I thought this might help anyone who gets tricked with silly questions by anti-Taqleed Ghair Muqallideen.
A Baseless Question
The anti-Taqleed lobby attempts to hoodwinkunwary Muslims by asking the question:
"Did the Madh'habs exist during the timeof Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam and the Sahaabah?"In response it could be asked: Did Bukhari Shareefexist in the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. Didthe Qur'aan (in the form we have it) exist during the time of Rasulullahsallallahu alaihe wasallam)? If they respond by saying "Yes", thenwe to shall retort that the Madh'habs did exists in the time of Rasulullahsallallahu alaihe wasallam.
In fact, this very question posed by deviants',exhibits either their gross ignorance or their deliberate to hoodwink theunwary. If the madhab did not exist during the time of Rasulullah sallallahualaihe wasallam and the Sahaabah, the logical conclusion is that theentire Shar'iah which the illustrious Imaam have expounded is not the Shar'iahtaught Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam and the Sahaabah. But,this is absurd and preposterous.
The madhab of all the teaching of the Madhabsare in fact the teachings of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. Nothing in theMadhabs conflicts with the Qur'aan and Hadith. The different ways methodsof Ibaadat, etc., which the Madhabs are applying, are the ways and methodsof the Sahaabah which they had acquired from Rasulullah sallallahu alaihewasallam. The differences were inherited from the Sahaabah and suchdifferences are by Divine Decree, hence Rasulullah sallallahu alaihewasallam said:
"The differences of my Ummat isa Rahmat."Whether anyone understands this fact that,'Rahmat' (Mercy) is emanating out of the authoritative differencesof the Fuqahah of the Ummat is of no substance. The fact that Rasulullahsallallahu alaihe wasallam proclaimed such differences to be theeffects of Allah's mercy is sufficient. Thus, there is nothing detestablein the differences prevailing among the Madhabs. These valid and authenticdifferences do not bring about disunity, as is stupidly asserted by themodernist deviants'. The ignorance of people and their desires are thecauses of disunity. While the terms, Hanafi, Shaaf'i, etc.did not exist in the time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallamand the Sahaabah, the teachings of these Madhabs, all had existed. WhileBukhari Shareef did not exist, the Ahaadith contained in the book did exist.It is, therefore, stupid to pose the question of the Madhabs during thetime of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. There is unity inthis diversity. Deen is the product of wahi, not the result of man'sdesires. Since the hawa (desire) cannot find free-play within the chainsof Taqleed the aim of the deviates is to refute the concept of Taqleed.But, breaking the chains of Taqleed is to enchain oneself with the shacklesof the nafs.
