What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 30
opinions of. leaders of · legistic thought ·who have spent ~heir lives in the ·study of the Holy Quran and the Hadith, whose intellectual powers are far superior to those of · others and whose purity of character is also beyond question. In short, on this question of Taqlid Ahmadis occupy a middle position. . They are neither with the Ahl-i-Hadith nor with the Muqallidin. The Ahmadiyya view in this regard, is the view of Imam Abu Hanifa, who taught that the ~oly Quran is superior to· everything else. . Next to the Holy. Quran we have the valid Hadith. · Next ·to the valid Hadith we have the opinions and deductions· of aufhorhies~ ·Because of these, Ahmadis often call · themselves. :Hartafis~ They then mean that. on· the question of the authority of the Quran and the Hadith, Ahinadis follow the ·teaching- · of Imam Abu Hanifa. Quite· as often Ahmadis call themselves Ahl-i-Hadith, because