How do we reconcile two hadiths that appear to contradict each other, the first of which is
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The apparent contradiction is the hadith you mentioned, "that the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - set aside a day for the women to give them"; meaning there was a lesson. The other hadith, which is in the congregational prayer, when "the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - would stay for a short time, then the women would leave" ...?
The Shaykh : Where is the contradiction?
The questioner : The contradiction is that there he gave them the lesson.
The Shaykh : He gave them.
The questioner : The lesson, he gave them the lesson.
The Shaykh : This is a contradiction, as if you are saying there is a contradiction between the general and the specific. There is a contradiction between the saying of Allah the Exalted, for example, "It is forbidden to you, what?"[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] to the end of the verse, and then he said - peace and blessings be upon him - : Sunan Ibn Majah 3218Sahih (Darussalam) , as if you are saying: there is a contradiction. And I do not think you would say, "Why did you not say in the name of Allah?" Praise be to Allah, yes.
The questioner : The apparent contradiction is the hadith you mentioned, "that the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - set aside a day for the women to give them"; meaning there was a lesson. The other hadith, which is in the congregational prayer, when "the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - would stay for a short time, then the women would leave" ...?
The Shaykh : Where is the contradiction?
The questioner : The contradiction is that there he gave them the lesson.
The Shaykh : He gave them.
The questioner : The lesson, he gave them the lesson.
The Shaykh : This is a contradiction, as if you are saying there is a contradiction between the general and the specific. There is a contradiction between the saying of Allah the Exalted, for example, "It is forbidden to you, what?"
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِTwo kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fish and locusts.
أُحِلَّت لنا ميتتان : الحوت والجراد ، والكبد والطحال
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