The questioner: A principle is difficult for me: the proof is in what the Companion narrated, not in what he saw, and that the Companion is more knowledgeable about his narration than others?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A principle is difficult for me, which is that the proof is in what the Companion narrated, not in what he saw, and that the Companion is more knowledgeable about his narration than others.
Answer:
They said this, but it is not correct. It is not necessary that he becomes more knowledgeable than others. He may narrate a hadith and understand something from it, while another person understands from it a more correct understanding than his. Yes,[Yusuf 12:76], yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A principle is difficult for me, which is that the proof is in what the Companion narrated, not in what he saw, and that the Companion is more knowledgeable about his narration than others.
Answer:
They said this, but it is not correct. It is not necessary that he becomes more knowledgeable than others. He may narrate a hadith and understand something from it, while another person understands from it a more correct understanding than his. Yes,
but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.
وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [783 /1350] يشكل علي قاعدة : الحجة بما رواه الصحابي لا بما رآه، وهي أن الصحابي أعلم بروايته من غيره؟ — youtube.com
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