1. Imām Qādī ‘Iyyād al-Mālikī stated: 

“𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 - 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵; 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 (𝘮𝘢𝘩̣𝘮𝘶̄𝘥); 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 [𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩] 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩, 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢̄𝘭𝘢𝘩); 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 [𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵] 𝘪𝘯 ‘𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 [𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩] 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.’”

[𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮̄𝗿𝗶𝗾 𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝗻𝘄𝗮̄𝗿 ‘𝗮𝗹𝗮̄ 𝗦𝗶𝗵̣𝗮̄𝗵̣ 𝗮𝗹-𝗔̄𝘁𝗵𝗮̄𝗿 𝟭/𝟴𝟭]

2. Imām Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā al-Wansharīsī al-Mālikī stated: 

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘪.𝘦. 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯) 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴.”

[𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝗶’𝘆𝗮̄𝗿 𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗯 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭, 𝟯𝟱𝟳-𝟯𝟱𝟴]

3. Imām Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf an-Nawawī ash-Shāfi’ī in his commentary on these words in Saḥīḥ Muslim explains the context regarding the ḥadīth “kullu bid’atin dalālah”, he states:

“𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮: (𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦), 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴; 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.”

[𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗵̣ 𝗦𝗮𝗵̣ī𝗵̣ 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝟲/𝟭𝟱𝟰]

4. Imām Ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī ash-Shāfi’ī said regarding the ḥadīth of ‘Every bid’ah being misguidance’:

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩̣𝘢𝘥ī𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 ‘𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦’, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩̣𝘢𝘥𝘪̄𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘩̣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢 (𝘪.𝘦. 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩̣𝘢𝘳𝘢̄𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺), 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

[𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗮̄𝘄𝗮 𝗮𝗹-𝗛̣𝗮𝗱ī𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘆𝘆𝗮𝗵, 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭𝟬𝟵]

5. Imām Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī ash-Shāfi’ī stated: 

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 (𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴) 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘶̄𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 ﷺ 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 1) 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴/𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 2) 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪̄’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.”

[𝗜𝗵̣𝘆𝗮̄ ‘𝗨𝗹𝘂̄𝗺 𝗮𝗹-𝗗ī𝗻, 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟮, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱]

6. Imām Al-Ḥāfidh Ibn Ḥajar al-‘Asqalānī ash-Shāfi’ī said in Fatḥ al-Bārī, Sharḥ Saḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Vol. 2, Kitāb al-Jumu’ah, chapter on the Adhān on Friday:

“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 - 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 - 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.”

[𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵̣ 𝗮𝗹-𝗕𝗮̄𝗿ī 𝟭𝟯/𝟮𝟱𝟯]

7. Imām Ibn Athīr al-Jazarī ash-Shāfi’ī stated:

“𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 (ﷺ) 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 - 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 (ﷺ), 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦.”

[𝗮𝗹-𝗡𝗶𝗵𝗮̄𝘆𝗮 𝗳ī 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗿ī𝗯 𝗮𝗹-𝗛̣𝗮𝗱ī𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮’𝗹 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭𝟬𝟲]

8. Imām Al-Ḥāfidh Badr ud-Dīn al-‘Aynī al-Ḥanafī wrote:

“𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 (ﷺ) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳ī’𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘩̣𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳ī’𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘲𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯).”

[‘𝗨𝗺𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝗮̄𝗿ī 𝟭𝟭/𝟭𝟮𝟲]

9. Imām Sa’d ud-Dīn at-Taftazānī al-Ḥanafī while rebuking those who misinterpreted the concept of bid’ah states: 

“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘢𝘭-𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘢𝘭-𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶) 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘩̣𝘢̄𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳ī’𝘢𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘩̣𝘢̄𝘣𝘢 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢̄𝘩 (ﷺ): ‘𝘉𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺-𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴’, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵.”

[𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗵̣ 𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝗮𝗾𝗮̄𝘀𝗶𝗱 𝟮𝟯𝟮/𝟱]

10. Imām Ibn ‘Ābidīn ash-Shāmī al-Ḥanafī: 

“𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (𝘸𝘢̄𝘫𝘪𝘣𝘢). 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵) 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘳’𝘢̄𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩. 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 (𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘶̄𝘣𝘢). 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 (𝘪𝘩̣𝘴𝘢̄𝘯) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 (𝘢𝘭-‘𝘈𝘴𝘳 𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘸𝘢𝘭). 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 (𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘳𝘶̄𝘩𝘢). 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘈𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 (𝘮𝘶𝘣𝘢̄𝘩𝘢). 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

[𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝘂𝗸𝗵𝘁𝗮̄𝗿 𝟭/𝟯𝟳𝟱]

11. Imām Shams ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Fatḥ al-Bālī al-Ḥanbalī:

“𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴; 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 (𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘢̄) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 (𝘣𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢̄𝘭𝘢𝘩). 𝘉𝘪𝘥’𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘢𝘸 (𝘪.𝘦. 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯).”

[𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶’ ‘𝗮𝗹𝗮̄ 𝗔𝗯𝘄𝗮̄𝗯 𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝘂𝗾𝗻𝗶, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯𝟯𝟰]

12. Imām Mar’ī ibn Yūsuf al-Karmī al-Ḥanbalī:

“𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘜𝘴𝘶̄𝘭 𝘢𝘭-𝘍𝘪𝘲𝘩).”

[𝗧𝗮𝗵̣𝗾ī𝗾 𝘂𝗹-𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗵𝗮̄𝗻 𝗳ī 𝗦𝗵𝗮̄𝗻 𝘂𝗱-𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮̄𝗻]