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Any Muslim giving precedence to people’s views over the prophet’s sunnah salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, such a person’s Islam is questionable! How can your parents claim to be Muslim when they refuse to follow the prophet’s commands and prefer to follow Abu Hanifa or even Abu Bakr and Omer’s opinions? 

Sheikh, my parents are strict hanafis and want evidence where Abu hanifa said to follow the sunnah rather than his viewpoint when they conflict.

Schools of Thought | March 14, 2022 9:24 am
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My question is that you said a layman must choose 1 madhab to follow and not choose from second. I follow hanafi madhab but in hanafi madhab they pray witr with 3 rakahs (2 tashahhud and 1 tasleem) but i pray it like others with 2 rakah tasleem and then 1 rakah tasleem. So can i do it or should i pray only in hanafi way.
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In a Hadith the prophet peace be upon him said “follow the overwhelming majority”, but nowadays across the world the salafis are a minority. How to reconcile this sheikh? Does this Hadith show that we must follow what the majority of scholars are saying even if it goes against the salaf