Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

“Look for a
medium to attain to My Love!” Muslims, following Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
command, make use of the a’immat al-madhâhib as mediums. To
follow the a’immat al-madhâhib, to adapt oneself to them does not
mean to do their personal commands, but it means to follow what
they conveyed from the Book and the Sunna.
How could the discordant matters among the four madhhabs
ever be abandoned? It is impossible. One of the discordant
opinions on a matter certainly coincides with Allâhu ta’âlâ’s
command. For example, bleeding breaks a wudû’ (ritual ablution)
according to the Hanafî madhhab, but it does not according to the
Shâfi’î madhhab. One of these inferences is, for sure, what Allâhu
ta’âlâ meant. We should always do one of them and say that it is
what He meant. The one who does what Allâhu ta’âlâ meant hits
the right way and wins. The Prophet (’alaihi ’s-salâm) declared
that the mujtahid who could not understand exactly what Allâhu
ta’âlâ meant would also be given thawâb. During the time of our
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master Rasûlullah (’alaihi ’s-salâm), there were many such matters
of ijtihâd. There are many hadîths stating that the mujtahid who
could not hit the right way will also be given thawâb. The
important thing here is that this thawâb is meant for mujtahids
only. According to the above âyat, which is in Sûrat an-Nahl, those
who follow mujtahids will be given that much thawâb, too.
Religion reformers who do not follow mujtahids will not be given
this thawâb. They do not obey Allâhu ta’âlâ’s command. They will
go to Hell. The hadîth ash-sherîf, 
“None of the ’ibâdât of a holder
of bid’a is acceptable,” is the proof of our argument.
Some scholars of usûl al-fiqh said, “Following a mujtahid
requires one’s trust and belief in his knowledge; the âyat,