Where ignorant armies clash by night

If one surfs Muslim forums, whether Sunni or otherwise, there is a startling reality: forgotten priorities.

We find armies of ignorant people clashing in the darkness of ignorance about matters they don’t understand, matters that the great imams of Islam differed upon with decorum.

Such argument and dispute is highly reprehensible. The Beloved Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

“No people went astray after having been given guidance except after they started argumentation.” [Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja, from Abu Umama (Allah be pleased with him)]

Where ignorant armies clash by night

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An Introduction to the Discipline of Legal Methodology (usul al-fiqh)

 

Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Hitu (Allah preserve him) is a contemporary scholar of legal methodology with a number of published works on the subject. I’m currently working on translating one of his short works. Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of the book that explains how the discipline of usul al-fiqh developed. Enjoy!

An Introduction to the Discipline of Legal Methodology (usul al-fiqh)

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