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What Was Our Prophet's Madhab? (pbuh) - Tough Questions About The Madhabs?

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we haven't seen you here for a while but it doesn't matter you know the rules you have 60 seconds to answer each question i only look at what is in the quran i can make my own judgment why would i follow a mother there is a question from the editor did the prophet peace be upon him following madhab my mother is the way of the prophet peace be upon him every single imam of every madhhab said different things from the other which one should we believe there are those who say madhabs are to divide and split the religion what do you think about this even allah has warned us in the quran as for those who have divided their religion and broken up into factions have nothing to do with them their case rests with god what if this is dividing and shredding the religion like those are imam shafi's followers and those are abu hanifa's followers are you asking that there is no such conflict i mean it isn't like those who follow abu hanifa say guys come on we trapped some shafi's in the suburb they hit one of our brothers that isn't happening did you ever see that madhabs divided the people separated them so they fight each other there is no such thing this verse refers to interpreting the religion according to one's own desires and ambitions interpreting the religion as one wishes and thus dividing the people separating them causing them to fight causing a breakup within the muslim community but when we look at mothers did they set people against each other and cause them to fight no so it isn't madhhabs that are mentioned in the verse there are madhhabs in christianity as well and their religion was torn into pieces if we insist on following mothers don't we become like them christians had actually been fighting these civil wars the sectarian wars for centuries do we become like this no we don't because there is no such thing in the meaning of mothers muthubs are the groups that help each other to understand what does allah want us to do that's how we should think about them such a conflict hasn't taken place for over a thousand years so it won't take place in the future this could be an example we have armed forces there's the army the navy and the air force just as they serve the same goal and attack the enemy together madhabs are exactly the same yes there could be certain differences between them in the details one is flying the other is swimming and the other is diving but all of them serve the same goal i mean is it possible that the air force says our navy what are they up to i don't like it come on guys let's bomb them do they attack their own navy no they don't it is the same situation with the mothers all of them are at peace and know what they exist for i only look at what is in the quran i can make my own judgment why would i follow a mother i think you should ask yourself how much of the quran do i know by heart how many hadith do i know i mean if i tell you to say 40 hadees with their narrators maybe you can't a person who isn't able to look at the overall picture how can you make a judgment on a matter such as this is halal or that is when you see a verse in the quran for example you say that is apparently haram in that matter there are 5 or 6 more verses and 40 more hadiths about the same matter since there are mustahid imams who can holistically look at this matter how can you make a judgment with one verse only while they have the expertise i mean wouldn't it be like someone reading medical books and practicing medicine based on a few sentences he had read when your car breaks down where do you go to a doctor you go to a mechanic well do you go to a mechanic when you get sick do you tell him can you check me no you don't you go to a doctor why do you then think this way about religion could this be out of pride egoism or delusion from satan read us a verse about this matter let me read the 83rd verse from surah nisa is about this matter whenever news of any matter comes to them whether concerning peace or war they spread it around if they referred it to the messenger and those in authority among them those seeking its meaning would have found it from them here is also a hadith the prophet muhammad peace be upon him asked muad ibn jabal may allah be pleased with him how he would judge in yemen how will you judge me lobby please with him replied with allah's book the prophet peace be upon him said if you don't find any guidance in allah's book in accordance with the sunnah of the messenger of allah peace be upon him when he was asked what if he didn't find it there as well he replied i shall do my best to form an opinion then the prophet peace be upon him said praise be to allah who has helped the messenger of the messenger of allah to find something which pleases the messenger of allah all right what would you tell someone who says i still want to do it you should then learn over 6 000 verses by heart of course you also need to know their meaning you also learn over 500 hadees by heart let's say 300 000.

