What is your opinion regarding the statement of a Companion: is it a proof or not, or is there a specific detail?
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The questioner : What is your opinion regarding the statement of a Companion: is it a proof or not, or is there a specific detail?
The Shaykh : It is necessary to distinguish. If a Companion made a statement in the presence of some other Companions and no one contradicted him, then we are reassured by it and we cite it as proof.
The questioner : And we cite it as proof, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, we cite it as proof. However, if there is no such indication, and there is no text from the Book or the Sunnah that contradicts it, we are reassured by it, but we cannot place it on the level of the Book and the Sunnah unless there are other people with him.
The Shaykh : It is necessary to distinguish. If a Companion made a statement in the presence of some other Companions and no one contradicted him, then we are reassured by it and we cite it as proof.
The questioner : And we cite it as proof, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, we cite it as proof. However, if there is no such indication, and there is no text from the Book or the Sunnah that contradicts it, we are reassured by it, but we cannot place it on the level of the Book and the Sunnah unless there are other people with him.
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