Evolution of Fiqh - Mission Islam

Qabeelat Tayybah• The khawarij use Qur’an and Sunnah but they interpret them differently.• The Fiqh of Ahl as-Sunnah prevailed and remained intact because it was the strongest group (i.e theideology of the Shi’a and Khawarij were weak).Faqeeh Says…Did you know that the Messenger of Allah said, “The Jews were divided among themselves into seventy one orseventy two sects, and the Christians were divided amongst themselves into seventy one or seventy two sects.And my Ummah will be divided among itself into seventy three sects.” [Abu Dawood, at-Tirmidhi, al-Hakim,and Ahmad among several others]However not all the sects that appeared in the history of Islam left a significant legacy in areas of Fiqh exceptfor a few like Shi’aa and Khawarij.Age of the Primary MadhahibThe Seeds of DifferencesAhl as-Sunnah had the same ideological beliefs; however differences started to appear in the methodology ofapproaching the Qur’an and Sunnah. Thus, there were juristic differences which eventually led to theemergence of two primary madhahib. The First Madhab: Hijazi School (Ahl al-Hijaz)Madhab of Alh al-HadeethThey were also called Ahl al-Hadeeth due to their extensive use of Hadeeth.1. Locationo The western belt of Arabia (Makkah, Madinah, Taif, Yemen), Syria, Sham, Africa and Egypto Most of the Fuqaha’ of this region followed this madhab2. Characteristics of the Madhabo The Fuqaha’ of this Madhab adhered to and only deduced their rulings from the Qur’an and hadeethpresent. This was because Al-Hijaz was the cities of the Sahabah so there were an abundance ofahadeeth.o They made limited deductions due to their confinement to the available ahadeeth. If they could notfind a hadeeth to give an answer they would say “Allahu Alam”. They were also known for saying“Laa Adree – I do not know”.o They disliked Ar-Ra’i (human reasoning) and they did not like people to ask them for their opinions,for example a man came to Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar and asked him about some matter; Salimreplied that he has never heard anything on the matter so the man told Salim that he will be satisfiedwith the opinion of Salim; however, Salim refused to give his opinion saying that if he changed hisopinion after the man left, how will he find the man afterwards to tell him of his new opinion.TCE Notes Revolution 46