Imam Ja'far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq (a): Difference between revisions

Even though Imam al-Sadiq (a) has a great credit among Sunni scholars as a religious personality, his opinions in fiqh have not been credited even as a common fiqh scholar before them. In comparative fiqh, compilations where opinions of many fiqh scholars previous to Imam al-Sadiq (a) such as al-Awza'i, Sufyan al-Thuri, Rabi'at al-Ra'y, Layth b. Sa'd, and Ibn Mubarak and alike are mentioned in addition to opinions of the four leaders of Sunni schools, unexpectedly there is no mentioning of Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions even as a scholar and this has been mentioned by some [[twelver Shi'a]] scholars such as [[al-Sharif al-Murtada]] as a criticism on Sunni scholars. He pointed out, "How is that you do not mention Imam al-Sadiq's (a) opinions beside Abu Hanifa and [[al-Shafi'i]] and even at the level of the opinions of [[Ahmad b. Hanbal]], Dawud al-Zahiri, and [[Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari]]?"<ref>Al-Sharif al-Murtada, ''al-Intisar'', p.77</ref>

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