USUL AL-FIQH 2_2021 COMPANION’S OPINION.

1. COMPANION’S
OPINION
‫الصحابي‬ ‫قول‬
THE NINETHSOURCE

2. DEFINITION OF AL-SAHABI (COMPANION)
‫الصحابي‬
Someone who saw the Prophet PBUH, believed in him,
supported him and kept close to him for some period
sufficient to prove the quality of keeping company so that he
could understand something of the ways of shariah from him

3. COMPANION’S
OPINION
‫الصحابي‬ ‫قول‬
According to the
jurists (Usuliyyun),
the term implies the
opinions of
companions based
only on their own
Ijtihad in any
Islamic juridical
matter

4. The Companion's opinion that is not influenced by their ijtihad or their
personal opinion although if this opinion can be found in the Quran or the
Sunnah, then it is deemed as the explanation of the Quran or the Sunnah
itself.
The opinion that is expressly agreed by the Companions are consider as a
proof of Sharia's since it is consider as Ijma.
The contradict opinion with any clear ruling of the Quran or the Sunnah, the
preference would be given to the sources of rulings with higher rank

5. JUSTIFICATION OF QAWL AL-SAHABI
◦ Qawl Al- Sahabi is applauded
by majority of the jurists
(Hanafiyyah, Malikiyyah and
Hanabilah) and consider it as
a binding evidence.
◦ Shafiyyah has 2 views; Al-
Rajih they uphold the
companions’ opinions

6. Opinions of
the followers
of the
companions
(tabi’un) ???
There is no dispute that opinions of Tabi’un are not binding!!!