The Principle of Plurality in the Shari'ah and Its Comparison to Cattle
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The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah.
The questioner:
Is plurality the principle in the Shari'ah, or is it singularity? And does justice mean everything, or specific things?
The Shaykh:
The default is plurality, and the singular when counting; the default is plurality, and the singular when counting. Yes. If one limits it to a single name, whereas in reality it is not for one, but for a number, like the goat that is presented with this one and that one, and this one and that one, and he throws his seed and his gentleness everywhere, and does not slaughter the beast. As for the one who has wives in the Shari'ah and restrains them in a suitable place, in a place of slaughter that Allah has prescribed, in a place that is not encroached upon, and is far from resembling the beasts, but they are the enemies of Allah; they are the people closest to resembling the beasts, as it was said:[Al-Furqan 25:44]
Praise be to Allah.
The questioner:
Is plurality the principle in the Shari'ah, or is it singularity? And does justice mean everything, or specific things?
The Shaykh:
The default is plurality, and the singular when counting; the default is plurality, and the singular when counting. Yes. If one limits it to a single name, whereas in reality it is not for one, but for a number, like the goat that is presented with this one and that one, and this one and that one, and he throws his seed and his gentleness everywhere, and does not slaughter the beast. As for the one who has wives in the Shari'ah and restrains them in a suitable place, in a place of slaughter that Allah has prescribed, in a place that is not encroached upon, and is far from resembling the beasts, but they are the enemies of Allah; they are the people closest to resembling the beasts, as it was said:
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، التعدد هو الأصل في الشريعة - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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