Combining the hadith "Actions are only by intentions" with the non-conditioning of intention in divorce
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we have studied and known the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that this is a general hadith, so what is the wisdom behind not conditioning intention in divorce? And how do we reconcile it with this hadith?
Answer:
It is specified, my brother. It is specified by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Sunan Ibn Majah 2039Hasan (Darussalam) This is a specification for divorce, that it does not fall under the wording of "Actions are only by intentions," and the general is carried to the specific. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we have studied and known the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Actions are only by intentions,
إنما الأعمال بالنيات،Answer:
It is specified, my brother.
Actions are only by intentions
إنما الأعمال بالنياتThere are three matters in which seriousness is serious and joking is serious
ثَلاَثٌ جِدُّهُنَّ جِدٌّ وَهَزْلُهُنَّ جِدٌّ
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - ٠٧٧-كتاب الطلاق - ١٨-١-٢٥ هـ — archive.org (1:07:50)
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