Differences of the Imams (South Africa Edition)

Foreword by Maulana Zakaria Saheb

Introduction

The Reason for the Difference of Propositions & Traditions

The Second Reason for the Contradictions of Narrations

Apparent Contradictions in the Ahadith

The Third Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Fourth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Fifth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Sixth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Seventh Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Consequences of the Differences of the Sahaba

The Eighth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Ninth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

The Tenth Reason for the Contradictions in Narrations

Contradictory Ahadith

Compelling Interpretations

Two Categories of Laws

Fundemental and Subsidiary Differences

Differences - A Source of Mercy

Prejudice Towards Any Mazhab

The Second Era of the Differences of Narrations

Narration By Meaning

Caution in Textual Narrations

The Second Reason for the Differences of Opinion

The Third Reason for the Differences of Opinion

The Fourth Reason for the Differences of Opinion

Advice of Imam Bukhari

The Fifth Reason for the Differences of Opinion

The Sixth Reason for the Differences of Opinion

The Seventh Reason for the Differences of Opinion

Fabrication of Ahadith

The Eighth Reason for the Differences of Opinion

The Third Era

Types of Ahadith

Basis of Rejection and Preference

Assessment of a Narrator

The Indispensibility of the Principals of Hadith

Principals of the Jurists

The Most Basic Reason for Differences

Opinions of the Imams are All from the Ahadith

Example of the Multi-facted Methods of Infering

Summary

The Parable of the Imams of Hadith

Inference in Our Times

The Approach of the Hanafi School of Thought