What is your opinion regarding those who build the texts of the Book and the Sunnah upon the theories of what is called scientific inimitability?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion regarding those who delve into the texts of the Book and the Sunnah and build them upon theories, which is what is called scientific inimitability? And the ignorant enter into this, and they know nothing of the principles of exegesis. Is there any advice regarding this matter?
Answer:
This is speaking about Allah without knowledge, for us to say that the intended meaning of the verse or the hadith is such-and-such a thing or such-and-such an invention. This is not permissible; it is speaking about Allah without knowledge and interpreting the speech of Allah the Exalted contrary to the intention of Allah the Exalted. And these theories also change; they differ and change, and a theory comes that refutes and corrects the one before it.
But if it is said, "Perhaps this is what the Qur'an indicates, or what the Sunnah indicates," purely by way of conjecture and not by way of certainty, it may be permissible if it is by way of conjecture and not by way of certainty. As for certainty, and saying, "This is the intended meaning," that is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your opinion regarding those who delve into the texts of the Book and the Sunnah and build them upon theories, which is what is called scientific inimitability? And the ignorant enter into this, and they know nothing of the principles of exegesis. Is there any advice regarding this matter?
Answer:
This is speaking about Allah without knowledge, for us to say that the intended meaning of the verse or the hadith is such-and-such a thing or such-and-such an invention. This is not permissible; it is speaking about Allah without knowledge and interpreting the speech of Allah the Exalted contrary to the intention of Allah the Exalted. And these theories also change; they differ and change, and a theory comes that refutes and corrects the one before it.
But if it is said, "Perhaps this is what the Qur'an indicates, or what the Sunnah indicates," purely by way of conjecture and not by way of certainty, it may be permissible if it is by way of conjecture and not by way of certainty. As for certainty, and saying, "This is the intended meaning," that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [908 -1024] ما رأي فضيلتكم فيمن يبني نصوص الكتاب والسنة على نظريات ما يسمى بالإعجاز العلمي؟ — youtube.com
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