I sometimes come across the term that a ruling is "mu'tamad" within a school of law - what does this mean? I am aware that some rulings are foundational and universally shared among the adherents of a madhhab, so perhaps that is what it means, but I'm not sure. Is that what it means?
I've also come across the remark that al-Ghazali once made with regard to some ruling of ash-Shafii, basically saying "I wish ash-Shafii was more lenient in this point" (i think it was related to ritual purity, or prayer, but I don't remember the precise issue now), yet he felt compelled to follow ash-Shafii's view. In that respect I'd be interested to know what levels of bindingness rulings within a madhhab have, and to what degree this applies to fuqaha. I'm aware that there is ijtihad with regard to rulings within the madhhab and (full-fledged, so to speak) ijtihad where a scholar may and must rely on his own findings in all matters. The nuances and legal categories here escape me, and if anyone knows, I'd be interested to see them clarified.
Asked by G. Bach
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Nov 11, 2016, 02:49 PM
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