How to reconcile your preference that the minimum height of the sutrah is a shibr with his statement (peace be upon him) regarding it (
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The questioner : I heard on a tape that the minimum height of the sutrah is a shibr.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I read in "Sunan Abu Dawud" the hadith of Talhah, in which he said (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 685Sahih (Al-Albani).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And from Ata, he said: "The back of the saddle is a cubit and what is above it." How do we reconcile this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : There is no contradiction, because what do you imagine the back of the saddle to be?
The questioner : The stick.
The Shaykh : Yes, the stick. And Allah did not create this stick of one uniform length.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, it may range between a shibr and more.
The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah. I thought that in the language of the Arabs, it was a cubit.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I read in "Sunan Abu Dawud" the hadith of Talhah, in which he said (peace and blessings be upon him):
When you place in front of you something such as the back of a saddle, then there is no harm if someone passes in front of you
إذا جعلت بين يديك مثل مؤخرة الرحل فلا يضرُّك مَن مَرَّ بين يديكThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And from Ata, he said: "The back of the saddle is a cubit and what is above it." How do we reconcile this, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : There is no contradiction, because what do you imagine the back of the saddle to be?
The questioner : The stick.
The Shaykh : Yes, the stick. And Allah did not create this stick of one uniform length.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, it may range between a shibr and more.
The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah. I thought that in the language of the Arabs, it was a cubit.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a condition.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
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