What is the meaning of al-Barbahari’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement: “Stop at the ambiguous verses and do not analogize anything”?
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May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of al-Barbahari’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement: “Stop at the ambiguous verses and do not analogize anything”?
Answer:
Do not analogize anything. Do not say, “Analogize with your mind.” Do not use rational analogical reasoning to interpret these ambiguous matters with your mind. The ambiguous matters are interpreted by the clear verses. The Qur’an interprets part of itself, and the hadiths interpret part of each other. So, you do not interpret from your own opinion. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the meaning of al-Barbahari’s (may Allah have mercy on him) statement: “Stop at the ambiguous verses and do not analogize anything”?
Answer:
Do not analogize anything. Do not say, “Analogize with your mind.” Do not use rational analogical reasoning to interpret these ambiguous matters with your mind. The ambiguous matters are interpreted by the clear verses. The Qur’an interprets part of itself, and the hadiths interpret part of each other. So, you do not interpret from your own opinion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [481 -560] ما معنى قول البربهاري رحمه الله: "وقف عند متشابهه ولا تقس شيئاً"؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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