The Positioning of Sayyidah Aisha’s R.A. Views as the Qaul Mu'tamad of Syafi'i Mazhab in Issues related to Solah

This qualitative study is conducted to identify the extent to which Sayyidah Aisha’s r.a. views have been the qaul mu’tamad of the Shafi’i mazhab scholars regarding solah issues. Simultaneously, it is an effort to investigate how far the views are being practiced among the society these days. Comparative technique was used to compare between Sayyidah Aisha’s r.a. views and those of the Shafi’i mazhab scholars. Inductive technique was then used to analyse the collected data and come up with conclusion. 30 issues were analysed and the findings indicate that there are 21 issues (70%) which took into consideration on Sayyidah Aisha’s r.a. views to become the qaul mu’tamad of Shafi’i mazhab. On the other hand, her views on 3 issues (10%) are supported in certain scenarios and had been the qaul mu’tamad for that particular situations only. In addition, the findings also reveal that Sayyidah Aisha’s r.a. views had not been the qaul mu’tamad of Shafi’i mazhab for only 6 issues (20%). This shows that Sayyidah Aisha’s r.a. views on the solah issues have high position among the Shafi’i mazhab scholars. The findings also provide proof to the society that most of their practices in solah that had become their upholding principles are from Sayyidah Aisha r.a. inheritance.