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Muslims make up 1.8 billion of the humans on the planet - over a quarter of them are followers of the Hanafi Madhab. Founded by the great Imam of the Salaf, Abu Hanifah, it became the official school of the Abbasids, the Ottomans and the Mughals, and contained many of the greatest minds the Muslims ever produced. The Hanafi School still plays a gigantic role in multiple avenues of Islam today, including Islamic Finance and the fact that Muslim in India, Pakistan, Turkey and the Balkans all follow it.
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Dr Salah Abul Hajj was born in Amman, Jordan. He initially began his studies in Jordan before moving to Iraq complete postgraduate studies in Islamic Law. He completed his PhD in Iraq, where he also studied with many of the country's leading scholars, including: Shaykh Bakr al-Mawṣili, Shaykh Qasim al-Ṭa’ī, Shaykh Sajid Abdul Qadir, Shaykh Mawlud al-Turki, Shaykh Muhammad Ramaḍan al-Kurdi and Shaykh Abdul-Malik al-Saʿdi.

His writings and teachings carry great traction in the Muslim world and he has published many books on Hanafi Fiqh that are treasured by scholars globally. His West-based students include: Shaykh Dr Sohail Hanif, Shaykh Siddiq Mitha, Shaykh Faraz Khan, Shaykh Salman Younas and Shaykh Dr Sulayman van Ael.

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00:00-0:12 How to know if deen is correct? Creates happiness & makes this life easy for you
0:43 Wrong deen adds complication to life & increases your dislike and detestation of others
1:18 Wrong deen is in advantage of those who created it rather than for advantage of society
2:00 Always keep markers of success and of true deen in mind when learning
2:25 Deen from the heavens is deen of Ahlil sunnah
2:37 Recitation from Surat Fussilat 41:30 - 36
9:17 Shaykh Salah: joy in seeing enlightened and sincere seeking understanding of religion
10:50 Shaykh Salah: joining of students and old friends together
14:33 Confusion arose when western philosophy interfered by stating the only identity Muslims had was being Muslim
16:00 Deen satisfies 3 needs of human being: heart, limbs and mind
18:20 To maintain Aqeedah, we must connect to schools of Aqeedah
18:55 Hanafis typically ascribe themselves to school of Maturidia (Imam Maturidi organized belief of Rasul & Sahabah)
19:44 Sha’a’fi & others organize themselves to Asharia almost identical to Maturdia
20:40 Their books emphasize that Allah swt is transcendently beyond any comparison to His creation
21:50 Sunni beliefs can be learned in a session or 2 because they are beautiful clear points about transcendent lord
23:21 Tasawwuf covers approx 80% of what one ne
27:55 Sunnis have 4 clear schools of fiqh
28:40 Where Hanafis and Shaafis differ, how will you know which one to choose if you have not chosen a school?
30:36 Only takes 2-3 hours in total to learn about wudu/salah & can practice it for a lifetime with comfort & ease
32:50 One who has not learned fiqh properly is always in confusion
34:39 Assumption of purity exists in fiqh if there is no obvious sign of impurity
36:17 Must have madhab as ensures clarity in practice, understanding and answering questions
38:58 Scholars can confirm information from a madhab as it is composed of clearcut guidelines
41:53 Hanafi school existed before Abu Hanifa
43:45 Ibn Masud is Imam of Hanafi school (5th to become Muslim)
44:13 Rasul said to take the Quran from 4 and this included Ibn Masud
45:09 All scholars of Kufa (in present-day Iraq) were Ibn Masud’s students
46:42 In age of companions, a good majority were in Kufa
47:30 92% of positions of Ibn Masud were taken by Hanafi school
47:55 Includes Hanafi practices (not saying Ameen or Basmalah out loud, only raising hands in beginning of prayer)
50:50 Misguided groups convey Quran & Sunnah with personal understandings
51:40 Ahlil sunnah differentiated bc transmits Quran & Sunnah along with understanding of companions of implementation
1:05:31 Incumbent upon us to know the rulings of the moment
1:07:03 For success in life & next life: do not go full week without attending a circle of knowledge
1:13:22 Every Muslim can apply Hanafi madhab very easily
1:13:41 This madhab has been given an acceptance that no other has been given (even been called madhab of Islam)
1:17:11 Normal for someone to be more affected by something told as a hadith
1:21:00 An extremism in following a school is treating something probabilistic as though it is certain
1:25:30 Tamazhub is taking a school and following it (duty); opposing everyone who does not follow what you follow is extremism
1:27:11 Sunnah is understanding of hadith
1:29:57 Many who call themselves Hanbali are anthropomorphists