قال بعضهم في الحنابلة: الحَنْبَلِيّونَ قَومٌ لَا شَبِيْهَ لَهُمْ فِي الدِّيْن و الزُّهْدِ و التَّقْوَى إِذَا ذُكِرُوا أَحْكَامُهُم بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مُذْ خُلِقُوا وبالحَدِيْثِ و مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ نُّذُرُ
Assalamu 'Alaykum, i have recently become Hanbali and i am struggling to find the method of prayer for a female. I would be very grateful if someone could kindly help me out by directing me towards any resources or describing the prayer of a female in the madhab. JazakAllah khair
With all due respect, the Shaykh has unfortunately dismissed some important events and emphasized some non issues in order to elevate the Hanbali school of thought. There is no doubt that Imam Ahmad was a great scholar, who was pious and underwent a great fitnah of khal al Qur'aan. However, there were many scholars who did not consider Ahmad a faqeeh, and they are not someone "who are not looked upon" as the Shaykh said. Among those who did not count Ahmad as a Faqih was: Imam at Tabari (author of the Tafsir and Tareekh), Imam at-Tahawi (author of the Aqeedah), Imam Ghazali (author of al Ihyaa), ibn Qutaiba (author of Jami' al fiqh), Imam al Farahi, 'Alaa as Samarqandi, and the list goes on. It is of utmost importance to understand that these scholars not in their least forms belittled Ahmad's position in the house of knowledge, and none of them were jealous of Ahmad as some hanbalis claim. They are true scholars after all and you could expect them to be more matured than that. Now the reason why they dismissed Ahmad from fiqh was simply because he didn't conduct special classes for fiqh like Malik, Abu Haneefa and Shafa'ii. Ahmad was mostly devoted to Hadeeth and his piety was outstanding. He was so strict that he considered his own colleagues deviants for failing the test of khalq al Quraan and he would not talk to them till he died. And these colleagues are not some 2 bit 'ulemaa, we are talking about Ali ibn al Madeeni (the grand teacher of Imam al Bukhari) and Yahya ibn al Ma'een (the authority on Jarh wat Ta'deel). Imam Ahmad was not that type who believed in becoming famous or important and therefore he didn't have such large gatherings like Malik and Abu Hanifa. This man was loved by all. Now how did the mathhab come about? Long after he was gone one of the notable hanbalis called Abu Bakr al Khallaal gathered his sayings on different fiqhi issues and established his mathhab. The mathab was not as organized as the other 3 mathhabs until ibn Qudaamah came along with his Mughni as served this mathhab whole heatedly with abundant texts well formatted and presented in a fashion that was popular with other mathahib. This really has no significance for Muslims but like any team, hanaabilaah like to fight over it not just by words. If you don't believe me read what happened to the Grand Shaykh of this religion Imam at-Tabari. Just because he expressed his opinion that Ahmad is not a faqeeh and didn't approve of hanbalee mathhab, Abu Bakr the son of Abu Dawood provoked people against him, they bombarded his house with rocks and the police had to intervene. Such a big Shaykh had to give into them and appologize yet they caused him enough grief till he died. Even after his death they will not leave his house alone. Such extremism is surprisingly often associated with the Hanbalees till today (this is just my opinion). We must be more open hearted and welcoming towards criticism. We cant simply flush down the toilet all the greatness of such a grand shaykh simply because he went against one of our "grand gurus"
That's their opinion. They are not more knowledgable than Ash-Shāfi'ii who praised Ahmad for his fiqh. قال حرملة، سمعت الشافعي، يقول: خرجت من بغداد، وما خلفت بها أفقه، ولا أزهد، ولا أورع، ولا أعلم من أحمد بن حنبل And there are several others who praised Ahmad for his fiqh. Just quoting a few people who didn't do so doesn't harm him in any way. The acceptance that Allah has giving his madhab after all these years is from the signs that Allah wanted people to benefit from his fiqh. Ahmad answered many questions by giving a hadith as an answer and many would think that this means he was only a muhadith not a faqeeh. Rather, this shows his level of fiqh because many of the matters of fiqh have their evidence based in the ahādith.
