Proof That the Four Imams Are Upon Truth

Question

Please give proof, from the Holy Qur’an and hadith, that all four imams — Imam al-Shafi‘i, Imam Malik, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Imam Abu Hanifa — are to be accepted as being upon truth: [give] the juz’ number, the ruku number, the verse, or give proof from any hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, [or] the six authentic collections (Sihah Sitta)?

Answer

In the Noble Qur’an it is said: [ar]فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ[/ar] “Ask the people of remembrance (those who know), if you do not know” (Surah al-Anbiya, 21:7). Whoever is unacquainted with a matter of religion is commanded to ask one who is acquainted with it; and all four imams were indeed among those acquainted with the religion, which is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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