Does fiqh have a distinction over the other sciences?
Answer (Imam Wahbah az-Zuḥaylī):
Regarding the merit of fiqh, there is the well-known
ḥadīth that has been related by Aḥmad and the two Sheikhs[1]
on the authority of Muʿāwiyah:
{Whomever Allah wants good for, he gives him fiqh[2]
in the religion.} The scholars of fiqh[3]
are distinguished by being those who derive[4]
fiqhī
rulings from the texts of the Qurʾān and
the Sunnah,[5]
and thus they are superior to the other scholars who do not derive. He, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said, {Often the one who is conveyed
to is more aware than the one who originally heard. Often the one who carries
fiqh is not a faqīh, and often he carries fiqh to someone who is
greater in fiqh than him.} Thus, those who derive the branches[6]
are the best of the First Three Generations and they are their scholars and their
people of honour.
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