The Shaykh’s remarks on the evidentiary status of the implied meaning (mafhum)

The Shaykh : It seems to me that I notice a desire in the hearts of some of the attendees to know the evidence for the evidentiary status of the implied meaning (mafhum). The reality is that there is a disagreement in this issue between the Hanafis on one hand and the other Imams on the other. The Hanafis explicitly state that the implied meaning (mafhum) is not... [evident], and it is astonishing that they qualify rather than generalize. They say that the implied meanings (mafhums) of the Book and the Sunnah are not evidence, but the implied meanings (mafhums) of our books are evidence. This is one of the things that a student of knowledge must be alert and cautious about, so as not to fall into either excess or deficiency...
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