There are some problems with what you said. Abu Bakr Al-Khalal rh did not come long after Imam Ahmad rh. Abu Bakr Al-Khalal rh was born during the life time of Imam Ahmad in 224 AH. Ahmad died in 241. Al-Khalal studied directly with Imam Ahmad's son Abdullah. He was also contemporaries with Imam Barbahari. When it comes to Ibn Qudamah EVERY madhab's literature developed overtime. Many of Ibn Qudamah's works are viewed as the mu'tamid (dominant) position but this is no different from how Imam Nawawi's work Minhaj At-Talibin is relied upon heavily by the Shafi'is when Imam Nawawi came 400 years after Imam Ash Shafi'i. No one will come and say that Nawawi started the Shafi'i madhab. Ar-Razi rh narrates in his book Al-Jarh Wal-Ta'dil that both Ishaq bin Rahawayh and Muhammad bin Muslim bin Warah credited Imam Ahmad for his fiqh. Ishaq bin Rahawayh was the teacher of Imam Bukhari who influenced Bukhari to write Sahih Bukhari. Muhammad bin Muslim was a contemporary of Yayha ibn Ma'in and Ali Al-Madani. Imam Al-Dhahabi rh narrated in Tarikh Al-Islam that Ahmad bin Said Ar-Razi praised Imam Ahmad for knowledge in fiqh. There is also a book called Al-Masa'il that has been compiled with a collection of Imam Ahmad's fiqhi opinions. Imam Ibn Jarir At-Tabari rh and his Jariri Madhab criticized Ahmad in fiqh but others praised him and they cannot be forgotten. The historical rivalry between the Jariri Madhab and the Hanabali in Iraq isn't enough evidence to discredit Ahmad in fiqh. And before people say I am biased I am not a biased Hanbali, I am a convert who has no madhab affiliation. The Prophet saws said that in the religion halal is clear and haram is clear but in between is doubt. Therefore nothing can be declared as wajib without proof. When I converted I was never given proof for the madahib being wajib. I view the madahib as a "system" and wasilah (means) for the tulab to learn fiqh qawa'id principles. But as a layman, I am not attached. Regardless I have heard the Shia Rafidah in my city criticize Ahmad bin Hanbal rh so I defend him because he is Ahle Sunnah.
Some of this isn't accurate. There are mistakes and the madhhab has been misrepresented. It does not seem that this Ustadth follows the Hanbali approach to usul al-fiqh.
قال بعضهم في الحنابلة:
الحَنْبَلِيّونَ قَومٌ لَا شَبِيْهَ لَهُمْ فِي الدِّيْن و الزُّهْدِ و التَّقْوَى إِذَا ذُكِرُوا
أَحْكَامُهُم بِكِتَابِ اللهِ مُذْ خُلِقُوا
وبالحَدِيْثِ و مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ نُّذُرُ
Jazaakumullahu Khairra
Jazakallhu khayr
Jazakallah khayr
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Assalamu 'Alaykum, i have recently become Hanbali and i am struggling to find the method of prayer for a female. I would be very grateful if someone could kindly help me out by directing me towards any resources or describing the prayer of a female in the madhab. JazakAllah khair
There is no difference btw Women and men Prayers
Aslam o alaikum sir i want email of ustadh abdul rehman i want to question him
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With all due respect, the Shaykh has unfortunately dismissed some important events and emphasized some non issues in order to elevate the Hanbali school of thought.
There is no doubt that Imam Ahmad was a great scholar, who was pious and underwent a great fitnah of khal al Qur'aan. However, there were many scholars who did not consider Ahmad a faqeeh, and they are not someone "who are not looked upon" as the Shaykh said. Among those who did not count Ahmad as a Faqih was: Imam at Tabari (author of the Tafsir and Tareekh), Imam at-Tahawi (author of the Aqeedah), Imam Ghazali (author of al Ihyaa), ibn Qutaiba (author of Jami' al fiqh), Imam al Farahi, 'Alaa as Samarqandi, and the list goes on.
