Taqleed

Q: Where do the Tablighi Jamaat find that Ahle Hadith are wrong in their practice of Islam?

Q: Why should we follow an Imam such as Abu Hanifa, Ahmed bin Hanbal etc. as following the ways of of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) is the best way? If Imams were correct enough then why do they have different way of offering Salaah? In this case one Imam can be correct while other three may be totally wrong in their practice.

Q: I follow the concept of the Tablighi Jamaat but people say that Ahle Hadith is the only correct sect while some say that Dawat e Islami and some Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, what should I do?

Q: Do we really need to follow a Mazhab?If yes why didn't the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) or his companions not do so? My friends confused me with this points because I know that we cannot add anything to Islam unless it's told or practised by the prophet Muhammed (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam).

Q: Can a shaafi follower follow hanafi fiqh in matters of tahaarah and purity and perform salah, fasting and hajj according to shaafi fiqh when he feels hanafi fiqh is easier in tahaarah matters than shaafi fiqh? Or can a shaafi follower adopt some opinions of the hanafi Imam in matters of tahaarah not as a whole because he feels it easier? Will he be sinning by doing like this when his intention is not to follow his nafs but to make his life easier? Allah Ta'ala and our Rasul (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) also teach that we should make our deen easy to follow?

Q: What is taqleed?

Q: Is hanbali way more correct and more closer to how the prophet used to do salah than hanfi way and do you get more reward for following the hanbali way? If Hanfi way of salah is more closer to Sunnah then Hanbali way what is the proof?

Q: I’m living in Pakistan. I belong to Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah (fiqh: Hanafi) Deobandi.

Here I’m putting forward the URL of Darul Uloom Deoband, India (referred above) i.e. http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/

You are requested to please go through the website and I can guess well that you already know it very well. There are further two sects in Deobandis i.e. Hayaati & Mamaati. I don’t know to which sect I belong. Please guide me separately about both of them and also confirm which of them is from Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​?

I’ve heard that the real Muslims/Mu’mins are Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​ (4 Fiqhs i.e. Hanafis, Shafi’ees, Malikis, Hambliees) and that all those are not 4 sects but 4 Fiqhs. And all of those are combined one sect. Kindly confirm? Please also confirm that there are the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah​​ in Haramain Shareefain as well.

Here in subcontinent, there rose numerous Fitnahs and one of them are so called Ahlulhadith (Ghair Muqallid). And here in my office one of my colleagues is from them. I’m facing too much offensive attitude from his side, which is in such a way that either you prove yourself ‘Right’ or otherwise become Ghair Muqallid. They say that taqleed is shirk. He downloads many clips from a certain website and offers me to take home for listening. They also claim that Aimmah-e-Ka’abah (Shaikh Abdur Rahmaan As Sudais & Shaikh Ebrahim As Shuraim) are also Ghair Muqallid that is they don’t do Taqleed of any one Imam specifically. Kindly confirm.

They also raise issue of 20 rakaats Taraweeh, which I’ll ask from you later.

I hope you’ve understood this Fitnah very well.

Q: I have been asked the following question. Why can we not go to a salafi talk, and only listen to hadith?

Q: A Gair Muqallid told me that Taqleed is shirk. I asked him the reason for Taqleed being shirk. He told me that the Muqallids follow their Imam even if the Imam's view conflicts with Qur'an & Hadith. So Muqallids are Mushriq. Is the statement about Muqallids being mushrik given by him correct? Can you tell me some authentic reference to tell him that Taqleed is not shirk and give me some online sources links where I could gain knowledge about the topics of Taqleed, following only one imam etc?