you should at least be a hajjit authority on islam learn over 300 000 hadees by heart say in the name of allah and start can you do that no you can't especially during this age there is a question from the editor did the prophet peace be upon him follow a mother my mother is the way of the prophet peace be upon him doesn't it make more sense to follow him directly the prophet peace be upon him didn't follow a mata there is a serious logical fallacy in this question because mothers didn't exist then imam abu hanifa is all came later but the logical fallacy is that every madhab and ishtahad they are already based on the quran and the sunnah such a question doesn't make sense why all of the colors we see emerge because of the sun well what color does the sun prefer these madhabs they emerge from hadees what madhav would the prophet peace be upon him prefer which one did he follow such a question is nonsense you already said i want to follow the way of the prophet peace be upon him so mothers don't give us the sayings of someone else other than the prophet peace be upon him they show us whatever the prophet peace be upon him said whatever is written in the quran taking an opinion of someone from another faith and saying let's take this and make a judgment based on it that isn't what they do madhabs help you understand the prophet peace be upon him imam abu hanifa imam al-shafi they only knew a certain number of hadees back in their time and they made their judgments based on that however we have access to all of the hadees today doesn't it make more sense to make a judgment today when you ask this question it feels like these people knew a very limited number of hadiths this isn't true for example imam abu hanifa took lessons from four thousand scholars four thousand scholars three hundred of them are among tabion who saw the companions of the prophet people who met with the companions ahmed ibn humble malik ibn's imam al-shafi abu these are the people who learned hundreds of thousands of hadiths by heart so they were able to see the overall picture when they looked at a certain matter you know by reading them you try to make a judgment it doesn't work you have to know them by heart i mean before you make a judgment about a certain matter you have to remember 40 to 50 different hadiths about that matter you should be able to look at it holistically if you say let me take this from here that from there and combine them you miss the overall picture since you don't know all of them by heart besides that each dihad isn't merely a transfer of information i found something on google here is maishtahad here i launched my website agedahad with mustafa.com this isn't how it works a spiritual atmosphere is essential for example jalaluddin and saw the prophet 70 times in the state of yakuza dreaming without sleeping and the prophet gave him warnings like this isn't my word now look how intense the spiritual atmosphere is look i am not saying he was dreaming he was away so how can you compare the judgments made by such pious and spiritual people and the judgments made by us while we are drowning in the worldly issues a thousand worldly thoughts in our heads when it comes to the quran and hadiths you don't know them by heart you don't know their meanings in turkish you can't think in arabic you aren't familiar with the way the prophet talked since you miss the overall picture and don't have such a strong spirituality you can't make a solid judgment well what is the purpose of those who come up with such opinions i don't think they are well intentioned of course i don't mean those who are confused but the ones who argue you know when you look at them whether it is the quran or hadith they don't learn them by heart they don't expend any effort i mean there are those among them who don't even perform their five daily prayers what is their purpose they want to build their own world now there are religious services he can't do haram things bother him so playing with ichthy had he tries to build a world that he likes within islam if he leaves islam there is remorse but he looks to build a world where he can keep his sinful habits and still stay within islam and also tries to lead others in his direction he is in a delusion from satan because he doesn't live the way he believes he starts to believe the way he lives he tries to find a solution so that he doesn't feel remorse well would i commit a sin if i didn't follow a madhhab or would i not be considered a muslim if you don't follow a mother if you don't follow a muslim how can you know if something is halal or haram you say why don't i practice medicine myself you don't have any training or education and i tell you the patient you treat would die how can you make a judgment how many verses do you know how many hadith do you know if i tell you to give me 40 hadiths about a certain matter can you do you know them by heart do you know arabic i think it is very meaningless for people to take this path when they have nothing a great scholar named ramadan albuti nicely put it for example if construction workers say when they start building we don't recognize any plan project architect or engineer we're going to do it by ourselves what happens if they start building a skyscraper like this or if someone says who cares about the doctors there's no need for them then patients who get surgery people who go to a hospital they lose their lives because of wrong treatment what about the construction it collapses right i mean can someone perform a surgery without studying all these sciences so when you attempt it without having this knowledge what do you do you get the religion completely wrong you start making up a religion based on how you live