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AoA,You guys are wrong about scholars... I used to think the same way until I read some works of scholars and met knowledgeable people... scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah (those who follow Sunnah based on understanding of righteous predecessors) are amazing.. the one who tainted the name of scholars in ur head are ppl u see on TV, giving fatwas against one another...
you need to have a lot of knowledge b4 you give rulings.. you may know 1 hadith but not it's context or how it fits with other ahadith.. same with interpreating the Quran for legal purposes especially.
There was an imam who was asked a question and he Quoted Imam malik as answer. Someone asked why did u quote; here's his reply (I loved it):
So we follow Quran and hadith but we ask scholars to give us answers in light of Quran and sunnah...
I dunno but you must have seen Dr. Zakir naik does quote Shykh Albanee. same way many preachers quote ibn taymiyah... (If you saw an aqeedah text by ibn taymiyyah u'd love it that he quotes from Quran n ahadith to support his claim..)
Very rightly said brother, may Allah bless you.
I just wanted to add that as people are saying that 'just follow the Quran and Sunnah'
Well, there are plenty of things where Quran and sunnah do not give a clear solution to problems!
In those cases, the other methods of islamic jurisprudence are to be used,
That is exactly what the scholars did; they did a great favour on us people that they derived laws about many things for our good!
We have no right to say they were wrong or something, they just interpreted the teachings according to their thoughts!
(Consider the number of different essay scripts or simple sentences a class of children can write from the same topic)
Yes, they differed, but their difference is in small matters only!
And those who say that just follow the Quran and Sunnah fail to understand that they may be creating a new firqah !
Unluckily, today there are plenty of people who wrongfully claim to be 'scholars' and mislead many people!
But I believe that people should have the ability to judge who the real and authentic ones are!
May Allah help us all in finding the true path,
AMEEN