Page 3: Index.

Foreword…………………….5
Chapter 1: Taqleed, Ijtihad and the Fuqaha’…………..8

• What is Taqleed…………8
• The blind following of the rejectors of Taqleed……9
• Taqleed during the Prophet’s(saw) era…….10
• Following a particular Imam or Madhhab……..12
• Why is it necessary to follow an Imam or Madhhab…14
• Why is Taqleed confined to the four madhhabs………..17
• Why we follow the Hanafi maslak………..18
• Is Taqleed prohibited by the Qur’an………….18
• The accusation of muqallids rejecting hadith……….20
• The Statement: ‘The Qur’an and Hadith are before us. We can refer directly to them.’………………..25
• What is Quwwat-e-Ijtihadiyya?................29
• The question of the Mujtahid Imams prohibiting their taqleed………32
• The mistake of judging the ahadith of the fuqaha’ on the criteria of the muhaddithin……….34

Chapter 2  A brief selection of the praises showered by the Imams of the Ummah on Imam Abu Hanifa(rah)………………….37

Chapter 3  The Hanafi evidence for certain contentious masa’il……43

• Zuhr Salah after the shadow of objects exceeds their original length………….43
• The feet in Qiyam…………….45

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