Rejection of other mazhabs or interpretations

by Ustaaz, ahmed Fazel Ebrahim

1. Some so called "Ulema and Muftis" obstinately favour their mazhab and deny other Muslims the right to legal representation in an Islamic Court on the basis of any other mazhab  that they follow. 

2. Some Ulema have advocated to the general public that the various mazhabs actually allow the entire set of prophetic teachings to be practiced. Theoretically, this argument has its valid points, yet they would reject allowance within the MPL of their geographic region to cater for other schools of Islamic Law. This attitude needs rectification otherwise Muslims of other mazhabs would be denied their Allah-given rights to follow the interpretation of other great Islamic scholars. Their demand to only acquire recognition of  their school of legal adherence creates a subtle but bold  implication that limits and governs the prophetic message to their mazhab. This is tantamount to Kufr.

3. In fact, I also heard one "mufti" advocating that a Muslim must believe that his school of law is correct in every interpretation and matter but could be wrong in some of its juridical inferences and that the other school is incorrect in all of its interpretations with the possibility of their jurists being correct on some issues. This type of Islamic belief firstly contradicts the second point that is here above mentioned. Secondly, this was never ever advocated by even the earliest generation of the great jurists of Islam who followed the period of the Sahabah.