Discussion of some of the rulings of standing in night prayer?
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The Shaykh: What is in the Sunnah is that what is found in the Sunnah is specific to standing in night prayer, and they generalized it for all prayers; that the Messenger (peace be upon him), when he passed by a verse of mercy, would stop at it and ask Allah for mercy, or when he passed by a verse of punishment, would stop at it and ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to protect us from the punishment, or a verse of seeking forgiveness, he would stop at it and seek forgiveness, and so on. But since this hadith came specifically regarding standing in night prayer.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
= So the people of hadith acted according to the text in its context; in standing in night prayer, meaning, the Shafi'i scholars expanded it and included it = -- and peace be upon you -- = even in the obligatory prayers, based on this. =
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
= Some expand in deriving rulings from this same text; the Shafi'i is expansive in it, and he expanded in it, so it is an expansion upon an expansion. The first expansion is transferring the Sunnah from standing in night prayer.
The questioner: to the obligatory prayers.
The Shaykh: to the obligatory prayers. The other expansion is that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is mentioned, so he prays upon him. This is not in the Sunnah, neither specifically before it was expanded nor in the expanded version. Rather, this is applying what I can say is from some of the later scholars, or from those like them. The summary of what is mentioned in the books of the Shafi'i school is not restricting what came in the hadith of Hudhayfah, that the Messenger used to ask and seek forgiveness, to standing in night prayer. The Shafi'is expanded this. As for the fact that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is mentioned in a verse, so he stops and prays upon him, this has no basis, neither in the Sunnah nor in the original expanded methodology of the Shafi'i school in the original. Rather, this is an expansion from their side... so you imagined... but you, when... there is a problem with it.
Another questioner: Is it permissible, I mean?
The Shaykh: You take the issue to another stage.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, you enter, I mean... .
The Shaykh: Yes, there is a difference between a question that has its circumstances... and a question that develops... .
The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
= So the people of hadith acted according to the text in its context; in standing in night prayer, meaning, the Shafi'i scholars expanded it and included it = -- and peace be upon you -- = even in the obligatory prayers, based on this. =
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
= Some expand in deriving rulings from this same text; the Shafi'i is expansive in it, and he expanded in it, so it is an expansion upon an expansion. The first expansion is transferring the Sunnah from standing in night prayer.
The questioner: to the obligatory prayers.
The Shaykh: to the obligatory prayers. The other expansion is that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is mentioned, so he prays upon him. This is not in the Sunnah, neither specifically before it was expanded nor in the expanded version. Rather, this is applying what I can say is from some of the later scholars, or from those like them. The summary of what is mentioned in the books of the Shafi'i school is not restricting what came in the hadith of Hudhayfah, that the Messenger used to ask and seek forgiveness, to standing in night prayer. The Shafi'is expanded this. As for the fact that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is mentioned in a verse, so he stops and prays upon him, this has no basis, neither in the Sunnah nor in the original expanded methodology of the Shafi'i school in the original. Rather, this is an expansion from their side... so you imagined... but you, when... there is a problem with it.
Another questioner: Is it permissible, I mean?
The Shaykh: You take the issue to another stage.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, you enter, I mean... .
The Shaykh: Yes, there is a difference between a question that has its circumstances... and a question that develops... .
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