Do you agree with those who adopt the doctrine of the Zahiris and try to force as many people as possible who belong to the Salafi call into their ranks, including the honorable Shaykh?
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The questioner : I say, may Allah protect you, that whoever adopts the doctrine of the Zahiris in this time always tries to force as many people as possible who belong to the Salafi call into their ranks. So he mentions the honorable Shaykh Al-Albani as one of those who belongs to the doctrine of the People of the Apparent Meaning. Do you agree with him on this, or are you...
The Shaykh : If they mean the doctrine of the People of the Apparent Meaning, meaning those who rigidly adhere to the apparent meaning, then this is undoubtedly a lie.
And if they mean that he adheres to the texts according to their apparent meaning without figurative interpretation, then this is the doctrine of all the Imams.
The questioner : No, what I specifically want is that he says the doctrine of the Zahiris is that of Dawud al-Zahiri and Ibn Hazm.
The Shaykh : This attribution to me is false.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : And they must provide at least one example to support their opinion; otherwise, they are fabricating lies, for I claim the opposite of what they attribute to me, and I provide examples from the nature of the Zahiri school that I reject most strongly. The first of these is their rejection of analogical reasoning (qiyas). I do not reject analogical reasoning; I affirm it. All that is in the matter is that I hold the view of al-Shafi'i regarding it, that it is a dire necessity (darurah) "One does not resort to analogical reasoning except in cases of pressing need", and I hold the view of Imam al-Shafi'i. This is the view of Imam al-Shafi'i, and it is the just position in the issue of analogical reasoning, a middle ground between the Zahiris who rejected it entirely and in detail—may Allah have mercy on you—and those who expanded it to the point of establishing acts of worship through analogical reasoning and establishing rulings contrary to the Sunnah and the sayings of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And I am between these two groups, let alone some of the branches they follow.
For example, one who shaves his hair.[Al-Baqarah 2:196] But if he used the medicine and did not shave, then he owes nothing because he did not shave.
The Shaykh : If they mean the doctrine of the People of the Apparent Meaning, meaning those who rigidly adhere to the apparent meaning, then this is undoubtedly a lie.
And if they mean that he adheres to the texts according to their apparent meaning without figurative interpretation, then this is the doctrine of all the Imams.
The questioner : No, what I specifically want is that he says the doctrine of the Zahiris is that of Dawud al-Zahiri and Ibn Hazm.
The Shaykh : This attribution to me is false.
The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : And they must provide at least one example to support their opinion; otherwise, they are fabricating lies, for I claim the opposite of what they attribute to me, and I provide examples from the nature of the Zahiri school that I reject most strongly. The first of these is their rejection of analogical reasoning (qiyas). I do not reject analogical reasoning; I affirm it. All that is in the matter is that I hold the view of al-Shafi'i regarding it, that it is a dire necessity (darurah) "One does not resort to analogical reasoning except in cases of pressing need", and I hold the view of Imam al-Shafi'i. This is the view of Imam al-Shafi'i, and it is the just position in the issue of analogical reasoning, a middle ground between the Zahiris who rejected it entirely and in detail—may Allah have mercy on you—and those who expanded it to the point of establishing acts of worship through analogical reasoning and establishing rulings contrary to the Sunnah and the sayings of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And I am between these two groups, let alone some of the branches they follow.
For example, one who shaves his hair.