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What is the ruling on our saying "Surat al-Baqarah" and "Surat al-Nahl" and the like?

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The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. There is a report from Ibn 'Umar, narrated by al-Bayhaqi with a sound chain according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs. It states: "Do not say 'Surat al-Baqarah,' do not say 'Surat Ali 'Imran,' and do not say 'Surat al-Nisa,' but rather say 'the surah in which al-Baqarah is mentioned,' and this applies to the entire Qur'an. How do we reconcile this report with what al-Bukhari titled: 'The chapter on what is not disliked to say 'such and such a surah,' in which he cited three authentic hadiths? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Yes, first, it is obligatory that we know the rule

The presenter : And this is a closure for absorption. If Allah wills. Good, let

The Shaykh : Is it not easy, O Shaykh? Or must we know that the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not contradicted by the saying of any human being, whoever he may be. Even if. He was.

The presenter : Abu Bakr. Abu 'Umar. Came.

The Shaykh : If a statement contradicts or opposes the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then the reference is to the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So if Ibn 'Umar forbids saying "Surat al-Baqarah" or "such and such a surah," and instead says "the surah in which such and such is mentioned," then the hadiths established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) indicate the permissibility of that. Accordingly, it is said that Ibn 'Umar perhaps did not receive the hadiths transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the permissibility of that, so he is excused for his contradiction of the text, and his statement is not used as evidence against the text. This is an important benefit: the statements of anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are used as evidence for, but not as evidence against, the text. How much more so if they contradict the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? For this reason, Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "It is almost that stones will fall from the sky upon you. I say, 'The Messenger of Allah said,' and you say, 'Abu Bakr and 'Umar said.'"
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[17 من 36] ما حكم قولنا سورة البقرة وسورة النحل ونحو ذلك؟! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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