What is the difference between al-bayinah (clear proof), al-qarinah (circumstantial evidence), and al-irhasah (signs of prophethood)?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the difference between al-bayinah, al-qarinah, and al-irhasah?

The Shaykh:
Witnesses. Al-bayinah is witnesses. Al-qarinah is not witnesses; it is only a sign. Al-qarinah is only a sign. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. In the continuation of his question, what about al-irhasah?

The Shaykh:
Al-irhasah is with respect to the prophets. This is what happens to the prophets before their mission. What happens to a prophet before his mission in the form of matters that transcend the ordinary is called irhasah. For example, the incident of the elephant was an irhasah for the mission of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), because he was born in the Year of the Elephant. So these are matters that transcend the ordinary and precede the mission of the Prophet; these are called irhasat (signs of prophethood).

The questioner:
He asks: Are they equal in strength?

The Shaykh:
What are they?

The questioner:
Al-bayinah, al-qarinah, and al-irhasah.

The Shaykh:
They are not equal. Al-bayinah is stronger. Al-qarinah is only a sign, and one does not rule by it. One does not rule by it, but one only takes comfort in it. Yes.