Discussion of the report of Abu Hurayrah regarding shaving before Friday prayer.
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The questioner : Let us take an example, Professor. The hadith of Abu Hurayrah was that he used to give a lesson before Friday prayer, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade gathering in circles before it. So is this from that, meaning does it have the ruling of a marfu' report, or is it a specification?
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of that. How?
The questioner : Yes, this is what we are saying, but is this a specification?
The Shaykh : How is it a specification?
The questioner : It specifies the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with permissibility, for example, sometimes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Due to an urgent matter or for enjoining good.
The Shaykh : Apply what was mentioned previously.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : We said that if the statement of a Companion is not said by opinion or independent legal reasoning, but is merely what a scholar reads and says, "This must have been received from the Messenger, and it cannot be independent legal reasoning from himself," then that is one thing. But if it is possible that it is independent legal reasoning from himself, or that it is for a temporary matter that occurred to him, or for any other possibility, then it cannot specify the general hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor can it restrict the absolute hadith.
The Shaykh : This is the opposite of that. How?
The questioner : Yes, this is what we are saying, but is this a specification?
The Shaykh : How is it a specification?
The questioner : It specifies the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with permissibility, for example, sometimes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Due to an urgent matter or for enjoining good.
The Shaykh : Apply what was mentioned previously.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : We said that if the statement of a Companion is not said by opinion or independent legal reasoning, but is merely what a scholar reads and says, "This must have been received from the Messenger, and it cannot be independent legal reasoning from himself," then that is one thing. But if it is possible that it is independent legal reasoning from himself, or that it is for a temporary matter that occurred to him, or for any other possibility, then it cannot specify the general hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor can it restrict the absolute hadith.
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