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Understanding the Four Madhhabs: The Facts about Ijtihad and Taqlid

Understanding the Four Madhhabs: The Facts about Ijtihad and Taqlid

Muslim Academic Trust
Why four schools of thought? Is it necessary to follow one? Discussion on these and other questions. A great book for those confused about this subject.
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Why four schools of thought? Is it necessary to follow one? Discussion on these and other questions. A great book for those confused about this subject.

Because of the traditional pious fear of distorting the Law of Islam, the overwhelming majority of the great scholars of the past - certainly well over ninety-nine percent of them - have adhered loyally to a madhhab. It is true that in the troubled fourteenth century a handful of dissenters appeared, but even these individuals never recommended that semi-educated Muslims should attempt ijtihad without expert help.


About The Author

Timothy J  Winter AKA Abdal Hakim Murad
graduated from Cambridge University with a double-first in Arabic in 1983. He then studied  Islam under traditional teachers at Al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world. He went on to reside in Jeddah, where he administered a commercial translation office and maintained close contact with Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad and other ulama from Hadramaut, Yemen.

In 1989, Tim Winter (Abdal Hakim being his Muslim Name ) returned to England and spent two years at the University of London learning Turkish and Farsi . Also a  University Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, England, and Director of Studies in Theology at Wolfson College. 
His research work focuses on Muslim-Christian relations, Islamic ethics and the study of the Orthodox Muslim response to extremism.

Sheikh Abdal Hakim is the translator of a number of works, including two volumes from Imam al-Ghazali Ihya Ulum al-Din. He gives durus and halaqas from time to time and taught the works of Imam al-Ghazali at the Winter 1995 Deen Intensive Program in New Haven, CT. He appears frequently on BBC Radio and writes occasionally for a number of publications including The Independent and Q-News International, Britain's premier Muslim Magazine.

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EAN 13 / ISBN 9781902350011
Author Abdal Hakim Murad
Publisher Muslim Academic Trust
Pages 30
Manufacturer Muslim Academic Trust
Year Published 1999
Weight 0.12 lb
Width 2.9 in
Height 8.1 in
Depth 0.1 in

EAN 13 / ISBN 9781902350011
Author Abdal Hakim Murad
Publisher Muslim Academic Trust
Pages 30
Manufacturer Muslim Academic Trust
Year Published 1999
Weight 0.12 lb
Width 2.9 in
Height 8.1 in
Depth 0.1 in

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