Clarification of Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen's Intended Meaning in Some of His Academic Terms
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Some of the academic terms from your eminence,If Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen says: the stronger position,And he did not specify it by saying: in my view, is it the stronger position according to the Shaykh, or generally?
The stronger position in my view,If it is said: the stronger position or the valid one, is in my view, even if I do not specify it.
The questioner: If Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen says: "It is not befitting," does it rise to the level of prohibition?Answer: No.
The questioner: Or "I do not see that"?Answer: Also, it is not for prohibition, because—truthfully—Sometimes the matter is ambiguous, so I say: "I do not see that,"And I do not say: whether it is forbidden or disliked; because this requires evidence, and for this reason, the Imams, of whom we are the smallest of their finger joints, would say: "It is not befitting" or "I do not see it,"Imam Ahmad is asked about something and he says: "I do not see it," "I do not consider it disliked," "It is not befitting," because prohibition is not a light matter. Prohibition and permissibility are difficult. And some scholars would not call something forbidden except what the Qur'an explicitly stated as forbidden, or the Sunnah.
The questioner: And your saying "It is not permissible"?Answer: "It is not permissible" means: forbidden, in my view and in the view of others.
The stronger position in my view,If it is said: the stronger position or the valid one, is in my view, even if I do not specify it.
The questioner: If Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen says: "It is not befitting," does it rise to the level of prohibition?Answer: No.
The questioner: Or "I do not see that"?Answer: Also, it is not for prohibition, because—truthfully—Sometimes the matter is ambiguous, so I say: "I do not see that,"And I do not say: whether it is forbidden or disliked; because this requires evidence, and for this reason, the Imams, of whom we are the smallest of their finger joints, would say: "It is not befitting" or "I do not see it,"Imam Ahmad is asked about something and he says: "I do not see it," "I do not consider it disliked," "It is not befitting," because prohibition is not a light matter. Prohibition and permissibility are difficult. And some scholars would not call something forbidden except what the Qur'an explicitly stated as forbidden, or the Sunnah.
The questioner: And your saying "It is not permissible"?Answer: "It is not permissible" means: forbidden, in my view and in the view of others.