Discussion of the partisanship of some followers of certain schools of jurisprudence in their fabrication against their imams.
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The questioner : How do we know, regarding the books of the imams? I mean, a lot of speech is forged, and by Allah, he did not say this, and by Allah, al-Shafi'i did not say this. We return to their books and their reliable sources and we do not find any such statement at all. I mean, they hear very strange statements about them. I give you two examples from the school of Malik that I heard recently: one is the permissibility of eating dog meat or the like, and they claim that Malik says this. And they also claim that Imam Malik permits sexual intercourse with a woman in her anus, and they claim that this is explicit in his school, and other things, and other things, in very strange matters. I mean, they are said about trustworthy and scrupulous imams... How does a person know that, by Allah... I mean, is it not feared that this speech is forged against them?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is feared.
The questioner : It is feared.
The Shaykh : Are they greater than the Prophet of the Ummah?
The questioner : No, absolutely not.
The Shaykh : If it is forged against the Prophet of the Ummah, then it is even more likely to be forged against some of his followers. But what does it matter to you if you reject this speech and clear the imams of what is attributed to them?
The questioner : They tell you: No, this is explicit in their school, and they permit it...
The Shaykh : What is built upon that?
The questioner : It is built that this speech is considered part of the religion. They tell you: This is the speech of a great imam, that it is correct, that it is the truth!
The Shaykh : The truth?!
The questioner : That is what they say. These people who claim to follow the imams tell you that this is explicit in my school, my imam says this.
The Shaykh : May Allah will that he does not say... this speech.
Another questioner : Who says? ...
The Shaykh : I am telling you, pay attention to the speech.
The questioner : He does not say this.
The Shaykh : May Allah will that he does not say?
The questioner : He says that, I mean, such statements require us not to strongly deny people for following these things, because the great imams say them.
The Shaykh : Oh, the loss of life!
The questioner : That is what he says. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Oh, the loss of life!
Another questioner : Our teacher, the day before yesterday, while we were sitting with these Sufis, how do you say about them that they err regarding the four imams? How do you judge? In the end, of course, one of our brothers mentioned that, for example, the statement of the imams was said about the imams speaking? He said: About the four imams. He said: You speak about the four and you err in them too? I mean, these do not err, any statement they say is correct. Of course, they brought the statements: and every one is refuted.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, it is feared.
The questioner : It is feared.
The Shaykh : Are they greater than the Prophet of the Ummah?
The questioner : No, absolutely not.
The Shaykh : If it is forged against the Prophet of the Ummah, then it is even more likely to be forged against some of his followers. But what does it matter to you if you reject this speech and clear the imams of what is attributed to them?
The questioner : They tell you: No, this is explicit in their school, and they permit it...
The Shaykh : What is built upon that?
The questioner : It is built that this speech is considered part of the religion. They tell you: This is the speech of a great imam, that it is correct, that it is the truth!
The Shaykh : The truth?!
The questioner : That is what they say. These people who claim to follow the imams tell you that this is explicit in my school, my imam says this.
The Shaykh : May Allah will that he does not say... this speech.
Another questioner : Who says? ...
The Shaykh : I am telling you, pay attention to the speech.
The questioner : He does not say this.
The Shaykh : May Allah will that he does not say?
The questioner : He says that, I mean, such statements require us not to strongly deny people for following these things, because the great imams say them.
The Shaykh : Oh, the loss of life!
The questioner : That is what he says. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Oh, the loss of life!
Another questioner : Our teacher, the day before yesterday, while we were sitting with these Sufis, how do you say about them that they err regarding the four imams? How do you judge? In the end, of course, one of our brothers mentioned that, for example, the statement of the imams was said about the imams speaking? He said: About the four imams. He said: You speak about the four and you err in them too? I mean, these do not err, any statement they say is correct. Of course, they brought the statements: and every one is refuted.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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