What is your view on the scholarly disagreement regarding the general and the specific, and ahad reports?
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Question:
The questioner says: In these days, there has been much disagreement regarding the issue of the general and the specific, and ahad reports. What is the decisive view on this? And is it considered an innovation (bid'ah) for one to say that an ahad report provides a preponderant probability if it is not accompanied by corroborating circumstances? Likewise, is it considered an innovation for one to say that the general is to be understood in light of the specific? We ask for your guidance, and may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These are issues of the principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh). They require study.
The questioner says: In these days, there has been much disagreement regarding the issue of the general and the specific, and ahad reports. What is the decisive view on this? And is it considered an innovation (bid'ah) for one to say that an ahad report provides a preponderant probability if it is not accompanied by corroborating circumstances? Likewise, is it considered an innovation for one to say that the general is to be understood in light of the specific? We ask for your guidance, and may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These are issues of the principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh). They require study.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما قولكم في الخلاف في مسألة المجمل والمفصل وخبر الآحاد؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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