Taqleed-Fuqaha Defination
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
TAQLEED/IJTEHAD
DEFINATIONS
Deen (Totality /kulliyat) = way of living (islam+iman+ihsan)
Islam=is a deen /way of living not just mazhab/religion.
Mazhab/religion=juzz/portion of deen (dealing with spirituality)
Sharia=practical following of deen/deenipath
Deen/islam is the same but shariat varied accordingly with respect to ambiya(as)
Every ummat=shariat/general path+minhaj/detail path
Science of shariat=kull/complete(zaahir/baatin)
Science of fiqh=juzz/portion of shariat(zaahir)
Science of tasawuff/tazkiya=juzz/portion of shariat(baatin)
Fiqh/ilm ul ahkam e sharia/Islamic law /Islamic jurisprudence.
fiqh=ilm e shariat e ahkam(science/knowledge of practical sharia)
Fiqh=hukm/order+hikmat/reason(science of practical sharia)
Jurisprudence/usool e fiqh=principles of law
Ijtehad=chapter of fiqh/tafaqu feed deen.
Taqlid means following AND ijtehad means deductive reasoning /research.
Fiqh is outcome of ijtehad AND Ijtehad itself is fiqh
Fiqh=science of code of conduct (order/ahkam)
Fiqh=without fiqh you cannot understand quran.
Understanding quran =from quran/from ahadith/practices of sahaba/ilm etafsir/fiqh /ilm e lugat/grammer/dictionary etc etc
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FUQAHA/ULEMA
Virasat e ambiya +khalifatur rasool
Imam jafar as sadiq(as) head of all fuqaha (most of them directly/indirectly are his students)
Higher than muhaddis/narrators of hadis +abid (extensive ibadat).Muhaddis writes without changing ahadith(rivayatul ahadis/narators)
People who explained in detail about ahadith(fiqh ul hadis/knowledgable).
When Allah intends good to some one ,he makes him faqhi (gives indepth understanding of deen)
Ilm e nafae(if has knowledge of tasawuff)
Can fight with shaitan than an abid.
People with knowledge of ahkam e shariat ,they can gain expertise in quran/sunnah
Knowledge is from mouth to books AND Knowledge is from heart to heart.
For ex- quran was revealed on harf/letter
Has baatin/zaahir meanings (hidden/apparent meanings)
Each zaahir/apparent has ibtida/initial and inteha/final meanings
Each baatin/hidden has ibtida/initial and inteha/final meanings
Quran =enclosed with all sciences(socio-political-economics-educational-medicine-human rights-astro physics etc )
Education must be 1 =deen/Islamic education +duniya/modern education
Our knowledge is backward not islam.
Looking at what Perception/angle =quran gives answer (First study the subject/basics with that view point then check quran/sunnah/fiqh)
Ulema e rabbani=marifat e elahi+taqwa+faqhi+soft hearted+Hilm(sufi fuqaha)
Alim-sufi=extremists AND Alim+sufi=ulema e rabbani
Alim knows AND fuqaha=knowing in depth.
Alim=allah makes his good servant faqhi(ilm e sahi).
Alim=no personal opinion without ijtehad/deductive reasoning .
Ijtihad is closed meaning no new madhab (new madhab is a fitna)
Ijtihad is opened meaning research/reasoning /ijtihad e masail
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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