What is the validity of using the hadith "He embraced Islam on the condition that he would pray two prayers" as evidence?
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The questioner : The last question in the book, Shaykh. The important questions come last.
The Shaykh : It is now ten o'clock, the questions have ended, yes.
The questioner : He says: The seventh piece of evidence is from Nasr ibn 'Asim al-Laythi, from a man among them,Sahih Ibn Hibban 13:162 from him. He says: This hadith is explicit in its indication that the one who prays some of the prayers and leaves some of them is not one who has exited the religion.
The Shaykh : Your question, as the scholars of grammar say, has no place in the parsing. What does that mean?
The questioner : ...meaning, is it...
The Shaykh : It means your question has no point.
The questioner : Is replacing this correct?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you not understand what I am saying? Your question has no point because you previously asked about one who does not pray at all, and now this one prays two prayers. Which is worse?
The questioner : The one who does not pray. The one who does not pray.
The Shaykh : Fine, and we gave you a detailed explanation and told you that the one who abandons prayer is either one who denies its obligation, in which case he is a disbeliever by consensus, or one who believes in its obligation but abandons it out of laziness, in which case his case is left to Allah: if He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him. So what is your question now?
The questioner : I mean, did he stipulate to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he would pray two prayers, and did the Messenger accept this condition from him?
The Shaykh : And what is this? Fine, what is this? It indicates that as long as the Messenger accepted from him that he would pray two prayers, he is not a disbeliever. So what is your question?
The questioner : The question is, is this hadith authentic?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, that was not your question. Your question was whether his evidence is valid, not whether the hadith is valid.
The questioner : His evidence.
The Shaykh : You are contradicting yourself. Once you say his argument is correct, and once you say the hadith is authentic. You answered both: his argument is correct and the hadith is authentic.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is now ten o'clock, the questions have ended, yes.
The questioner : He says: The seventh piece of evidence is from Nasr ibn 'Asim al-Laythi, from a man among them,
That he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and embraced Islam on the condition that he would pray two prayers, and he accepted it.
أنه أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأسلم على أن يصلي صلاتين فقبلThe Shaykh : Your question, as the scholars of grammar say, has no place in the parsing. What does that mean?
The questioner : ...meaning, is it...
The Shaykh : It means your question has no point.
The questioner : Is replacing this correct?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Do you not understand what I am saying? Your question has no point because you previously asked about one who does not pray at all, and now this one prays two prayers. Which is worse?
The questioner : The one who does not pray. The one who does not pray.
The Shaykh : Fine, and we gave you a detailed explanation and told you that the one who abandons prayer is either one who denies its obligation, in which case he is a disbeliever by consensus, or one who believes in its obligation but abandons it out of laziness, in which case his case is left to Allah: if He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him. So what is your question now?
The questioner : I mean, did he stipulate to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he would pray two prayers, and did the Messenger accept this condition from him?
The Shaykh : And what is this? Fine, what is this? It indicates that as long as the Messenger accepted from him that he would pray two prayers, he is not a disbeliever. So what is your question?
The questioner : The question is, is this hadith authentic?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, that was not your question. Your question was whether his evidence is valid, not whether the hadith is valid.
The questioner : His evidence.
The Shaykh : You are contradicting yourself. Once you say his argument is correct, and once you say the hadith is authentic. You answered both: his argument is correct and the hadith is authentic.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 944 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (51:21)
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