It is of utmost importance to understand that these scholars not in their least forms belittled Ahmad's position in the house of knowledge, and none of them were jealous of Ahmad as some hanbalis claim. They are true scholars after all and you could expect them to be more matured than that. Now the reason why they dismissed Ahmad from fiqh was simply because he didn't conduct special classes for fiqh like Malik, Abu Haneefa and Shafa'ii. Ahmad was mostly devoted to Hadeeth and his piety was outstanding. He was so strict that he considered his own colleagues deviants for failing the test of khalq al Quraan and he would not talk to them till he died. And these colleagues are not some 2 bit 'ulemaa, we are talking about Ali ibn al Madeeni (the grand teacher of Imam al Bukhari) and Yahya ibn al Ma'een (the authority on Jarh wat Ta'deel). Imam Ahmad was not that type who believed in becoming famous or important and therefore he didn't have such large gatherings like Malik and Abu Hanifa. This man was loved by all.
Now how did the mathhab come about? Long after he was gone one of the notable hanbalis called Abu Bakr al Khallaal gathered his sayings on different fiqhi issues and established his mathhab. The mathab was not as organized as the other 3 mathhabs until ibn Qudaamah came along with his Mughni as served this mathhab whole heatedly with abundant texts well formatted and presented in a fashion that was popular with other mathahib.
This really has no significance for Muslims but like any team, hanaabilaah like to fight over it not just by words. If you don't believe me read what happened to the Grand Shaykh of this religion Imam at-Tabari. Just because he expressed his opinion that Ahmad is not a faqeeh and didn't approve of hanbalee mathhab, Abu Bakr the son of Abu Dawood provoked people against him, they bombarded his house with rocks and the police had to intervene. Such a big Shaykh had to give into them and appologize yet they caused him enough grief till he died. Even after his death they will not leave his house alone. Such extremism is surprisingly often associated with the Hanbalees till today (this is just my opinion). We must be more open hearted and welcoming towards criticism. We cant simply flush down the toilet all the greatness of such a grand shaykh simply because he went against one of our "grand gurus"
That's their opinion. They are not more knowledgable than Ash-Shāfi'ii who praised Ahmad for his fiqh.
قال حرملة، سمعت الشافعي، يقول: خرجت من بغداد، وما خلفت بها أفقه، ولا أزهد، ولا أورع، ولا أعلم من أحمد بن حنبل
And there are several others who praised Ahmad for his fiqh. Just quoting a few people who didn't do so doesn't harm him in any way. The acceptance that Allah has giving his madhab after all these years is from the signs that Allah wanted people to benefit from his fiqh.
Ahmad answered many questions by giving a hadith as an answer and many would think that this means he was only a muhadith not a faqeeh. Rather, this shows his level of fiqh because many of the matters of fiqh have their evidence based in the ahādith.
وهاك بعض ما ذكره ابن بدران في المدخل نقلا عن ابن الجوزي بشيء من التصرف، قال رحمه الله:
