Documents of the Right Word

A’zam ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’ put forward as documents. I
have seen that his and his disciples’ evidences are all tenable and
true. I say these words not only as perfunctory statements or for
the sake of courtesy like some people do, but as a result of long
and painstaking observation. I have seen that all the hadîth-isherîfs
reported by Imâm-i-A’zam were taken from the eminent
ones of the Tâbi’în, who, as is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, were all
virtuous and good people.
Hadrat Tâj-ud-dîn-i-Subkî ‘rahmatullâhi aleyh’ says in his book
Tabakât-ul-kubrâ, “One should be watchful about one’s attitude
towards the Imâms of the Madh-habs! One should not value the
rumours and slanders spread about great religious scholars! A
person who protests against the statements of the religious Imâms
will end up in catastrophes. Everything they say is based on an
evidence, a document. People who are not like them cannot
comprehend these evidences. What devolves on us is to praise
these noble people and not to comment on their disagreeing on
some matters. The disagreements between them are like the
disagreements between the Sahâba. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi
wa sallam’ prohibited us to censure the As-hâb-i-kirâm on account
of the disagreements among them. He commanded us to mention
them all with praises.”
If you wish to realize that the hadîth-i-sherîfs reported by
Imâm-i-A’zam ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’ are dependable and his
Madh-hab is correct, join the way of Ahlullah (people who have
completely trusted themselves to Allah and are therefore devoted
to Islam). Make progess with ikhlâs in knowledge and
worshipping! Attain Islam’s ultimate essence! You will then see
that the Imâms of the four Madh-habs and those scholars who
follow them are in the right way and all their statements are
compatible with Islam.
Hadrat Shakîk-i-Belhî states that Abû Hanîfa had a great deal
of wara’ and religious lore and he was extremely pious
[worshipping much], noble and very diligent in religious matters.
He never made personal comments on religious matters. When
he was asked a question, he would get his disciples together,
discuss the question with them and, when a unanimous conclusion
was reached, he would tell Abû Yûsuf or another disciple to
“record it in such and such page of a certain book.” Abdullah Ibni
Mubârak relates, “During a stay in the city of Kûfa I visited
various scholars and asked them each who (they thought) was the
greatest scholar among them. The answer was the same: they all
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