What is the meaning of the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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The questioner: There was a man once who asked, saying: "Shaykh al-Islam used an expression in his book, saying: 'Those who take, those who do not judge by the law of Allah are like those who take the law like riflemen of guns'!"
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He says: "Those who take, those who take other than the law of Allah are like the taking of riflemen of guns." So he is asking what is the meaning of the word: riflemen of guns?
The Shaykh: What is the speech you are quoting from Ibn Taymiyyah?
The questioner: It is the same speech that the brother is saying. He says: that he read an expression where he says: that those who take other than the law of Allah are like the taking of riflemen of guns, so he is asking what is intended?
The Shaykh: Like the taking of what?
The questioner: Riflemen of guns!
The student: Riflemen or ash?
The questioner: Riflemen of guns.
The Shaykh: What are riflemen?
The questioner: I wrote it down from his mouth like this, so I said we will ask the Shaykh about it!
The Shaykh: Based on this, we understand what we see of the speech of Ibn al-Qayyim in his book al-Ruh and similar matters that contradict the legal reality, and sometimes contradict the linguistic reality, such as his long and very extended discussion in "Zad al-Ma'ad" - this book which, if we can doubt the attribution of others, we cannot doubt the correctness of its attribution to him - nevertheless, in some of the topics he addressed and expanded upon, there are things that are very reprehensible. I mention specifically one that contradicts the correct Sunnah on one hand, and the established language in books of language on the other: it is the issue of descending into prostration, where he argued for the view that one descends onto his knees, and he said very strange words from the linguistic perspective, let alone the legal perspective. This is my answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: And is it said that this is from the same manner of speech of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah regarding the prayer of the able one or fasting on Saturday?
The Shaykh: No, this is a matter of extreme subtlety; it is possible that in the end, no knowledge was obtained.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He says: "Those who take, those who take other than the law of Allah are like the taking of riflemen of guns." So he is asking what is the meaning of the word: riflemen of guns?
The Shaykh: What is the speech you are quoting from Ibn Taymiyyah?
The questioner: It is the same speech that the brother is saying. He says: that he read an expression where he says: that those who take other than the law of Allah are like the taking of riflemen of guns, so he is asking what is intended?
The Shaykh: Like the taking of what?
The questioner: Riflemen of guns!
The student: Riflemen or ash?
The questioner: Riflemen of guns.
The Shaykh: What are riflemen?
The questioner: I wrote it down from his mouth like this, so I said we will ask the Shaykh about it!
The Shaykh: Based on this, we understand what we see of the speech of Ibn al-Qayyim in his book al-Ruh and similar matters that contradict the legal reality, and sometimes contradict the linguistic reality, such as his long and very extended discussion in "Zad al-Ma'ad" - this book which, if we can doubt the attribution of others, we cannot doubt the correctness of its attribution to him - nevertheless, in some of the topics he addressed and expanded upon, there are things that are very reprehensible. I mention specifically one that contradicts the correct Sunnah on one hand, and the established language in books of language on the other: it is the issue of descending into prostration, where he argued for the view that one descends onto his knees, and he said very strange words from the linguistic perspective, let alone the legal perspective. This is my answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner: And is it said that this is from the same manner of speech of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah regarding the prayer of the able one or fasting on Saturday?
The Shaykh: No, this is a matter of extreme subtlety; it is possible that in the end, no knowledge was obtained.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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