Controlling the Meanings, Controlling the Memory, and Controlling the Book.
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The questioner : Regarding controlling the meanings, controlling the memory, and controlling the book: As for controlling the memory, it means that the narrator is alert and not negligent; rather, he memorizes what he heard and secures it so that he can recall it whenever he wishes, along with his knowledge of what suffices for the meanings if he narrates by meaning. He said: This indicates the permissibility of narrating a hadith by meaning. Even though you said, O Shaykh, in "Al-Silsilah," in the first part, in your response to the author of "Al-Adwa'" regarding his rejection of the word "intentionally," you said: And he intends by that to promote his opinion that it is permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning? Is... the implication of the opposite of narrating a hadith by meaning?
The Shaykh : It is presumed for the permissibility of narrating a hadith by meaning that one is holding the text in mind. Is this condition mentioned here?
The questioner : You say he is holding the text in mind?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It says: "He secures it so that he can recall it whenever he wishes; along with his knowledge of what suffices for the meanings if he narrates by meaning." He has knowledge of the meanings.
The Shaykh : ...in this meaning; the first condition is that he is holding the text in mind. It is permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning if he is holding the text of the hadith in mind, and is certainly aware of the Arabic language and what conveys or changes the meaning. So what are you mentioning now? Is there anything that contradicts what I am mentioning in some of what I have written?
The questioner : The implication of the opposite of your words in the response to the author of "Al-Adwa'" is that it is not permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning... if the narrators narrated it by the first memory.
The Shaykh : No, it is permissible and not permissible with this condition.
The questioner : With the condition, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : It is presumed for the permissibility of narrating a hadith by meaning that one is holding the text in mind. Is this condition mentioned here?
The questioner : You say he is holding the text in mind?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It says: "He secures it so that he can recall it whenever he wishes; along with his knowledge of what suffices for the meanings if he narrates by meaning." He has knowledge of the meanings.
The Shaykh : ...in this meaning; the first condition is that he is holding the text in mind. It is permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning if he is holding the text of the hadith in mind, and is certainly aware of the Arabic language and what conveys or changes the meaning. So what are you mentioning now? Is there anything that contradicts what I am mentioning in some of what I have written?
The questioner : The implication of the opposite of your words in the response to the author of "Al-Adwa'" is that it is not permissible to narrate a hadith by meaning... if the narrators narrated it by the first memory.
The Shaykh : No, it is permissible and not permissible with this condition.
The questioner : With the condition, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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