رسالة د. كهلان الخروصي

… In addition، this work of >th~r al-Rab‚` b. ™ab‚b presents a special focus of the Ib~‡‚ school، that of following the evidence and not the mere opinions of their authorities.<sup>(1)</sup> This principle has always been stressed and emphasised within the Ib~‡‚ school. For instance، Abƒ Sa`‚d al-Kudam‚ (a distinguished Omani scholar of the first half of the fourth/tenth century) held an opinion on a certain juristic matter that contradicted the opinion of most previous Ib~‡‚ scholars. When he was opposed about his disapproval of the opinion of the majority، he said: 'The Prophet has ordered man to do so، and his [the Prophet's] statement is worthy of following'، Abƒ Ya`qƒb al-Warjl~n‚ (d. 570/1175) also articulated this principle when he was standing at the grave of the Prophet، by stating that 'there is no taql‚d، except for the person buried here' pointing at the grave.⁽²⁾ Ib~‡‚ scholars down to the present day have followed this line of giving more weight to the evidence of their authorities than to the authorities themselves، for example a key twentieth century Libyan figure expresses the view that: