Chapter One: A Discussion of Their Statement: "Ahad Hadith Is Not to Be Acted Upon in Matters of Creed," and the Refutation of Them.
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The Shaykh : Chapter One: Ahad Hadith.
Those who say that ahad hadith does not establish creed also say at the same time that legal rulings are established by ahad hadith. Thus, they have distinguished between creed and legal rulings regarding hadith. Do you find this distinction in the preceding texts from the Book and the Sunnah? No, rather, by their generality and comprehensiveness, they include creed as well, and they obligate following him (peace and blessings be upon him) in it; for it is undoubtedly included in the command of the Exalted in the verse:[Al-Ahzab 33:36]. Likewise, His command (Glorified and Exalted is He) to obey him (peace and blessings be upon him), the prohibition of disobeying him, the warning against contradicting him, and His praise of the believers who say when called to judge by Allah and His Messenger, "We hear and we obey"; all of this indicates the obligation of obeying and following him in creed, just as it is obligatory to follow him in legal rulings.
And His statement (Glorified and Exalted is He):. "What" is one of the words of generality and comprehensiveness, as is well known. If you were to ask these people, who claim the obligation of acting upon ahad hadith in legal rulings but not in creed, for the evidence for this, they would cite these preceding verses and others that we have not mentioned for the sake of brevity. So what led them to exclude creed from the obligation of acting upon it, when it is included in the generality of the verses?
Those who say that ahad hadith does not establish creed also say at the same time that legal rulings are established by ahad hadith. Thus, they have distinguished between creed and legal rulings regarding hadith. Do you find this distinction in the preceding texts from the Book and the Sunnah? No, rather, by their generality and comprehensiveness, they include creed as well, and they obligate following him (peace and blessings be upon him) in it; for it is undoubtedly included in the command of the Exalted in the verse:
It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْAnd His statement (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And whatever the Messenger has given you, take it
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ
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