there's also a religious convention that has been existing for centuries people have been following him scholars who had a great amount of knowledge also followed a mathab the truth is only one in the sight of allah but when you look at it all imams of mother said different things than each other one of them said bleeding breaks would do and the other said not if less than a certain amount which one is true which one should we believe in let me take a cup of water now differences in the opinions of these mothers are primarily in the details we should know that you know they aren't in the essentials i mean all of them say there's no god but allah muhammad is his messenger all of them have five daily prayers well why do such differences exist in the details isn't the truth only one for example i have a cup of water in front of me now but dear zaman sayed nursi gave a very nice example about this for example you have a kidney stone and you need to get rid of it so the doctor tells you you should drink lots of water the water is the same i didn't change it now imagine you lost your consciousness you got rabies and the doctor tells you never drink water or drink as little as you can the water is the same but the judgment is different for different people it is halal for one and haram for the other so you say the truth is one why there are more than one truth see the truth is one but it became more than one depending on the case it means that the truth can be more than one in a certain case let me mention the incident with aisha the mother of the believers to clarify the issue why there are these differences one day when the prophet peace be upon him was performing a prayer he was making sajdah and a stone on the floor caused the prophet's forehead to bleed aisha approached the prophet peace be upon him picked up the stone on his forehead and threw it on the floor then the prophet went to get wudu imam al-shafi said the prophet's peace be upon him got broken so he went to get wudu why because a woman touched him touching a woman breaks wudu looking at the same incident imam abu hanifa said his wudu got broken because of bleeding that is why the prophet peace be upon him went to get wudu differences in these matters emerged out of different opinions and as you see they are completely about the details well couldn't the prophet peace be upon him explain this in another hadith and clarify this matter you mean why it isn't clear why did the issue remain open for discussion so different interpretations are made later on a lot of issues are like this this has a certain wisdom islam is the religion of ease yes we share the same world with other people however our life conditions are very different people who live a rural life can be more comfortable following the shafia mother while people who live in urban life can prefer the hanafi madam someone who constantly uses public transportation can choose to follow the hanafi mother so his wudu doesn't keep getting broken touching a woman for my religion not to be a heavy burden on me within the same religion differing only in the details with the rules i can follow giving me ease considering the place and time i live is full of wisdom if it were the same in the details what would happen some people could have said this religion isn't suitable for my culture and with the way i live i can't do this and could have left islam all of us think the same in the major points but differ in the details such as how to perform vitter prayer shafi's and hanafi's perform the vitter prayer differently but only in the details well am i allowed to change the mother by follow for example something is bleeding can i follow imam al-trafir or i accidentally touched a woman can i follow imam abu hanifa in this situation you can change your mother but not every day about this matter imam al-ghazali said when there is a big need with the condition of staying in your mother you can take another mother's opinion and use it when you do that it shouldn't be based on your own opinion you need a fatwa from a scholar let me give you an example you went to perform hajj and started to laugh it is too crowded during t'vaugh it is likely you accidentally touch a woman let's say you are shafi now what happened you started the waf and your wadu is invalid even before you complete the first circling start break start break that can never be done there is a big need here you need to fulfill the requirements of hajj but not on your own opinion such as i follow this i follow that i am here guys i have a bleeding in which mother was it okay you can't do that but if you want to change your mother permanently you can do it unless you do that frequently asking this question is also not very nice why it feels like there is disregard do you get it you know there's disregard in practicing the religion it is like something is bleeding let me do that oysters can be consumed according to shafi madhab let me go there there is such a disregard against the religion we shouldn't be practicing the religion with the least but we should be people who practice the religion with taqwa the companions were like this i mean instead of asking is this halal we should be asking what is the more virtuous way of doing this we actually need to practice this way we will come up with more difficult questions in the next video that's it for now hello brothers and sisters and thank you for watching the video if you want to take a look at more of our videos like this you can check the playlist we created specifically for you on the right or you can check out our latest videos on the left don't forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel so that we can reach and benefit more people see you