How do we reconcile the hadiths about drinking while standing?
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The questioner : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drank while standing.
The Shaykh :, I did not say to you just now that the hadiths that came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he drank while standing are to be understood as being due to dire necessity or pressing need; that is the last thing I said.
The questioner : Okay, and the hadith in Musnad Ahmad that is marasil and it was said... When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him this hadith, did he say it to him because he drank while standing, or perhaps he said it to him because he did not mention the name of Allah?
The Shaykh : Ah, here it is said to place the "perhaps" at that star. How do we leave the hadith and the explicit text in the hadith for something that was not mentioned in the hadith? This is not permissible. May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And therefore, we are with the hadith; we do not add to it and we do not subtract from it, and this is the obligatory duty of every Muslim. Otherwise, no evidence from the evidences of the Book and the Sunnah would be consistent if it were said, "Perhaps the matter was such and such, or perhaps the matter was such and such."
So it is not permissible. The hadith is very clear that when he saw him drinking while standing, he said So the issue is explicitly and clearly related to the fact that he drank while standing.
The questioner : Even if the Shaykh mentioned it, I said, "In the name of Allah."
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : I drank while standing, but I said, "In the name of Allah."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Satan drinks with me.
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. It may be that here, as the jurists say in some matters, there is a factor that encourages and a factor that prevents. If he mentioned the name of Allah, that is a factor that encourages that Satan not drink with him. But if he drank while standing, that is a preventer of that encouraging factor, meaning Satan drinks with him. So in that case, one must combine both matters. This is unlike the one who drank while sitting and mentioned the name of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); in that case, Satan does not share with him. But if he mentioned the name and also transgressed by drinking while standing, then the factor that prevents Satan is removed due to the occurrence of this second preventer, which is that he drank while standing.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh :
Ikamah got ahead of you with that.
سبقك بها عكاشةThe questioner : Okay, and the hadith in Musnad Ahmad that is marasil and it was said...
Do you want the cat to drink with you?
اتريد أن يشرب معك الهرThe Shaykh : Ah, here it is said to place the "perhaps" at that star. How do we leave the hadith and the explicit text in the hadith for something that was not mentioned in the hadith? This is not permissible. May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : And therefore, we are with the hadith; we do not add to it and we do not subtract from it, and this is the obligatory duty of every Muslim. Otherwise, no evidence from the evidences of the Book and the Sunnah would be consistent if it were said, "Perhaps the matter was such and such, or perhaps the matter was such and such."
So it is not permissible. The hadith is very clear that when he saw him drinking while standing, he said
Do you like that the cat drinks with you? He said, "No." He said, "Then you have drunk with one who is worse than it, Satan."
أترضى أن يشرب معك الهر ، قال لا ، قال : فقد شرب معك من هو شر منه الشيطانThe questioner : Even if the Shaykh mentioned it, I said, "In the name of Allah."
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : I drank while standing, but I said, "In the name of Allah."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Satan drinks with me.
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. It may be that here, as the jurists say in some matters, there is a factor that encourages and a factor that prevents. If he mentioned the name of Allah, that is a factor that encourages that Satan not drink with him. But if he drank while standing, that is a preventer of that encouraging factor, meaning Satan drinks with him. So in that case, one must combine both matters. This is unlike the one who drank while sitting and mentioned the name of Allah (Mighty and Majestic); in that case, Satan does not share with him. But if he mentioned the name and also transgressed by drinking while standing, then the factor that prevents Satan is removed due to the occurrence of this second preventer, which is that he drank while standing.
The questioner : Okay, O Shaykh.