What is your opinion of Ahmad Sadiq al-Ghumari in terms of hadith criticism, and does he surpass Ahmad Shakir in this regard?
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Abu Ishaq: But, our Shaykh, regarding Shaykh Ahmad Sadiq al-Ghumari, you mentioned to us in our first session with you that you had not met anyone like him; meaning, he is like Shaykh Ahmad Shakir in terms of hadith scholarship.
The Shaykh : Look, the matter is different now; that was in the field where I was exploring the depth of his knowledge.
Abu Ishaq: Al-Ghumari.
The Shaykh : Al-Ghumari; because I asked him questions and he answered me;The Shaykh : Ahmad closed the door between me and him; butThe Shaykh : Ahmad has a special expertise in the Musnad, and his knowledge there surpasses all the Ghumaris; because what efforts do the Ghumaris have? They only have reports (athar) and letters; and then Sufism and fanaticism for the Maliki school appear in them.
And by the way, today I am reading a letter by Abdullah al-Ghumari, in which he mentions, by the way, that there are two opinions regarding the meat of horses: permissibility and prohibition; he said that the stronger one is
Abu Ishaq: Which is the prohibition?
The Shaykh : The prohibition of horse meat is the stronger opinion; I tried to recall in my mind what evidence he must have used to prefer this opinion, given that in Sahih al-Bukhari and others, from the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr, they ate horse meat in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and permission was given to eat horse meat on the day of Khaybar; so, glory be to Allah, I said this was given to him from the Maliki school, yes; so the point is that the reports (athar) in terms of authorship do not appear in the books of all the Ghumaris as they appear in the books of Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him); then his jurisprudence also differs from the jurisprudence of these people; the jurisprudence of the Ghumaris is not Salafi jurisprudence at all, it is airy jurisprudence without rules or principles; look, for example, the beautification of the adhan in the recommendation of the takbir in prayer, iqamah, and adhan, Allahu Akbar, fourteen centuries of Muslims were all upon the Sunnah; those who abandoned all this inheritance, rather this mass transmission, by a reckless, crooked rational deduction, that it isSunan Abi Dawud 4673Sahih (Al-Albani). What prevents us from saying "And I bear witness that Muhammad, excuse me, that our master Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," what prevents it as long as he is so? The persuasion in the validity of the prayer is behind what, the radio? Tomorrow they will link our prayer to the Imam of Mecca by their broadcast there, and they will broadcast in the mosques, and it will all be
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The questioner : The comprehensive collection, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I did not have an opinion about it, then I learned that these parts are not based on one person, many of those who annotate it.
Abu Ishaq: Al-Ghumari did only one part.
The Shaykh : I have no idea about it; but those whose annotations I came across are very superficial, there is no knowledge in them; as for al-Ghumari's annotations, I have no idea about them; in which part do you mention?
Abu Ishaq: The seventh part.
The Shaykh : The seventh.
Abu Ishaq: The seventh, I think; because in the seventh, in the hadith of the slave girl, he interprets it, he says some narrators made a mistake in the seventh part, I think page one hundred and thirty-five or so.
The Shaykh : What does he say.
Abu Ishaq: He says that the slave girl did not intend to say that Allah is in the sky, meaning he interprets the hadith of the slave girl with the interpretation of al-Kawthari.
The Shaykh : Ah, he is al-Kawthari, a great Ash'ari.
Abu Ishaq: Well, our Shaykh, here is a point I would like to clarify, and this will benefit us all, regarding the distance of Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him) from discussing with you, did this not cause distance from him or from his writings or the campaign against him ...?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, absolutely not, and praise be to Allah; but I said perhaps the man was in a family situation as he mentioned to me the first time when I met him, that his wife was sick; so it is possible this illness continued until I met him the second time; but I do not find in myself at all - welcome Abu Salah, how are you - I do not find in myself anything but respect and exaltation for him, yes.
The Shaykh : Look, the matter is different now; that was in the field where I was exploring the depth of his knowledge.
Abu Ishaq: Al-Ghumari.
The Shaykh : Al-Ghumari; because I asked him questions and he answered me;The Shaykh : Ahmad closed the door between me and him; butThe Shaykh : Ahmad has a special expertise in the Musnad, and his knowledge there surpasses all the Ghumaris; because what efforts do the Ghumaris have? They only have reports (athar) and letters; and then Sufism and fanaticism for the Maliki school appear in them.
And by the way, today I am reading a letter by Abdullah al-Ghumari, in which he mentions, by the way, that there are two opinions regarding the meat of horses: permissibility and prohibition; he said that the stronger one is
Abu Ishaq: Which is the prohibition?
The Shaykh : The prohibition of horse meat is the stronger opinion; I tried to recall in my mind what evidence he must have used to prefer this opinion, given that in Sahih al-Bukhari and others, from the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr, they ate horse meat in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and permission was given to eat horse meat on the day of Khaybar; so, glory be to Allah, I said this was given to him from the Maliki school, yes; so the point is that the reports (athar) in terms of authorship do not appear in the books of all the Ghumaris as they appear in the books of Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him); then his jurisprudence also differs from the jurisprudence of these people; the jurisprudence of the Ghumaris is not Salafi jurisprudence at all, it is airy jurisprudence without rules or principles; look, for example, the beautification of the adhan in the recommendation of the takbir in prayer, iqamah, and adhan, Allahu Akbar, fourteen centuries of Muslims were all upon the Sunnah; those who abandoned all this inheritance, rather this mass transmission, by a reckless, crooked rational deduction, that it is
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The questioner : The comprehensive collection, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I did not have an opinion about it, then I learned that these parts are not based on one person, many of those who annotate it.
Abu Ishaq: Al-Ghumari did only one part.
The Shaykh : I have no idea about it; but those whose annotations I came across are very superficial, there is no knowledge in them; as for al-Ghumari's annotations, I have no idea about them; in which part do you mention?
Abu Ishaq: The seventh part.
The Shaykh : The seventh.
Abu Ishaq: The seventh, I think; because in the seventh, in the hadith of the slave girl, he interprets it, he says some narrators made a mistake in the seventh part, I think page one hundred and thirty-five or so.
The Shaykh : What does he say.
Abu Ishaq: He says that the slave girl did not intend to say that Allah is in the sky, meaning he interprets the hadith of the slave girl with the interpretation of al-Kawthari.
The Shaykh : Ah, he is al-Kawthari, a great Ash'ari.
Abu Ishaq: Well, our Shaykh, here is a point I would like to clarify, and this will benefit us all, regarding the distance of Ahmad Shakir (may Allah have mercy on him) from discussing with you, did this not cause distance from him or from his writings or the campaign against him ...?
The Shaykh : Absolutely not, absolutely not, and praise be to Allah; but I said perhaps the man was in a family situation as he mentioned to me the first time when I met him, that his wife was sick; so it is possible this illness continued until I met him the second time; but I do not find in myself at all - welcome Abu Salah, how are you - I do not find in myself anything but respect and exaltation for him, yes.
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