# What does the Mufti think of Shaykh Dedew, and did Imam Ahmad dislike Abu Hanifa? *Did Imam Ahmad dislike Abu Hanifa? And thoughts on Shaykh Dedew* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/42/ - Date: 2021-02-16 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (2:24:25–2:26:50) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--PntsaR8ck&t=8665s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/ **Topics:** Views on contemporary scholars; The Hanafi school and Imam Abu Hanifa **Question as asked:** Why did Imam Ja'far and Imam Ahmad hate Imam Abu Hanifa? And, Mufti sahib, your thoughts on Shaykh Dedew [?]? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Imam Ahmad did say harsh things about Abu Hanifa, he says; of Shaykh Dedew, take his critical views and stay open-minded on his dogmatic ones. ## Longer summary Asked why Imam Ahmad and Imam Ja'far hated Imam Abu Hanifa, Mufti Abu Layth says he is not sure they did, but Imam Ahmad said quite a few harsh things about Abu Hanifa, which he will go through another day. Asked his thoughts on Shaykh Dedew [?], he says he had a soft spot for him and was once in touch with him, but has seen little of him on social media for two or three years. He says the shaykh has some very interesting fatwas, is critical in some things and still dogmatic in others, and that it is good to take the critical things from him while staying open-minded on the dogmatic ones. ## Sources and names cited - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq - Imam Abu Hanifa - Shaykh Dedew [?] ## Transcript (machine tier, 2:24:25–2:26:50) [2:23:46] you see the irony is they're meant to be about defying institutionalism uh sorry institutionalization and being like challenging that kind of dogma being able to practice out of the box because mysticism was very out of the box but what they've just become is the very monster that they originally had set out to defy you know it's that same thing that nietzsche said you know when you steer into the abyss the abyss stares right back into you and [2:24:24] beware when you fight monsters lest you become a monster and that's exactly what's happened with these institutions why did imam ahmad and imam jaafar i'm not sure that they did like that but i mean imam ahmadiyya did say a few harsh things about abu hanifa he said actually he said quite a few harsh things you know if you read them it's like [2:25:02] whoa okay you said quite a few another day i'll go through them i'll go through them uh muftisab thoughts on yeah um i had a a liking or a soft spot for sheikh dadu but to be honest i haven't seen much of him or heard much of him in the last maybe two years three years i haven't really see there was a time i was seeing a lot of him on social media and at that time i even reached out to him and [2:25:39] connected and so and he was responsive he would respond with some messages and what's up and then he i don't know i didn't see him on social media anymore uh maybe it's been about two three years i haven't really seen his things activity maybe it's just me maybe it's the algorithms but i haven't really seen him being that active but he he has some very interesting fatawa [2:26:11] he does have he see it's strange because in some things he is quite critical in some things he's still dogmatic yeah i think it's good to take the critical things from him and you know in the dogmatic things we should still be a bit open-minded uh max you're doing it with the super chat much love much love muftis please speak about love and proof of affection also protection [2:26:49] given by rajab to the always prosecuted prophet's descendants on even i don't know you know i don't know if people are doing this on purpose or am i just maybe i'm just tired today i don't know i can't seem to understand what people are asking does that make sense to other people or is it just me i speak about love and the proof of affection ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment --PntsaR8ck/s/42. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/--pntsar8ck/s/42/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.