Our approach as Zaydis

Allah, Exalted is He says, " And with the truth We have sent the Qur'an down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner" [Al-Israa:105] So the true religion is one, and all else is falsehood.
Allah, Exalted is He describes His Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace) by His saying, Exalted is He, as: "He enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong." [Al-A'raaf:157] This means that the Prophet commands people to do what is known to be good according to their innate nature and forbids them from doing what is known to be evil.

The Zaydis school of thought was built on strong foundations: first, the innate nature of the mind, then the decisive verses of the Holy Book, and what is authentic and established among the Muslim sects of hadith, and what they agreed upon as authentic and narrated or whose continuity was established among them. These are the basis of their religion and their school of thought in their beliefs, so there is no presence in it of superstitions or extremism or what the mind finds objectionable.

As for the narrations of the Prophetic hadiths that are not as we mentioned, it is not permissible to rely on them in matters of belief, because what is required in matters of belief is the attainment of knowledge, faith, and firm belief, and the hadiths that are not as we mentioned do not require firm knowledge.

This is our approach as Zaydis in our religion, and from Allah comes guidance.

Al-Sayyid Al-Allamah Al-Hujjah Muhammad bin Abdullah Awad Al-Muayyedi

قال تعالى: ﵟوَبِٱلۡحَقِّ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ وَبِٱلۡحَقِّ نَزَلَۗ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ١٠٥ﵞ فدين الحق هو واحد ، وما سواه فهو غير حق.
وصف الله تعالى نبيه محمداً صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بقوله تعالى: ﵟيَأۡمُرُهُم بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ١٥٧ﵞ أي بالمعروف المعهود عندهم في فطر عقولهم ، وينهاهم عن المنكر الذي تنكره فطر عقولهم.

وقد بُني المذهب الزيدي على أُسس قوية: أولها فطر العقول ثم محكمات الكتاب الكريم، وما صح وثبت عند طوائف المسلمين من الحديث ، وما أجمعوا على صحته وروايته أو ثبت تواتره عندهم ، فهذا هو أساس دينهم ومذهبهم في عقائدهم ، فلا وجود فيه للخرافات أو الغلو أو ما تستنكره العقول.

أما الروايات للأحاديث النبوية التي ليست كما ذكرنا فلا يجوز الاعتماد عليها في العقائد ، لأن المطلوب في العقائد هو حصول العلم والإيمان والتصديق الجازم ، والأحاديث التي ليست كما ذكرنا لا توجب العلم الجازم.

هذا هو منهجنا نحن الزيدية في ديننا ومن الله التوفيق.

السيد العلامة الحجة/ محمد بن عبدالله عوض المؤيدي

قال تعالى: ﵟوَبِٱلۡحَقِّ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ وَبِٱلۡحَقِّ نَزَلَۗ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ١٠٥ﵞ فدين الحق هو واحد ، وما سواه فهو غير حق.
وصف الله تعالى نبيه محمداً صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم بقوله تعالى: ﵟيَأۡمُرُهُم بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ١٥٧ﵞ أي بالمعروف المعهود عندهم في فطر عقولهم ، وينهاهم عن المنكر الذي تنكره فطر عقولهم.

وقد بُني المذهب الزيدي على أُسس قوية: أولها فطر العقول ثم محكمات الكتاب الكريم، وما صح وثبت عند طوائف المسلمين من الحديث ، وما أجمعوا على صحته وروايته أو ثبت تواتره عندهم ، فهذا هو أساس دينهم ومذهبهم في عقائدهم ، فلا وجود فيه للخرافات أو الغلو أو ما تستنكره العقول.

أما الروايات للأحاديث النبوية التي ليست كما ذكرنا فلا يجوز الاعتماد عليها في العقائد ، لأن المطلوب في العقائد هو حصول العلم والإيمان والتصديق الجازم ، والأحاديث التي ليست كما ذكرنا لا توجب العلم الجازم.

هذا هو منهجنا نحن الزيدية في ديننا ومن الله التوفيق.

السيد العلامة الحجة/ محمد بن عبدالله عوض المؤيدي

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