by Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Imām Abū Muṣʿab Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr az-Zuhrī (d.242H) He was the pioneering Imām of the Ahl al-Ḥadīth and Ahl al-Sunnah. Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī introduces him as ‘al-Imām al-Faqih’ – The leader and Jurist, the Madanī, from the formidable and versatile scholars and the Shaykh of …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Alhamdullilahi Rabbil A’lamin, Wasalatu Wasalam Ala Rasoolillahil Karim, Wa, Ba’d 5) How can a layperson tell which hadith is weak and which is strong without blindfollowing? ANSWER Part 10 This is indeed a very strange way of trying …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Alhamdullilahi Rabbil A’lamin, Wasalatu Wasalam Ala Rasoolillahil Karim, Wa, Ba’d 4) The scholar always refers back to Imam Abu Hanifa for example, as the one people turn to, however, didnt his as well as other methodologies and schools of thought …
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