وَأما الْقيَاس فَلهُ من الاستنباط مَا يطول شَرحه، قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِم ابْن الْجبلي: أَكثر النَّاس يظنون أَن أَحْمد إِنَّمَا كَانَ أَكثر ذكره لموْضِع الْمحبَّة وَلَيْسَ هُوَ كَذَلِك، كَانَ أَحْمد بن حَنْبَل إِذا سُئِلَ عَن الْمَسْأَلَة كَانَ علم الدُّنْيَا بَين عَيْنَيْهِ. وقال إبراهيم الحربي: رَأَيْت أَحْمد بن حَنْبَل فرأيته كَأَن الله جمع لَهُ علم الْأَوَّلين والآخرين من كل صنف يَقُول مَا شَاءَ ويمسك مَا شَاء. وَقَالَ أَحْمد بن سعيد الرَّازِيّ: مَا رَأَيْت أسود رَأس أحفظ لحَدِيث رَسُول الله وَلَا أعلم بفقهه ومعانيه من أَحْمد. قَالَ الْخلال: كَانَ أَحْمد قد كتب كتب الرَّأْي وحفظها ثمَّ لم يلْتَفت إِلَيْهَا، وَكَانَ إِذا تكلم فِي الْفِقْه تكلم كَلَام رجل قد انتقد الْعُلُوم فَتكلم عَن معرفَة. قَالَ الإِمَام أَبُو الْوَفَاء عَليّ بن عقيل الْحَنْبَلِيّ الْبَغْدَادِيّ: وَمن عَجِيب مَا نَسْمَعهُ عَن هَؤُلَاءِ الْجُهَّال أَنهم يَقُولُونَ أَحْمد لَيْسَ بفقيه لكنه مُحدث، وَهَذَا غَايَة الْجَهْل؛ لِأَنَّهُ قد خرج عَنهُ اختيارات بناها على الْأَحَادِيث بِنَاء لَا يعرفهُ أَكْثَرهم، وَخرج عَنهُ من دَقِيق الْفِقْه مَا لَيْسَ نرَاهُ لأحد مِنْهُم، وَانْفَرَدَ بِمَا سلموه لَهُ من الْحِفْظ وشاركهم وَرُبمَا زَاد على كبارهم، ثمَّ ذكر ابْن عقيل مسَائِل دقيقة مِمَّا استنبطه الإِمَام... ثمَّ قَالَ: وَلَقَد كَانَت نَوَادِر أَحْمد نَوَادِر بَالِغَة فِي الْفَهم إِلَى أقْصَى طبقَة، قَالَ وَمن هَذَا فقهه واختياراته لَا يحسن بالمنصف أَن يغض مِنْهُ فِي هَذَا الْعلم، وَمَا يقْصد هَذَا إِلَّا مُبْتَدع قد تمزق فُؤَاده من خمول كَلمته وانتشار علم أَحْمد حَتَّى إِن أَكثر الْعلمَاء يَقُولُونَ: أصلي أصل أَحْمد، وفرعي فرع فلَان. فحسبك مِمَّن يرضى بِهِ فِي الْأُصُول قدوة. انتهى
There are some problems with what you said.
Abu Bakr Al-Khalal rh did not come long after Imam Ahmad rh. Abu Bakr Al-Khalal rh was born during the life time of Imam Ahmad in 224 AH. Ahmad died in 241. Al-Khalal studied directly with Imam Ahmad's son Abdullah. He was also contemporaries with Imam Barbahari.
When it comes to Ibn Qudamah EVERY madhab's literature developed overtime. Many of Ibn Qudamah's works are viewed as the mu'tamid (dominant) position but this is no different from how Imam Nawawi's work Minhaj At-Talibin is relied upon heavily by the Shafi'is when Imam Nawawi came 400 years after Imam Ash Shafi'i. No one will come and say that Nawawi started the Shafi'i madhab.
Ar-Razi rh narrates in his book Al-Jarh Wal-Ta'dil that both Ishaq bin Rahawayh and Muhammad bin Muslim bin Warah credited Imam Ahmad for his fiqh. Ishaq bin Rahawayh was the teacher of Imam Bukhari who influenced Bukhari to write Sahih Bukhari. Muhammad bin Muslim was a contemporary of Yayha ibn Ma'in and Ali Al-Madani. Imam Al-Dhahabi rh narrated in Tarikh Al-Islam that Ahmad bin Said Ar-Razi praised Imam Ahmad for knowledge in fiqh.
There is also a book called Al-Masa'il that has been compiled with a collection of Imam Ahmad's fiqhi opinions.
Imam Ibn Jarir At-Tabari rh and his Jariri Madhab criticized Ahmad in fiqh but others praised him and they cannot be forgotten. The historical rivalry between the Jariri Madhab and the Hanabali in Iraq isn't enough evidence to discredit Ahmad in fiqh.
And before people say I am biased I am not a biased Hanbali, I am a convert who has no madhab affiliation. The Prophet saws said that in the religion halal is clear and haram is clear but in between is doubt. Therefore nothing can be declared as wajib without proof. When I converted I was never given proof for the madahib being wajib. I view the madahib as a "system" and wasilah (means) for the tulab to learn fiqh qawa'id principles. But as a layman, I am not attached. Regardless I have heard the Shia Rafidah in my city criticize Ahmad bin Hanbal rh so I defend him because he is Ahle Sunnah.
Some of this isn't accurate. There are mistakes and the madhhab has been misrepresented. It does not seem that this Ustadth follows the Hanbali approach to usul al-fiqh.
Give an example or time stamp
What isn't correct? Please specify