If a man enters the prayer with the imam while he is bowing, he has caught the rak'ah
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The questioner: Is it possible to ask another question, no problem?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I entered the mosque and the imam was bowing, so I caught the bowing with him; is the rak'ah complete? Knowing that there is a hadith that says:Sunan Ibn Majah 840Hasan (Darussalam)?
The Shaykh: Do not say khudaj, say: khidaj.
The questioner: Khidaj.
The Shaykh: Khidaj.
The questioner: So what is the ruling on the rak'ah here?
The Shaykh: The rak'ah is valid, and the hadith is valid, but it is one of the hadiths whose generality is not intended. Have you read anything of the principles of jurisprudence?
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh: I mean, okay, do you know the general and the specific?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: So, it is not in its proper place.
His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):[Al-Ma'idah 5:3]: This, by its general text, includes every carrion; even the carrion of the sea, even the fish that the Egyptians were afflicted with, and they made from it what is called this...
Another questioner: "Fisikh."
The Shaykh: So, the verse includes dead fish; is eating dead fish lawful or forbidden?
The questioner : Halal (lawful).
The Shaykh : Halal (lawful).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: But in this case, you contradicted the text of the verse?!
The questioner: But there is another hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)...
The Shaykh: Very good, so this other hadith is what specifies the verse. Therefore, we understand the verse not in its generality, so we do not say:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] every carrion, but rather we say: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] except the carrion of fish in the sea, and except the carrion of locusts in the desert; because they were excluded.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: This is the meaning of the scholars' saying: the general and the specific. So who knows the general and the specific? I mean: is every general statement mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah an absolute general statement, or is it sometimes and sometimes? The answer: sometimes and sometimes. So who knows this and understands it? It is the scholars. And peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: I entered the mosque and the imam was bowing, so I caught the bowing with him; is the rak'ah complete? Knowing that there is a hadith that says:
Every prayer in which the Ummul-Kitab (the Mother of the Book) is not recited is deficient.
كلُّ صلاة لا يُقرأ فيها بأمِّ الكتاب فهي خداجThe Shaykh: Do not say khudaj, say: khidaj.
The questioner: Khidaj.
The Shaykh: Khidaj.
The questioner: So what is the ruling on the rak'ah here?
The Shaykh: The rak'ah is valid, and the hadith is valid, but it is one of the hadiths whose generality is not intended. Have you read anything of the principles of jurisprudence?
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh: I mean, okay, do you know the general and the specific?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: So, it is not in its proper place.
His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):
Prohibited to you are dead animals
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُAnother questioner: "Fisikh."
The Shaykh: So, the verse includes dead fish; is eating dead fish lawful or forbidden?
The questioner : Halal (lawful).
The Shaykh : Halal (lawful).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: But in this case, you contradicted the text of the verse?!
The questioner: But there is another hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)...
The Shaykh: Very good, so this other hadith is what specifies the verse. Therefore, we understand the verse not in its generality, so we do not say:
Prohibited to you are dead animals
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُProhibited to you are dead animals
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: This is the meaning of the scholars' saying: the general and the specific. So who knows the general and the specific? I mean: is every general statement mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah an absolute general statement, or is it sometimes and sometimes? The answer: sometimes and sometimes. So who knows this and understands it? It is the scholars. And peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
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