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Originally Posted by riad19
that statement is completely ignorant. first of all, the 4 madhaahib dont have just one opinion on a certain issue, but rather there is a dominant opinion and a lot of other opinions that arent the dominant point of view. to say that the "truth" may lay outside of the opinions of the 4 madhaahib, is an indication and using very poor choice of words, which also completely undermine the fact that the opinions are always based on quran and sunnah and often comes down to the usuls of the madhahib.
so all the opinions are based on truth, but one may feel more comfortable following one opinion over the other.
besides, give me an example of an opinion on an issue that you feel is the truth, which doesnt exist in any of the 4 madhaahib. otherwise, stop with the hypotheticals, its neither here nor there.
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Assalamu alaikum,
Akhi with all due respect your statement is a completely ignorant one. Maybe you should think twice before accusing a Mujtahid Imam of being ignorant. Perhaps its the baggage the name of Ibn Tayimiah carries in some corrupt minds that made you blurt out such a statement. Husn al-dhann does wonders you know.
I think you have totally misunderstood what the shaykh ul-islam meant. If you were acqauinted with his works or opinions you would know that most of his opinions lie within the 4 madhhahib, and those that do not are his own ijtihaad OR opinions of the early salaf or scholars whose madhhabs ONCE existed (such as al-layth, thawri etc...) based on his own research (as he's recognized as a mujtahid by many and a mujtahid in Hanbali madhhab by all).
So what is most likely meant by his words (and I agree it's a poor choice of words conveying his opinion) that an opinion can lie outside the madhhab in the sense that it was held by scholars who were either mujtahid, from the salaf, the sahabah, or whose madhhab is not extant anymore.
Never did Ibn Tayimiah ever insinuate discrediting the madhhahib as he himself was a Hanbali. And his defence of madhhabs other than his own can be seen in works such as his treatise in defence of 'Amal of ahl al-madinah (an english trans. by Aisha Bewley is available.)
WAllahu a'alam.