The Shaykh asked that questioner about the hadith: (Whoever has intercourse with a mushrik is like him)?
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The Shaykh : It appears in his mind that he distinguishes between rational meaning and acts of worship?
The questioner : In English.
The Shaykh : What were you rambling about with him just now, Adnan?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You were not rambling with him for all that time.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I only have this word, this one: he distinguishes between rational meaning and acts of worship, that is all.
The questioner : Yes, he answered affirmatively.
The Shaykh : Fine, this is it, so I want to proceed if it is clear to him that some rulings are acts of worship whose meaning is not rational, so we submit to them, and some are of rational meaning. These are the hadiths, and let us mention an example from them, the most concise and comprehensive of which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):, ask him about this specific hadith, is it from those hadiths? meaning: he mixed with him.
The questioner : In English.
The Shaykh : He starts with himself, so the rationality of the meaning of these texts is briefly indicated by a phrase well-known among scholars of ethics, which is that nature is a thief, understood?
The questioner-In English- This interpretation, because the speech does not come... .
The Shaykh : Of course.
Another questioner : Interpretation by meaning is permissible here.
The Shaykh : It is a hadith of the Messenger, it is permissible, but do we need to ensure?
The questioner : If the meaning is correct?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : In English.
The Shaykh : What were you rambling about with him just now, Adnan?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You were not rambling with him for all that time.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I only have this word, this one: he distinguishes between rational meaning and acts of worship, that is all.
The questioner : Yes, he answered affirmatively.
The Shaykh : Fine, this is it, so I want to proceed if it is clear to him that some rulings are acts of worship whose meaning is not rational, so we submit to them, and some are of rational meaning. These are the hadiths, and let us mention an example from them, the most concise and comprehensive of which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever mixes with the polytheist is like him
من جامع المشرك فهو مثلهWhoever mixes with the polytheist is like him
من جامع المشرك فهو مثلهThe questioner : In English.
The Shaykh : He starts with himself, so the rationality of the meaning of these texts is briefly indicated by a phrase well-known among scholars of ethics, which is that nature is a thief, understood?
The questioner-In English- This interpretation, because the speech does not come... .
The Shaykh : Of course.
Another questioner : Interpretation by meaning is permissible here.
The Shaykh : It is a hadith of the Messenger, it is permissible, but do we need to ensure?
The questioner : If the meaning is correct?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
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