Specifying the General with the Particular and Ibn 'Abbas's Evidence Regarding the Repentance of the Murderer
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Question:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Honorable Shaykh, it is known that the particular evidence specifies the general, as is known from the principles of jurisprudence. Do the evidences of Ibn 'Abbas regarding killing apply to this rule, making his evidence stronger, like the case of abandoning prayer?
Answer:
No, rather the opposite. Yes, the particular specifies the general, but the particular is with the people of the Sunnah, with the majority. The particular is with the majority. So His saying, Exalted is He,[An-Nisa 4:93] is general, and it was specified by His saying, Exalted is He, [An-Nisa 4:48]. So the particular is with the majority, and the general is with Ibn 'Abbas. The evidence of the majority specifies the general. Yes.
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAnswer:
No, rather the opposite. Yes, the particular specifies the general, but the particular is with the people of the Sunnah, with the majority. The particular is with the majority. So His saying, Exalted is He,
But whoever kills a believer intentionally
وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًاIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 09 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/يحبهم ويحبونه/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:21)
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