Following His Practice in Facing the Qiblah and What Was Specific to Him
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone mentioned that the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) act of facing the qiblah when relieving himself was specific to him. How is that, when the principle is to follow him (peace and blessings be upon him) in all his actions?
Answer:
Except in the case where he commanded the community or forbade them from something, and then he did the opposite of that. In such a case, we do not follow his example in that matter, because that is understood to be specific to him. We do not follow his example in what is specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Among his specific traits is that he married nine wives. Is it permissible for us to marry nine? No, absolutely not. What is specific to him is not something we enter into, do, or follow his example in.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Someone mentioned that the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) act of facing the qiblah when relieving himself was specific to him. How is that, when the principle is to follow him (peace and blessings be upon him) in all his actions?
Answer:
Except in the case where he commanded the community or forbade them from something, and then he did the opposite of that. In such a case, we do not follow his example in that matter, because that is understood to be specific to him. We do not follow his example in what is specific to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Among his specific traits is that he married nine wives. Is it permissible for us to marry nine? No, absolutely not. What is specific to him is not something we enter into, do, or follow his example in.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [9] — alfawzan.live (1:13:10)
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