Al-Shawkani said that most acts of worship are based on conjecture, such as qiyas (analogical reasoning) and the report of a single narrator. Is his statement correct?
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his tafsir, regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hujurat 49:12], that most acts of worship are based on conjecture, such as qiyas (analogical reasoning), the report of a single narrator, and the indication of generality. And worship has been legislated in much of the Shari'ah, or rather most of it, on this basis. Is this statement of his correct?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not correct in its absolute form. There is in it what is definitive; whatever is authentic from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is definitive. And there is in it what is conjectural. As for this absolute statement, it is not correct.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am a young man who loves to look at...
The Shaykh:
And conjecture is only in the understanding of the human being. What a person is not certain of in his understanding is conjecture according to his understanding. But as for the evidence, the evidence is definitive from Allah and from His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Peace be upon you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his tafsir, regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌThe Shaykh:
No, it is not correct in its absolute form. There is in it what is definitive; whatever is authentic from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is definitive. And there is in it what is conjectural. As for this absolute statement, it is not correct.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I am a young man who loves to look at...
The Shaykh:
And conjecture is only in the understanding of the human being. What a person is not certain of in his understanding is conjecture according to his understanding. But as for the evidence, the evidence is definitive from Allah and from His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2127- 4717] قال الشوكاني إن أكثر العبادات مبنية على الظن كالقياس وخبر الواحد فهل قوله صحيح؟ — youtube.com
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