What is your opinion regarding Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khazai's intention to kill al-Ma'mun, given that he was one of the imams of hadith?
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Mashhur: Ahmad ibn Nasr was thinking about killing him.
The Shaykh : He was thinking about it.
Mashhur: He was thinking about killing him, and he was a hadith scholar. Ahmad praised him and said: May Allah have mercy on him; he truly gave his life.
The Shaykh : What did he do?
Mashhur: He truly gave his life.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Mashhur: And he mentions detailed, very long reports.
The Shaykh : Why did he give his life?
Mashhur: Because he rose up against him and intended to kill him.
The Shaykh : I understood. And after that, what happened?
Mashhur: He was killed.
The Shaykh : He was killed.
Mashhur: Al-Ma'mun killed him. He made a move and distributed people in Damascus and Baghdad—excuse me, he divided it into two parts, made banners and placed them in wells, and set a time to rise up against him and kill al-Ma'mun. He was betrayed, and the news reached al-Ma'mun, and he was killed. When Ahmad was asked about him, he said: May Allah have mercy on him; he truly gave his life. How bold he was.
The Shaykh : And I say, may Allah have mercy on him, my brother, but this was a personal action that does not represent the collective thought of the Muslim scholars. Do you think that it would not have been possible to kill al-Ma'mun if the idea present today among those called the group of takfir and emigration had been dominant among the Muslim scholars of that time? That there would be no one among them who would order his student to kill someone like al-Ma'mun? No, they do not decide in their beliefs, as you know, that rising up against the imams is not permissible because of the corruption that results from it. So if this report is authentic from Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Marwazi (may Allah have mercy on him), then this is his opinion.
Al-Halabi : Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khazai.
The Shaykh : Ahmad, well, in any case, this report was mentioned by, for example, Ibn Jarir.
Mashhur: Ibn Jarir mentioned it in the history, in the tenth volume, and he detailed it very much in the reports...
The Shaykh : Perhaps this is from the report of Saif, for example.
Mashhur: Al-Dhahabi mentioned it in a form of...
The Shaykh : Certainty.
Mashhur: Yes, in al-Sirah.
The Shaykh : Well, in any case, the answer I have is this.
The Shaykh : He was thinking about it.
Mashhur: He was thinking about killing him, and he was a hadith scholar. Ahmad praised him and said: May Allah have mercy on him; he truly gave his life.
The Shaykh : What did he do?
Mashhur: He truly gave his life.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Mashhur: And he mentions detailed, very long reports.
The Shaykh : Why did he give his life?
Mashhur: Because he rose up against him and intended to kill him.
The Shaykh : I understood. And after that, what happened?
Mashhur: He was killed.
The Shaykh : He was killed.
Mashhur: Al-Ma'mun killed him. He made a move and distributed people in Damascus and Baghdad—excuse me, he divided it into two parts, made banners and placed them in wells, and set a time to rise up against him and kill al-Ma'mun. He was betrayed, and the news reached al-Ma'mun, and he was killed. When Ahmad was asked about him, he said: May Allah have mercy on him; he truly gave his life. How bold he was.
The Shaykh : And I say, may Allah have mercy on him, my brother, but this was a personal action that does not represent the collective thought of the Muslim scholars. Do you think that it would not have been possible to kill al-Ma'mun if the idea present today among those called the group of takfir and emigration had been dominant among the Muslim scholars of that time? That there would be no one among them who would order his student to kill someone like al-Ma'mun? No, they do not decide in their beliefs, as you know, that rising up against the imams is not permissible because of the corruption that results from it. So if this report is authentic from Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Marwazi (may Allah have mercy on him), then this is his opinion.
Al-Halabi : Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khazai.
The Shaykh : Ahmad, well, in any case, this report was mentioned by, for example, Ibn Jarir.
Mashhur: Ibn Jarir mentioned it in the history, in the tenth volume, and he detailed it very much in the reports...
The Shaykh : Perhaps this is from the report of Saif, for example.
Mashhur: Al-Dhahabi mentioned it in a form of...
The Shaykh : Certainty.
Mashhur: Yes, in al-Sirah.
The Shaykh : Well, in any case, the answer I have is this.
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