Referring to a qualified Aalim whom one has confidence in

Q:

1. How can a layman get true knowledge regarding spending his life as per Sunnah where one may not know the meanings or the concept of saheeh or zaeef ahadeedh

2. Where and how can he differentiate between 2 or more saheeh ahadeeth which are contradicting each other

3. How could he know about the nasikh and mansookh ahadeeth?

4. How could a salaried person approach muftis regularly out of his busy schedule?

A: The easy, tried and tested method of all our elders is that you choose an aalim in whom you have confidence and thereafter refer to him in all deeni matters.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)