Shadd Al Rihaal: Did Ibn Taymiyyah break the Ijmaa’?
A common claim made against him is that he broke the consensus that Shadd Al Rihaal is permissible to other than the 3 mosques.
Is this accurate?
A common claim made against him is that he broke the consensus that Shadd Al Rihaal is permissible to other than the 3 mosques.
Is this accurate?
No it’s not. In fact it’s not even an Ijma’ amongst Ash’aris before we even consider the other schools of thought attributed to Islam.
Al Nawawi says in his commentary on Sahih Muslim:
واختلف العلماء في شد الرحال وإعمال المطي إلى غير المساجد الثلاثة كالذهاب إلى قبور الصالحين وإلى المواضع الفاضلة ونحو ذلك فقال الشيخ أبو محمد الجويني من أصحابنا هو حرام وهو الذي أشار القاضي عياض إلى اختياره
واختلف العلماء في شد الرحال وإعمال المطي إلى غير المساجد الثلاثة كالذهاب إلى قبور الصالحين وإلى المواضع الفاضلة ونحو ذلك فقال الشيخ أبو محمد الجويني من أصحابنا هو حرام وهو الذي أشار القاضي عياض إلى اختياره
We learn the following:
• The scholars differed on Shadd Al Rihaal to other than the 3 mosques.
• He mentions the graves of the pious ones and other ‘virtuous’ places
• He mentions the scholars who viewed it as Haram include Abu Muhammad Al Juwayni & Qadhi ‘Iyaad
• The scholars differed on Shadd Al Rihaal to other than the 3 mosques.
• He mentions the graves of the pious ones and other ‘virtuous’ places
• He mentions the scholars who viewed it as Haram include Abu Muhammad Al Juwayni & Qadhi ‘Iyaad
With this, it becomes pretty clear Ibn Taymiyyah was not breaking a consensus
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