The Shaykh's response to al-Nawawi's statement
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The questioner : My Shaykh, it is the same paragraph: "And as for his saying - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - : Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 8:300 it is to be understood as applying when it has not settled." I said: meaning, the Hafiz. And it is possible to cite as evidence for this the generality of his saying: that belief is the action of the heart. Now, the second paragraph: "And among them is His saying - Exalted is He - : [An-Nur 24:19] ."
The Shaykh : Allow me a moment; it is necessary to address the doubt.
The questioner : About the first one.
The Shaykh : He says that interpreting the hadith as applying to what has settled is, first of all, imposing on the hadith what it cannot bear, merely for the sake of opinion and independent legal reasoning. This is exactly like when they interpreted his saying - peace be upon him - :Sunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam) by adding to this exception an exception from their own minds, saying: "unless it is accompanied by another day." We said at that time that this was a correction of the Lawgiver. Similarly, here the Messenger - peace be upon him - says in the authentic hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 2528 then he came with the two exceptions Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam) intention, but he did not act on it. Here intention is contrasted with action, so one cannot say "he intended an intention that was not settled." Now, continue with what you have.
Indeed, Allah has pardoned my Ummah for what their hearts contemplate, as long as they do not speak of it or act upon it
إن الله تجاوز لأمَّتي عمَّا حدَّثَتْ به أنفسها ما لم تكلَّمْ به أو تعمَلْor acted upon it
أو تعملIndeed, those who like that immorality should be spread
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُThe Shaykh : Allow me a moment; it is necessary to address the doubt.
The questioner : About the first one.
The Shaykh : He says that interpreting the hadith as applying to what has settled is, first of all, imposing on the hadith what it cannot bear, merely for the sake of opinion and independent legal reasoning. This is exactly like when they interpreted his saying - peace be upon him - :
Do not fast on Saturdays apart from days when you are obliged to fast
لا تصوموا يوم السبت إلا فيما افترض عليكمAllah has accepted my invocation to forgive what whispers in the hearts of my followers
إن الله تجاوز لي عن أمَّتي ما حدَّثَتْ به أنفسهاso long as it is not spoken of or put into action
ما لم تتكلَّمْ أو تعمَلْ بهIf My slave intends a good deed but does not do it, write it for him as one good deed. And if My slave intends an evil deed but does not do it
إذا هَمَّ عبدي بحسنة فلم يعمَلْها فاكتبوها له حسنة ، وإذا هَمَّ عبدي بسيِّئةٍ فلم يعمَلْها فلا
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