Genuine question, How could they when theyโre reading the same Hadiths and coming up with different conclusions?Are you assuming I don't know that? Yes but even if you talk about a point of fiqh where there is a difference of opinion between the madahib... none of the madahib are relativistic. they all take the position that their view is the correct view and properly represents the shariah.
Theyโre using deduction because the things that are clear in the deen are all agreed upon but the things that arenโt clear cut has iktilaf. Hence it isnโt black and white.
4 madhabs? We had more madhabs. These are the ones that survived. We Muslims had more.I respect the madahib. I don't believe in la madhabiyyah, I think it's a menace and we need to refer back to the four madahib.
No, thatโs the things, if it was clear cut why do they come up with different conclusions?The madahib when they are correct are simply transmitting from people such as the sahabah. There's no contradiction between the shariah and following a madhhab (as long as following the madhhab isn't taken to an extreme).
To learn about this issue, we could go learn about what the madahib have said about it. But that's just a means of looking into the shariah. The madahib helped preserve the various rulings.