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Ahl al-Ḥadīth wa-Ahl al-Raʾy (Traditionists vs Rationalists)

The formative juristic divide between scholars privileging transmitted reports and those employing considered legal opinion (raʾy), which shaped the early madhāhib.

The formative juristic divide between scholars privileging transmitted reports and those employing considered legal opinion (raʾy), which shaped the early madhāhib.

How it traveled

  1. Majmuʿ al-Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

ʿUlamaʾ al-Muslimin wa-l-Wahhabiyyun (title of a modern edition; the text is al-Shaʿrani's) · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Masaʾil, Riwayat ʿAbd Allah · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Very high

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Very high

Iʿlam al-Muwaqqiʿin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Milal Wa Nihal · al-Shahrastani

Very high

Tarikh · Al-Ya'qubi

Very high

Tarikh · Al-Tabari

Very high

Tarikh · Ibn Khaldun

Very high

Ighathat Lahfan · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Nubdha Kafiya · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Risala Bahira · Ibn Hazm

Very high

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

High
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Istiqama · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Muhalla Bi Athar · Ibn Hazm

High