Response to Those Who Weaken the Hadith Prohibiting the Sale of a Cat
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prohibited the sale of a cat, he says it is in Sahih Muslim. Some students of knowledge weaken it and say that the four schools of jurisprudence hold that the sale is permissible. So how do we respond to this?
Answer:
Responding to the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with the schools of jurisprudence? This is not permissible. It is the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that judges the schools of jurisprudence, not the other way around.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: The hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prohibited the sale of a cat, he says it is in Sahih Muslim. Some students of knowledge weaken it and say that the four schools of jurisprudence hold that the sale is permissible. So how do we respond to this?
Answer:
Responding to the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with the schools of jurisprudence? This is not permissible. It is the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that judges the schools of jurisprudence, not the other way around.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-28-05-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:12:21)
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