FOUR MADHHABS OF AHL AS-SUNNA (I)

The four madhhabs of Ahl as-Sunna were deduced from the Qur’ân al-kerîm and the hadîth ash-sherîf. The books of fiqh that exist in the contemporary age do not contain any ijtihâd disagreeing with any hadîth. Of their ijtihâds, which seem to disagree with one another, only one of them is right, yet those who follow the wrong ones, as pointed out in the hadîth ash-sherîf, will also be given thawâb. Therefore, as it will be sahîh (valid) and maqbûl (acceptable in the view of Allâhu ta’âlâ) to do what has been conveyed unanimously in their four madhhabs, so it will be sahîh and maqbûl to do what they disagreed on. Then, every Muslim who is not a mujtahid has to choose and follow one of the four madhhabs in everything he does, without any need to search for the documents of the imâm al-madhhab, for, the new Muslims among the Tâbi’în imitated as-Sahâbat al-kirâm without asking for any documentation. When doing anything in accordance with the madhhab he has liked and chosen, every Muslim should believe that he is obeying the Qur’ân al-kerîm or the hadîth ash-sherîf.

There is no need for a mujtahid today. For, nothing has been left unexplained among Islamic teachings. There is nothing to be added to this religion, which has already become perfect. Rules for everything that will happen until Doomsday were declared by Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) and explained by the a’immat al-madhâhib. Those scholars who are not mujtahids can manage their application to daily events. Mujaddids who will come in every century will do this job, but, because it is no longer necessary, they will not deduce new rules through ijtihâd. Every harâm, halâl or document has been explained.