The Scholars Are Not Unaware

Imam Ahmad was once discussing an issue and some people quoted certain Ahadith to refute him.

The Imam became angry and said:

صبيان نحن؟! ليس نعرف هذِه الأحاديث؟!
“𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?!”
[“As-Sunnah”, of Khallal, 2/359 – إسناده صحيح].

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Dedicated to those who underestimate the fuqaha and keep saying: ‘this Hadith did not reach them!’

These Ahadith did not fall down from the sky in the 21st century … you did not discover something new.

They were known and discussed at great length before you were even born.

لو كانوا يعلمون!!

The disagreements of the fuqaha are not because they are unaware of the evidences, it is usually because those evidences can be understood differently, or they may consider them abrogated due to other Ahadith, etc.

And these Madhabs are not based on the words of the 4 Imams alone – they have been fine-tuned for 1000+ years, by millions of scholars.