The Legal Status Of Following a Madhab / Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani

According to the Hanafi Madhab, the hands should be held below the navel. According to the Shaaf'ee Madhab, the hands should be held above the navel. The Hanbali Madhab grants an option between the two, while the Maaliki Madhab advocates leaving the hands unfolded at one's sides" Why taqleed (Followers) of the schools of thoughts (madhaahib) of Imam's Maalik, ash-Shaafi’ee, Abu Haneefah, and Ahmad bin Hanbal. The fact is that the Religion of the Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) is one and the Qur‘aan is one? This Book deals with the issue of Madhab, the approach is academic and non-confrontational. A must read if you want to understand this sometimes hotly debated issue. Table of Contents The Nature of Taqleed The Concept of Taqleed in the Qur'an Taqleed in the Sunnah The Era of the Companions and Absolute Taqleed Taqleed of an Individual during the Time of the Companions and their Followers The Need for Following a Particular Imam Taqleed of an Individual Why the Four Schools of Thought The Different Levels of Taqleed The Taqleed of the Lay Person The Taqleed of an Expert Scholar The Taqleed of a Scholar who is a Mujtahid in his School The Taqleed of an Absolute Mujtahid Responses to Doubts Raised Against Taqleed The Following of Forefathers is Condemned in the Qur'an The Condemnation of Taqleed of Savants and Sages The Hadith of Adi ibn Hatim, Radi-Allahu anhu The Statement of Abdullah ibn Mas'ood, Radi-Allahu anhu The Statements of Mujtahid Imams Themselves How Does a Lay Person Recognize a Mujtahid Is Taqleed a Defect? The Taqleed of an Individual and Following one's Whims and Fancies The Taqleed of an Individual and New Issues The Hanafi School of Thought and Ahadith Imam Abu Hanifa and his Knowledge of Hadith Inertia in Taqleed