The Shaykh's opinion on the book "Al-Musahaf" by Ibn Abi Dawud and its narrations.
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The questioner: What is the opinionThe Shaykh- may Allah preserve him - on the book "Al-Musahaf" by Ibn Abi Dawud and the narrations contained in it, even though some say that this book crushes the Shi'ah, the Orientalists, and those who attack the Qur'an?
The Shaykh: The truth is that I have not been able to study the book "Al-Musahaf" by Ibn Abi Dawud completely; knowing that I had looked at a copy of the manuscript, but - as you know - reading manuscripts from beginning to end is not an easy matter. Then we learned, indeed we learned long ago, that it was printed in Europe, and we recently learned that this printed version was photographed, so I obtained a copy of this photograph; but I have not yet had the time to read it. This is the answer from one perspective. The answer from another perspective is that some of the people of the sects, or the corrupters, or some of the religions of the disbelievers and polytheists, can exploit not only the book "Al-Musahaf," which is the work of a human being who errs and hits the mark, but those people all together exploit the Mushaf itself, which is the speech of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - from its beginning to its end. Therefore, in our capacity as Muslims - and I do not say "as Muslims" as some of the moderns say! - in our capacity as Muslims, we should not pay attention to such issues that are raised, because this book contains narrations that the Rafidah Shi'ah exploit, and the wicked disbelievers exploit, because this door of exploitation cannot be closed absolutely. It is sufficient for you that the Christians, even today, use verses like those in which Allah - Mighty and Majestic - says He breathed into him of His Spirit to prove the divinity of 'Isa - peace be upon him. So, are these texts that these disbelievers exploit of any benefit? No, rather we leave them. And as for what is other than the Book of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - we apply the principles and scientific rules to it: what is authentic of it we accept, and what is not authentic we reject. It is not our concern after that that these disbelievers exploited it in such a way... because they exploit the speech of Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He.
I want from this answer that we focus on ourselves, and not on the issues of others; because the issues of these people do not end; until they spill over into the speech of the Lord of the Worlds - Blessed and Exalted is He.
Yes.
The Shaykh: The truth is that I have not been able to study the book "Al-Musahaf" by Ibn Abi Dawud completely; knowing that I had looked at a copy of the manuscript, but - as you know - reading manuscripts from beginning to end is not an easy matter. Then we learned, indeed we learned long ago, that it was printed in Europe, and we recently learned that this printed version was photographed, so I obtained a copy of this photograph; but I have not yet had the time to read it. This is the answer from one perspective. The answer from another perspective is that some of the people of the sects, or the corrupters, or some of the religions of the disbelievers and polytheists, can exploit not only the book "Al-Musahaf," which is the work of a human being who errs and hits the mark, but those people all together exploit the Mushaf itself, which is the speech of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - from its beginning to its end. Therefore, in our capacity as Muslims - and I do not say "as Muslims" as some of the moderns say! - in our capacity as Muslims, we should not pay attention to such issues that are raised, because this book contains narrations that the Rafidah Shi'ah exploit, and the wicked disbelievers exploit, because this door of exploitation cannot be closed absolutely. It is sufficient for you that the Christians, even today, use verses like those in which Allah - Mighty and Majestic - says He breathed into him of His Spirit to prove the divinity of 'Isa - peace be upon him. So, are these texts that these disbelievers exploit of any benefit? No, rather we leave them. And as for what is other than the Book of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - we apply the principles and scientific rules to it: what is authentic of it we accept, and what is not authentic we reject. It is not our concern after that that these disbelievers exploited it in such a way... because they exploit the speech of Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He.
I want from this answer that we focus on ourselves, and not on the issues of others; because the issues of these people do not end; until they spill over into the speech of the Lord of the Worlds - Blessed and Exalted is He.
Yes.
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