Shafi‘is as Ahl al-Ra’y & Hanafis as Textual

Shafi‘is as Ahl al-Ra’y &Hanafis as Textual Muhib Allah al-Bihari al-Hanafi (d. 1119 AH) has a fascinating epistle explaining how the Shafi‘is actually employed more analogical reason (ra’y) in their legal positions than the Hanafis, despite the latter being accused, rather derogatorily, of normatively leaving hadith for mere opinion as “ahl al-ra’y.” This excerpt is taken from Shaykh ‘Abd […]