abu Huraira and Ala’ibn al Hazrami as his envoy to the Zoroastrians of Hajar, he dictated to them a directive containing certain rules of Shari’ah about Zakah and Ushr (Ibn Saad).

Likewise, when he sent Mu’az ibn Jabal and Malik ibn Murarah to Yemen, he gave them a document dictated by him which contained certain rules of Shari’ah (Ibn Saad).

Amr ibn Maymoon al-Awdi said that Sayyidina Mu’az Ibn Jabal went to them in Yemen as the Prophet’s envoy. He said, “I heard his takbir in the Fajr salah. His voice was heavy and I naturally developed a love for him. Then, I did not separate from him till he died. I buried him in Syria. Then I looked for the next greatest jurists and came to lbn Masood and stayed with him till he died. (Abu Dawood v1 p26, Ahmed v5 p231)  Read more... (126 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

(3) Sayyidina Mu’az ibn Jabal reported that when Allah’s Messenger sent him to Yemen, he asked him how he would decide cases when they were brought to him. He said, “According to Allah’s Book.” The Prophet asked, “If you do not find them there?”“Then according to your sunnah.”“But, if they are not there, then?” Mu’az said, “I will make Ijtihad and extract judgement with my opinion (and try to arrive at a true conclusion), not being negligent in that.” The Prophet was pleased and patted him lightly on the chest, saying, “All praise belongs to Allah Who caused the envoy of Allah’s Messenger to conform to what pleases Allah’s Messenger.” (Abu Dawood)  Read more... (843 words, estimated 3:22 mins reading time)

In the times of the Sahabah, taqleed was observed much. Those of them who could not give much time to acquire knowledge, or could not decide a particuir issue on their own ijtihad, consulted other jurist Sahabah and conducted themselves on that. We find that they observed both Absolute Taqleed and Taqleed Shakhsi, the examples of the former could fill a whole volume. Here are some examples of ‘taqleed mutlaq’ (Absolute Taqleed):

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The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “The one who learns and relates to others forty ahadith in the interest of the Deen and for the benefit of my Ummah, Allah Ta’ala will include him with the fuqaha and ulama on the Day of Judgment.”

This hadith has been narrated form Hazrat Zaban Ibn Jabal (ra), Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas (ra), Hazrat Abu Huraira (ra), Hazrat Anas (ra), Hazrat Abu Darda (ra), Hazrat Abu Saeed (ra), Harat Ali (ra), Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Masood (ra), Hazrat Abu Amama (ra), Hazrat Masood (ra), Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (ra), Hazrat Ibn Samra (ra), in different ahadith books with some minor differences.  Read more... (1403 words, estimated 5:37 mins reading time)