{"id":35697,"date":"2025-02-23T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T11:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35697"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:11:15","slug":"changing-mathab-and-validity-of-rulings-now-before-the-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/changing-mathab-and-validity-of-rulings-now-before-the-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Madhab And Validity Of Rulings Now, Before The Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 07915<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by Alimah Khadija Tarwala <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If one was on , for example following the Shafi\u2019i madhab and all the rulings according by it, then becomes a Hanafi for a legitimate reason such as moving to a place which is almost entirely hanafi, would all of the actions they did, that were invalid according to the hanafis when they were shafi\u2019i, be corrected. For example if they cleaned an impurity in the shafi\u2019i way( that would still be deemed impure according to the hanafi school) is that thing now impure for them?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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When a person transitions from one madhab to another for a legitimate reason, such as moving to a place where the main madhab is Hanafi, their past actions are not automatically seen as invalid. The actions they performed according to the previous madhab are still valid within the context of that madhab. It is only future actions that need to be aligned with the rulings of the new madhab they are following.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, if someone performed ghusl in accordance with the Shafi\u2019i madhab, and this method would be considered inadequate under the Hanafi madhab, it does not mean that their past ghusl is invalid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What matters is that from the moment they change, they follow the rulings of the Hanafi madhab in their actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Therefore, changing madhabs does not invalidate previous actions, it simply means that the individual will need to follow the rules of the new madhab from that point onward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Alimah Khadija Tarwala.<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham.<\/span><\/p>\n

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