Explanation of the Chapter: "The Chapter on One Who Says to Another, 'O Hypocrite,' in the Interpretation of His Interpretation"
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The Shaykh : Now, a new chapter, which is:
His saying: "The Chapter on One Who Says to Another, 'O Hypocrite,' in the Interpretation of His Interpretation."
In the previous hadiths, there was a specific ruling from the Wise Lawgiver in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned the Muslim not to accuse his Muslim brother of something he does not have, such as saying to him, "O disbeliever," or "O enemy of Allah," or the like. Now, this is from the jurisprudence of Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), who established a chapter to draw attention to the fact that the previous ruling is not absolute in all cases. A Muslim may address his Muslim brother with such a word—disbeliever or hypocrite—and have an excuse for it in the interpretation of his interpretation, meaning the independent legal reasoning he exercised. If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother, "disbeliever" or "hypocrite" or "enemy of Allah" or anything else, not out of his own desire or to vent the anger in his heart, but because of what appeared to him of an action related to the one he called a disbeliever.
This chapter points to this ruling and now presents here an authentic hadith containing the evidence for what he titled this chapter, namely that the ruling does not include one who says to his Muslim brother, "hypocrite," based on independent legal reasoning and interpretation.
His saying: "The Chapter on One Who Says to Another, 'O Hypocrite,' in the Interpretation of His Interpretation."
In the previous hadiths, there was a specific ruling from the Wise Lawgiver in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned the Muslim not to accuse his Muslim brother of something he does not have, such as saying to him, "O disbeliever," or "O enemy of Allah," or the like. Now, this is from the jurisprudence of Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), who established a chapter to draw attention to the fact that the previous ruling is not absolute in all cases. A Muslim may address his Muslim brother with such a word—disbeliever or hypocrite—and have an excuse for it in the interpretation of his interpretation, meaning the independent legal reasoning he exercised. If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother, "disbeliever" or "hypocrite" or "enemy of Allah" or anything else, not out of his own desire or to vent the anger in his heart, but because of what appeared to him of an action related to the one he called a disbeliever.
This chapter points to this ruling and now presents here an authentic hadith containing the evidence for what he titled this chapter, namely that the ruling does not include one who says to his Muslim brother, "hypocrite," based on independent legal reasoning and interpretation.
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