The Ruling on Taking from Imam Ahmad Regarding Retaliation
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The questioner : O Imam Ahmad, will you take from me on the issue of retaliation?
The Shaykh : Yes, this was transmitted by Ibn Kathir and other scholars.
The questioner : O Shaykh, how do we read it? How? How does Imam Ahmad praise taking from a liar about the Messenger of Allah?
The Shaykh : No, it is known that he is a man who is not sane.
The questioner : And the people who were present.
The Shaykh : Yes, the Qassas were present because the Qassas at that time were known to be present people who did not break the knowledge and that they lie, and there are books written on the hadiths of the Qassas and they were also attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, but Allah knows best whether they are his or not? Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this was transmitted by Ibn Kathir and other scholars.
The questioner : O Shaykh, how do we read it? How? How does Imam Ahmad praise taking from a liar about the Messenger of Allah?
The Shaykh : No, it is known that he is a man who is not sane.
The questioner : And the people who were present.
The Shaykh : Yes, the Qassas were present because the Qassas at that time were known to be present people who did not break the knowledge and that they lie, and there are books written on the hadiths of the Qassas and they were also attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, but Allah knows best whether they are his or not? Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 64 - 70 توضيح قول المحدثين على شرط البخاري ومسلم - شرح البيقونية - الشيخ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com (3:46)
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