The Four Imams and Praise of Individuals
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The questioner:
Four. We know the safety in four, we take refuge in the safety in four.
The Shaykh:
And Abu Hanifah in the Salam regarding the means of sustenance, and the rest are known, may Allah have mercy on him. Malik, the son of the Shaykh Ahmad, is known from the People of the Sunnah. And Abu Hanifah has a deficiency in the practical means of sustenance, but he is a known jurist, may Allah have mercy on him.
The questioner:
You see the praise of a person of his time for him, to the extent that he became the imam of his time.
The Shaykh:
If a believer praises him, there is no harm, that you seek for him from Allah in his character, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "He is a resident of Paradise," because we are witnesses that he is upright in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and he is a place of truthful faith, and they are the witnesses of Allah, and they are demanded
Four. We know the safety in four, we take refuge in the safety in four.
The Shaykh:
And Abu Hanifah in the Salam regarding the means of sustenance, and the rest are known, may Allah have mercy on him. Malik, the son of the Shaykh Ahmad, is known from the People of the Sunnah. And Abu Hanifah has a deficiency in the practical means of sustenance, but he is a known jurist, may Allah have mercy on him.
The questioner:
You see the praise of a person of his time for him, to the extent that he became the imam of his time.
The Shaykh:
If a believer praises him, there is no harm, that you seek for him from Allah in his character, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "He is a resident of Paradise," because we are witnesses that he is upright in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and he is a place of truthful faith, and they are the witnesses of Allah, and they are demanded
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ ابن باز ]، العقيدة الواسطية - الشريط الرابع — islamhouse.com (30:46)
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