Clarification that there are no two valid, contradictory texts in which none of these three matters exists: reconciliation, abrogation, or preference.
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The questioner : If two general texts contradict each other and there is no stronger position to prefer; what is the course of action? Do we suspend the application of... the general rule?
The Shaykh : No, there is no... but one looks for a stronger position to prefer... yesterday on the topic of... .
... so that is the answer. If one of the two general texts has been subjected to specification, it is weaker in its generality than the general text that has not been subjected to specification; so this one is applied to the first to specify it.
The questioner : That is what he wants.
The Shaykh : Then what does he want?
The questioner : ... ... the issue was given... its answer by me... strongly. I say - for example - meaning there is no case of two general texts in which reconciliation, preference, or abrogation is not permissible... so I told him: this is the category of citing the impossible. I told him: you have compared the impossible; because it is impossible that there exist two valid, contradictory texts as you say, in which none of these three matters exists; either reconciliation, either abrogation, either preference. If you did not know it, someone else knows.
The Shaykh : ... this indicates that he read in some schools of jurisprudence... "they contradict each other and are both discarded."
The attendees : [ Everyone laughs! ] .
The Shaykh : This is impossible... .
The questioner : ... I have an issue... .
The Shaykh : ... a word... the topic.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What confirms for you what you heard from the honorable Shaykh Hamad is that you, when you adopt - may Allah forbid - commit to this hypothesis, as if you are saying: that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - , if you assume a verse says: that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - ... you say the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the Qur'an with two verses, and the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with two hadiths, and did not provide room for the addressees to reconcile between each of the two verses and between each of the two hadiths. Is this possible in the Shari'ah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is a burden that cannot be borne. Also, I fear what we fear, that he is also influenced by the saying of those who say: "It is permissible for Allah to burden His servants with what they cannot bear" [ The Shaykh laughs! ] .
The questioner : ... I have a question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, there is no... but one looks for a stronger position to prefer... yesterday on the topic of... .
... so that is the answer. If one of the two general texts has been subjected to specification, it is weaker in its generality than the general text that has not been subjected to specification; so this one is applied to the first to specify it.
The questioner : That is what he wants.
The Shaykh : Then what does he want?
The questioner : ... ... the issue was given... its answer by me... strongly. I say - for example - meaning there is no case of two general texts in which reconciliation, preference, or abrogation is not permissible... so I told him: this is the category of citing the impossible. I told him: you have compared the impossible; because it is impossible that there exist two valid, contradictory texts as you say, in which none of these three matters exists; either reconciliation, either abrogation, either preference. If you did not know it, someone else knows.
The Shaykh : ... this indicates that he read in some schools of jurisprudence... "they contradict each other and are both discarded."
The attendees : [ Everyone laughs! ] .
The Shaykh : This is impossible... .
The questioner : ... I have an issue... .
The Shaykh : ... a word... the topic.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What confirms for you what you heard from the honorable Shaykh Hamad is that you, when you adopt - may Allah forbid - commit to this hypothesis, as if you are saying: that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - , if you assume a verse says: that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - ... you say the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke the Qur'an with two verses, and the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with two hadiths, and did not provide room for the addressees to reconcile between each of the two verses and between each of the two hadiths. Is this possible in the Shari'ah?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : This is a burden that cannot be borne. Also, I fear what we fear, that he is also influenced by the saying of those who say: "It is permissible for Allah to burden His servants with what they cannot bear" [ The Shaykh laughs! ] .
The questioner : ... I have a question.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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