Combining the Affirmation of the Permissible but Not Prescribed with the Definition of the Sunnah
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The questioner : Shaykh, what is the combination of affirming the permissible but not prescribed and your statement in defining the Sunnah that it is the saying, the doing, and the tacit approval?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct; it does not negate, because the Sunnah here is tacit approval of the permissibility. Okay. Here, the Sunnah is tacit approval of the permissibility, because if it were not tacit approval of the permissibility,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : it would be considered a religious innovation (bid'ah).
The questioner : But the definition of the Sunnah is not that it is an obligatory Sunnah.
The Shaykh : No, the tacit approval is for the permissible and for the recommended.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct; it does not negate, because the Sunnah here is tacit approval of the permissibility. Okay. Here, the Sunnah is tacit approval of the permissibility, because if it were not tacit approval of the permissibility,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : it would be considered a religious innovation (bid'ah).
The questioner : But the definition of the Sunnah is not that it is an obligatory Sunnah.
The Shaykh : No, the tacit approval is for the permissible and for the recommended.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3316 - 4600 ما الجمع بين قولهم الجائز والغير مشروع وتعريف السنة أنها القول والفعل...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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