2. Characteristics of the Madhab

o The Fuqaha’ of this Madhab adhered to and only deduced their rulings from the Qur’an and hadith present. This was because Al-Hijaz was the cities of the Sahabah so there were an abundance of ahadeeth. o They made limited deductions due to their confinement to the available ahadeeth. If they could not find a hadith to give an answer they would say “Allahu Alam”. They were also known for saying “Laa Adree – I do not know”. o They disliked Ar-Ra’i (human reasoning) and they did not like people to ask them for their opinions, for example a man came to Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar and asked him about some matter; Salim replied that he has never heard anything on the matter so the man told Salim that he will be satisfied with the opinion of Salim; however, Salim refused to give his opinion saying that if he changed his opinion after the man left, how will he find the man afterwards to tell him of his new opinion. Qabeelat Tayybah TCE Notes Revolution 46

o They refused to answer hypothetical questions and only answered questions relating to real problems. ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar was once asked a “What if” question and he told the person to put his question on the star up in the sky and then come back when the situation had actually occurred. o They are known as “The Traditional School of Thought”.