deeper and deeper into analogy, his opposition to the Sunnah only grows. Nowhere do we find a sharper clash with the Sunnah and the transmitted reports than among the advocates of personal opinion and analogy. By Allah, how many sound, unequivocal Sunnahs have they suspended! How many reports have had their rulings erased on their account! In the eyes of the partisans of opinion and analogy, the Sunnah and the reports lie deserted, their rulings disabled, stripped of their authority and jurisdiction. The name is still theirs, but the verdict lies elsewhere; the mint-stamp and the pulpit mention are theirs, yet the actual command and prohibition belong to something else. If that were not the case, then why were