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The differences of the Imams (References added) Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi Translated by: Mawlana Muhammad Kadwa

THE DIFFERENCES OF THE IMAMS

Book Contents

• Introduction
• Part one: the era of the messenger (pbuh)
• The primary reason: varying commands for different people
• And circumstances
• Reason : a special case is taken as a general order
• Reason : a general order is taken as a special case
• Reason : a difference of perception
• Reason : intentional action vs coincidence
• Reason : underlying causes
• Reason : words have multiple meanings
• Reason : different types of injunctions
• Reason : an injunction to sharpen the mind
• Reason : affectionate injunctions vs cautionary
• Injunctions
• Compelling interpretations
• Two categories of laws
• Fundamental and subsidiary differences
• Differences: a source of mercy
• Prejudice toward any school
• Part two: the era of the companions & the followers
• Reason : narration by meaning
• The difficulty of narrating by memory
• Reason : abrogation
• Reason : the problem of human error
• Reason : love for allah’s messenger (pbuh)
• The advice of imam bukhari to the seeker of hadith
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• Reason : excessive links between narrators
• Reason : weak narrators
• Reason : fabrcation of hadiths
• Reason : tampering with sound narrations
• Weak hadiths in the later generations
• Summary of the differences in the second era
• Part three: the era of mujtahid imams & some principles
• Of hadith and jurisprudence
• The main reason for the diffeences between the imams
• Some principles of hadith
• Types of hadiths
• The basis of rejection and preference
• Assessment of a narrator
• The indispnsability of the principles op hadiths
• Some principles of fiqh: principles of the jurists for the validity
• Of hadiths
• The most basic reason for differences
• The four schools of fiqh: the opinions of the imams are all from
• The hadths
• Examples of the multi -faceted methods of inference
• The parable of the imams of hadith
• Inference in our times
• The approach of the hanafi school of thought
• Epilogue
• About the author
• References: