Analogical reasoning in acts of worship
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The questioner : We said that he is unable to bow.
The Shaykh : And to prostrate.
The questioner : With someone who is able to do so, and we said that what indicates this is the analogy to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with them, where he was sitting and they were on the ground. Now, our Shaykh, if it is said that there is no analogy in acts of worship,
The Shaykh : No, there is analogy in them. There is analogy in acts of worship, because as long as the action is the same, which is the exemption from the pillars, then what happened with the Messenger of Allah is a specific case, meaning it becomes an example. The prohibited analogy is to analogize an independent act of worship to another act of worship, such as saying that the 'Asr prayer has a regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib) before it like the Zuhr prayer because it is a four-rak'ah daytime prayer. This is not possible.
The Shaykh : And to prostrate.
The questioner : With someone who is able to do so, and we said that what indicates this is the analogy to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with them, where he was sitting and they were on the ground. Now, our Shaykh, if it is said that there is no analogy in acts of worship,
The Shaykh : No, there is analogy in them. There is analogy in acts of worship, because as long as the action is the same, which is the exemption from the pillars, then what happened with the Messenger of Allah is a specific case, meaning it becomes an example. The prohibited analogy is to analogize an independent act of worship to another act of worship, such as saying that the 'Asr prayer has a regular voluntary prayer (sunnah rawatib) before it like the Zuhr prayer because it is a four-rak'ah daytime prayer. This is not possible.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3221في إمامة العاجز عن الركوع والسجود هل نقول أن...؟📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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