Asy-Syafii And Al-GhazaliExploring Differences In Creed And Methodology Between Asy-Syafii And Al-Ghazali
The above book will be released by The IVIFOND Organization in several years time to help readers fully appreciate scientific contributions made by Imam Asy-Syafii and Hujjatul Islam Imam Al-Ghazali.
Albeit being recognized as Founder of the Syafii school of thought, Asy-Syafii did not during his lifetime profess the same Asyari creed as that of Al-Ghazali, and his methodology of deriving 'ijtihad' directly from the Quran and the Sunnah as understood by pious predecessors differed greatly from that of Al-Ghazali who derived his by blind imitation mainly of Asy-Syafii's legal rulings.
Asy-Syafii himself followed the creed of the salaf, as revived by Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and later on defended by Syaikh Al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah, while Al-Ghazali had been staunch defender of the Asyari creed, founded by Ibn Kullab but falsely attributed to Imam Al-Asyari.
During the lifetime of Ibn Taimiyyah, Syafii school of thought had been subverted by the Asyaris who sought to get Syafiis to follow their creed, but the effort was made fruitless by the joint efforts of the traditionalists (salafis) in both Hanbali and Syafii schools of thought.
Al-Ghazali belongs to Syafiis who are Asyaris in creed, while Syafii scholars like Ibn Kathir belongs to Syafiis who follow the footsteps of the Founder, Imam Asy-Syafii whose creed did not differ from that of the salaf, as defended by Ibn Taimiyyah.
The book will be a real eye opener to both Salafis and Asyaris of Syafii school of thought and also to Muslims of other Sunni fiqh denominations.
Majority of today's so-called Syafiis are not really following Imam Asy-Syafii himself in creed and methodology, rather they're following Imam Al-Ghazali.
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