How do we reconcile the hadith: (The Qur'an is not to be touched except by one in a state of purity) with the hadith of 'A'ishah?
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The questioner: Regarding, O Shaykh - also - the hadith: Muwatta Malik 15:1 or is it the same one? Musnad Ahmad 627Hasan (Darussalam).
The Shaykh: It is the same as the first hadith, the same thing except for the state of major ritual impurity.
The questioner: How do we reconcile them?
The Shaykh: Reconcile what with what?
The questioner: I mean, in our belief, that a person in a state of major ritual impurity...
The Shaykh: Pay attention to the question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Reconcile what with what?
The questioner: Between a Muslim who is in a state of major ritual impurity touching the Qur'an.
The Shaykh: My brother, you read hadiths and you are not answering anything from your mind right now; you read hadiths and asked about them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So now you are asking for reconciliation; between what and what from these hadiths?
The questioner: Yes, between the hadith:Muwatta Malik 15:1.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I said it is authentic, and between our belief regarding the hadith of 'A'ishah which I will mention.
The Shaykh: And where is the hadith of 'A'ishah here?
The questioner: "That the Messenger of Allah - (peace and blessings be upon him) - used to remember Allah in all his states."
The Shaykh: This is what you mentioned.
The questioner: Yes, that is what you mentioned.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Okay, is there a contradiction between the first hadith and the hadith of 'A'ishah? You do not know, and there is no blame on you. You are classifying the disagreement. You mentioned three hadiths; the first is authentic and the rest are weak. You did not mention the hadith of 'A'ishah until later. The hadith of 'A'ishah aligns and agrees with the first hadith in complete agreement and does not contradict it at all, whereas you want to reconcile it with it. And so I emphasized to you in your question about what reconciliation you are asking about. You say, "How do we reconcile?" Between what and what?
The questioner :Muwatta Malik 15:1 .
The Shaykh: Understood. And the second?
The questioner: I mean, pure.
The Shaykh: I mean, the second one that contradicts it; you want to reconcile it with that.
The questioner: The hadith of 'A'ishah: The Messenger of Allah...
The Shaykh: The hadith of 'A'ishah, which is that, contradicts the first hadith.
The questioner: I mean, according to my understanding of this hadith, one in a state of major ritual impurity is not to be considered pure.
The Shaykh: Which hadith, my brother?
The questioner :Muwatta Malik 15:1 .
The Shaykh: So you want to ask what it means.
The questioner: Pure, yes.
The Shaykh: So when a Muslim is in a state of major ritual impurity, is he impure?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So he is pure.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So where is the contradiction?
The questioner: So what is meant by "pure" or...
The Shaykh: The Muslim, I mean.
The questioner: Likewise the verse:[Al-Waqi'ah 56:79].
The Shaykh: No, leave the research to someone else for now. You are done. Look, the hands are raised when they will weaken you.
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure
لا يمسُّ القرآن إلا طاهرThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would teach us Qur`an so long as he was not junub.
كان رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يقرئنا القرآن ما لم يكن جنبًاThe Shaykh: It is the same as the first hadith, the same thing except for the state of major ritual impurity.
The questioner: How do we reconcile them?
The Shaykh: Reconcile what with what?
The questioner: I mean, in our belief, that a person in a state of major ritual impurity...
The Shaykh: Pay attention to the question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Reconcile what with what?
The questioner: Between a Muslim who is in a state of major ritual impurity touching the Qur'an.
The Shaykh: My brother, you read hadiths and you are not answering anything from your mind right now; you read hadiths and asked about them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So now you are asking for reconciliation; between what and what from these hadiths?
The questioner: Yes, between the hadith:
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure
لا يمسُّ القرآن إلا طاهرThe Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: I said it is authentic, and between our belief regarding the hadith of 'A'ishah which I will mention.
The Shaykh: And where is the hadith of 'A'ishah here?
The questioner: "That the Messenger of Allah - (peace and blessings be upon him) - used to remember Allah in all his states."
The Shaykh: This is what you mentioned.
The questioner: Yes, that is what you mentioned.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you. Okay, is there a contradiction between the first hadith and the hadith of 'A'ishah? You do not know, and there is no blame on you. You are classifying the disagreement. You mentioned three hadiths; the first is authentic and the rest are weak. You did not mention the hadith of 'A'ishah until later. The hadith of 'A'ishah aligns and agrees with the first hadith in complete agreement and does not contradict it at all, whereas you want to reconcile it with it. And so I emphasized to you in your question about what reconciliation you are asking about. You say, "How do we reconcile?" Between what and what?
The questioner :
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure
لا يمسُّ القرآن إلا طاهرThe Shaykh: Understood. And the second?
The questioner: I mean, pure.
The Shaykh: I mean, the second one that contradicts it; you want to reconcile it with that.
The questioner: The hadith of 'A'ishah: The Messenger of Allah...
The Shaykh: The hadith of 'A'ishah, which is that
He used to remember Allah.
كان يذكر اللهThe questioner: I mean, according to my understanding of this hadith, one in a state of major ritual impurity is not to be considered pure.
The Shaykh: Which hadith, my brother?
The questioner :
no-one should touch the Qur'an unless he was pure
لا يمسُّ القرآن إلا طاهرThe Shaykh: So you want to ask what it means.
The questioner: Pure, yes.
The Shaykh: So when a Muslim is in a state of major ritual impurity, is he impure?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So he is pure.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So where is the contradiction?
The questioner: So what is meant by "pure" or...
The Shaykh: The Muslim, I mean.
The questioner: Likewise the verse:
None touch it except the purified.
لَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَThe Shaykh: No, leave the research to someone else for now. You are done. Look, the hands are raised when they will weaken you.
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