NECESSITY OF FIQH PART - 3

Surah Nahl-43 Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti, in Durr al Manthoor, in the exegesis of this verse deduces from a Hadith that ‘leaders’ means the Imams of the age.

Hazrat Abu Najeeh (Rahimahullah) narrates on the authority of the great Tabie Imam Mujahid that ‘Leaders’ means the men of discernment (tafqa), intellect and understanding i.e. Jurisprudents.

The teacher of Imam Bukhari’s teachers, Imam Abdur Razzaq writes in his collection of Tafseer, “’Leaders’ means the Jurisprudents and the scholars.

Imam Abu Jafar Tabari writes in Jame Ul Bayan, fi tafseer il Quran on the authority of Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas, Jabir bin Abdullah, Hasan Basri, Ata bin saib, Abul A’aliyya That ‘Leaders’ means the Jurisprudents and the scholars.

The author of Tafseer Kabeer, Imam Razi writes on the authority of Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas, Hazrat Hasan Basri, Imam Mujahed and Imam Zahhak (Rahimahullah) that ‘..’ means the scholars who teach the rules of Shariah and instruct the people in matters of religion.

He also says that there is no disagreement over this, that a group of the Companions (Sahabah) and the tabien (Successors) that ‘Leaders’means scholars.

Imam Ibn E Katheer, whose opinion is considered by the ‘non-followers’ as the final word, writes in Tafseer e Katheer:

The Leaders meant here are the Jurisprudents (Fuqaha) and this is also the opinion of Imam Mujahid, Imam ‘Ata, Hadhrat Hasan Basri, Hadhrat Abu Ya’ala (May Allah shower their Mercy on them) that leaders mean the Scholars and the Fuqaha.