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What is a Madhhab? Exploring the Role of Islamic Schools of Law (Article)

AR Uncategorized April 26, 2023May 15, 2023 1 Minute

Author: Emad Hamdeh

Excerpt: Extracting laws from the Quran and Sunnah is not as simple
as reading one piece of evidence (dalīl), rather it requires that
one take all evidence from the Quran and hadith into
consideration.

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1. According to the article, what best defines a madhhab? An approach that forbids any use of precedent or collective reasoning A method of interpreting scripture that binds a group or school of scholars together A set of practices unrelated to scripture developed by local communities The personal legal opinions of the founder of a school that all followers must adopt

2. How does the article characterize taqlīd in relation to ijtihād? Taqlīd means blind following with no role for evidence, so ijtihād is unnecessary Taqlīd is deference to precedent, while ijtihād requires scholars to exert effort to extract law from texts Taqlīd requires rejecting all hadith unless a scholar performs ijtihād on each one Taqlīd and ijtihād are identical practices with different names

3. Which accurately summarizes the article’s example of how the Shāfiʿī and Ḥanafī madhhabs differ over the Quranic term “lāmastum” (contact with women)? The Shāfiʿīs understand it as physical skin-to-skin contact invalidating ablution, while the Ḥanafīs may read it as referring to intercourse Both schools agree it never affects ablution and treat the verse as symbolic only The Shāfiʿīs interpret it as meaning intercourse only, while the Ḥanafīs treat any skin-to-skin contact as nullifying ablution Both schools reject the hadith evidence and rely solely on a literal reading of the Quran

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