Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at (1): Introduction
The opening summary in the Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at series, introducing the book's concern with knowledge, taqlid, fatwa, and difference in times of fitnah and confusion.
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Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at fi Masa'il al-Ilm wa-al-Taqlid wa-al-Ifta' wa-al-Ikhtilafat
A summary of al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at fi Masa'il al-Ilm wa-al-Taqlid wa-al-Ifta' wa-al-Ikhtilafat by Shaykh Professor Ahmad Abd al-Rahman al-Naqeeb. After an introduction on why these questions matter in times of turmoil and of boldness in issuing fatwas, and an introduction to the book, the articles follow its order: knowledge; imitation (taqlid), its causes, types and rulings; independent reasoning and following evidence; and disagreement, its kinds, and the ruling on speaking about religion without knowledge. The author of this site first published the summary on the Alukah Network.
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Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at (2): Knowledge
The second summary in the Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at series, focusing on the virtue of knowledge, the signs of beneficial knowledge, the obstacles that corrupt learning, and the necessary bond between knowledge, action, and da'wah.
Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at (3): Taqlid
The third summary in the Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at series, dealing with taqlid, its meanings, causes, limits, and the difference between necessity-bound reliance on scholars and blameworthy blind partisanship.
Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at (4): Ijtihad and Following
The fourth summary in the Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at series, discussing ijtihad, the rank of following evidence, and the difference between taqlid, ittiba', and true scholarly independence.
Summary of Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at (5): Difference
The fifth and final summary in the Al-Mujmalat al-Nafi'at series, addressing the problem of difference, its types, its rulings, and the misuse of accusations such as shudhudh against those who follow evidence.