should we try to understand the quran and the ahadith of the prophet (pbuh)? or just rely on the fatwa of scholar or some books instead...
should we try to understand the quran and the ahadith of the prophet (pbuh)? or just rely on the fatwa of scholar or some books instead of the quran and the hadith? if we do so, check what was the opinion of the second caliph of Islam Umar Ibn Khattab. Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki talks on that in His lecture Umar Ibn Khattab: His Life and Time.