بلغني أنك تقيس؟ قال...

بلغني أنك تقيس؟ قال: نعم قال: لا تقس فإن أول من قاس إبليس حين قال: خلقتني من نار وخلقته من طين، فقاس ما بين النار والطين، ولو قاس نورية آدم بنورية النار عرف فضل ما بين النورين، وصفاء أحدهما على الآخر Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-’Aqili from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Qurashi who has said the following: ‘Once, abu Hanifa came to see Imam Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws who said to abu Hanifa, ‘O abu Hanifa, do you practice analogy [6] as I hear you do’?

Abu Hanifa replied, ‘Yes, I do practice analogy.’ The Imam -asws then said to him, ‘Do not practice it; the first person who used analogy was Iblis when he said, “Lord, you have created me from fire and created him from clay.’ He analogised fire with clay.

If he had compared ‘نورية’ the light in Adam -as and light of ‘النار’ the fire, he would have learned about the difference between the two lights and the excellence of one over the other.’ [7] The first Ijtihad was based on analogy: The first Ijtihad -asws was based on analogy and its foundation was laid down by the Iblis -la , since then it was used by the enemies of Allah -azwj .

The Sunnis’ version of Ijtihad is based on a fabricated Hadith of ‘Amr ibn al-’As (a well known enemy of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws ), He fabricated a hadith that Prophet -saww said: ‘When a judge gives a decision by Ijtihad and gets it right, there are two rewards for him; and if he gave a Judgement by Ijtihad but erred, there is one reward for him’.

[8] Basically, a wrong result of an Ijtihad (hardwork/effort) will earn one a single reward whereas a correct result will get him two rewards, See Appendix I for the Arabic text of the reference and another similar fabricated hadith in the favour of Ijtihad. The above fabricated hadith has been criticised by the -asws , as shown clearly by, Amir-ul-Momineen -asws ’s comments: ما لقيت من هذه الامة من كذابيها ومنافقيها.

لكأني بالقراء الضعفة المجتهدين قدرووا حديثه وصدقوه فيه واحتجوا علينا أهل البيت بكذبه . ‘From this Ummah, what I have seen from its liars and hypocrites – Of course I can see those reciters who are weak and are Mujtahids have narrated his (Amr Bin Al Aas’s) Hadith and confirm him and present his lies as arguments in opposition to us – the Ahl Al-Bayt -asws ’ .