Dealing with diversity in Islamic Law

by Ustaaz, ahmed Fazel Ebrahim

1. The nature of some matters do demand that prior contracts be drawn with the stipulation of mazhab or Islamic legal code of adherence since the absence thereof implies juridical uncertainty and the juggling of mazhabs to gain specific advantages which favour the adherent within specified mazhabs in particular matters of the law. 

2. Comparative analyses of the rulings of the diverse mazaahib in the case where the law is codified with the intent of getting as close as possible to the primary teachings of the Shari'ah and thus evaluates the juridical reasoning of the jurists of all the Islamic legal schools.

3. Juridical differences among the Sahaba did not lead to factions that advocated allegiance to specific persons among them for the purpose of Islamic law. They thus held differences on many issues and often altered their opinions after further clarification of issues from other scholars among the Sahabah.