![]() ![]() While this is not a decision to abandon the intellect, this word is usually translated pejoratively as ‘blind imitation’. ![]() Taqlid is that people see with the eyes of the heart something so overwhelmingly clear that they imitate it, whether consciously or unconsciously. It is clear from reading the hadith literature that the Companions, who were pre-eminently men of fiqh, received their Islam by means of what we would call ‘taqlid’ which continued to be the means of Islam’s transmission from one generation to the next. If Allah had not rescued us by Malik and al-Layth we would have gone astray.” Ibn ‘Uyaynah said, “Ahadith are misleading except to those who have fiqh.” Ibn Wahb said, “Every man of hadith who has no imam in fiqh is astray. The book which he wrote was his collection of forty-two ahadith together with the absolute minimum of fiqh and linguistic commentary which he felt necessary for people not to misunderstand the import of these ahadith. Imam an-Nawawi, may Allah show mercy to him, never intended merely to record forty ahadith in a book and release them to the public. Revised Edition with Arabic Text and Commentary An-Nawawi: Complete Forty Hadith, Arabic-English & Commentary
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