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opinion of the other Imam is more sound and supported by
proofs, they continue to stick to their own Madhhab and coerce
others to follow them in this, threatening them with punishments
if they have the authority, or making the blind adherence to the
incorrect ruling of a Madhhab part of Eemaan.
4: Can the Imam be Wrong?
Allah says: “And we have inculcated upon man concerning his
parents – his mother bore with weariness upon weariness and
his weaning is in two years” 647
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani says in the Tafseer of this verse, “The
period of weaning according to the majority of the scholars is two
years. Imam Abu Haneefah must have some reason with him
when he described two and a half years.” 648
The Qur’aanic verse is clear in its meaning that the period of
weaning is two years. According to Shabbir Ahmad Usmani – the
majority of those whom he considers to be scholars also agree
with this apparent meaning of the Qur’aan. Shabbir Ahmad
Usmani himself does not know the reason behind the alleged
opinion of Imam Abu Haneefah of two and a half years.
Elsewhere, in the Tafseer of Soorah 46:15 and Soorah 2:233 649 , he
himself agrees that the correct ruling is the ruling of Allah – i.e.
two years. But despite of all this, he says, “Imam Abu Haneefah
must have some reason with him when he described two and a
half years.” The very thought that the Imam can make a mistake
or give a ruling based upon his opinion in the absence of a
Hadeeth is repulsive to the Deobandis and they deem such an
occurrence to be impossible, even though there is overwhelming
evidence to the contrary. There are many instances where the
rulings of the other three Madhhabs are closer to the Book and the
Sunnah.
647 Soorah Luqman (31): 14.
648 Tafseer-e-Usmani, (Eng. Trans.) vol.3, p.1797.
649 See the Tafseer of these verses as explained in Tafseer Usmani by
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani.
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