The Impact of Hudhayfah on the Sign of Fitnah: The Transformation of the Forbidden into the Permissible
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A questioner says: It was reported from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked, “When will a person know that he has been tried?” He said, “If what he considered forbidden yesterday has become permissible today, then let him know that he has been tried.” Is this specific to matters on which there is scholarly consensus, or is it general, even in matters of scholarly disagreement?
Answer:
Whatever evidence indicates that something is forbidden, even if there is no scholarly consensus on it, if the Qur'an indicates it or the Sunnah indicates it, then there is no need for consensus. Consensus comes after the evidence of the Book and the evidence of the Sunnah. Consensus is the third and fourth evidence, and analogical reasoning. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. A questioner says: It was reported from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked, “When will a person know that he has been tried?” He said, “If what he considered forbidden yesterday has become permissible today, then let him know that he has been tried.” Is this specific to matters on which there is scholarly consensus, or is it general, even in matters of scholarly disagreement?
Answer:
Whatever evidence indicates that something is forbidden, even if there is no scholarly consensus on it, if the Qur'an indicates it or the Sunnah indicates it, then there is no need for consensus. Consensus comes after the evidence of the Book and the evidence of the Sunnah. Consensus is the third and fourth evidence, and analogical reasoning. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 577- أثر حذيفة في علامة الفتنة: تحوّل الحرام إلى حلال - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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