The Clarification of the Belief of the Tahrir Party Regarding Ahad Reports, and Their Transition from One Methodology to Another?

The Shaykh : I came across the book, and it has been printed in a new edition. They have amended the previous text, which was: "It is not permissible to derive belief from an ahad report." They now say: "It is not obligatory."
The student : It is not obligatory.

The Shaykh : So it went from "not permissible" to "permissible." This is manipulation. What was "not permissible" became "not obligatory," which conveys the opposite of the previous meaning, i.e., it is permissible. It is not obligatory for you to eat meat, but it is permissible. We entered the prison in Hasakah, and it was the perfect decree of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The group were disbelievers who did not know that this one was a Salafi and that one was a Tahrir Party member. They were all Muslims, and they threw me in with them, seventeen men in total. You would see these discussions day and night on many topics, including this issue. Some of them were not aware of this amendment; they were still living by the old school of thought.
The student : It is not permissible.

The Shaykh : It is not permissible. I surprised one of them with this. He said: "No, we did not see it, we did not see it, it is not like that." Their leader is named Mustafa Bakri, so he knows it. I am from Aleppo. I told them to ask him. He said: "No, it is true, just as the Shaykh says. It was 'not permissible,' and it became 'not obligatory.' So their opinion regarding this amendment is that you have the choice. This is a terrible policy: if you take from an ahad report, you are not to be criticized, and if you do not take from it, you are not to be criticized either. It is the same; this is permissible and this is permissible."
The student : We believe in it, but we do not hold it as a belief.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : We believe in it, but we do not hold it as a belief.

The Shaykh : You are rushing. Did you hear the three stages?
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : ... Then, my sir, they published a bulletin that I had not seen. They said: "Here, it is obligatory to believe in an ahad report." We asked them what they meant? He said: "In some texts, they explicitly stated that it is forbidden to believe in an ahad report." I said to him: "How is that?" He said: "Belief (tasdiq) is different from conviction (i'tiqad). This is philosophy now." I said to them: "Does that mean the word of Allah (Mighty and Majestic): 'And a confirmer' means other than a believer? It is only from the perspective of the preponderance of probability, because that is how they interpreted tasdiq. So they coined the term 'it is obligatory to believe in an ahad report,' meaning it is obligatory to have conviction in it, but not a firm conviction. No, it is weakened a bit. But if you take it as a firm belief, then it is forbidden. This is the final stage they reached. We do not know if there is a fourth stage or not. And I used to say to them: 'O people, your saying "not permissible" or "not obligatory" or "it is obligatory to believe" is a belief. What kind of belief is it? And you have passed through three stages. You said it is not permissible to take from an ahad report in belief, because belief must be built on certainty. So you did not build anything on certainty. You said this, then you amended it to the second, then you amended it to the third. So you are not stable in your beliefs. What about your secondary rulings? So, from the scientific perspective, from the perspective of..."

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : These are the details.

The questioner : It is not permissible.

The Shaykh : It is not permissible in the Islamic system, first edition. Second edition: It is not obligatory.

The questioner : Which page or which chapter?

The Shaykh : At the beginning of the book, under the title of Faith. The title is exactly "The Path of Faith." Yes. But from the educational perspective, they are completely lacking.