Hassan Ilyas Sahabs Post On Tawatur
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Sir, how do then bidahs start? Shouldn’t people just reject them outright?
In our cross checking of fiqh books it’s not necessary to know what sources the fuqha used, what their opinions about certain practices were, etc. Referring to fiqh is only used to establish if certain practices were common at the time, which is a period not very far removed from the time after the departure of prophet Muhammad SAW. Everything fuqha discussed is not necessarily sunnah. Sunnah is found in the ijma and tawatur of the ummah, and we can use fiqh books to cross check.
That’s exactly the point in ijma and tawatur. You knowing the story of Fajr in Malaysia means that you can trace corruption back in time. Had it not been corrupted, there would be no story to tell. All scholars would be explaining the correct Fajr in their books. On the baap dada example you’re right on too – people don’t easily give up what’s being transmitted through generations. That’s why whenever tawatur is broken we can easily find evidence. Ijma and tawatur doesn’t guarantee that the practice being transmitted is right. All it means is that the practice was transmitted without corruption.