We request an elaboration on: the legal standing of a Companion's statement, the fact that the criterion is the narration rather than the narrator's opinion, and that the narrator is more knowledgeable about his narration, with examples.
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. In fact, this research, both at its end and at its beginning, relies on premises and on the principles of jurisprudence that you always mention in your tapes and in your books.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : These issues are truly present in the minds of many young people, and consequently, the conclusions and fruits built upon those premises contradict what you believe to be correct. These are the issues of the legal standing of a Companion's statement, the scholars' saying that the criterion is the narration rather than the opinion, and their saying in the principle that the narrator is more knowledgeable about his narration than others. In reality, we need, I mean, further elaboration on these three issues with examples, so that this matter becomes settled in our minds and in the minds of those who listen to this tape, if Allah wills, so that they may proceed in their scientific research to conclusions and fruits that align with what the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were upon.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This, my brother, is all explained and detailed. When you say that we have four thousand tapes or more, all of this is explained. It is impossible that every time a student asks for something, we say, "At your service, welcome, we will give you a lecture on what you requested." That is impossible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So now, you have brought up some well-known phrases among the jurists, and we are among those who believe in them and rely on them. "The narrator is more knowledgeable about his narration than others" is an argument against the man. This is an argument against the man, because Ibn 'Umar is the one who narratedAs-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:6. He is the one who narrated it, so he is more knowledgeable about his narration than the one who came fourteen centuries later. This is part of our argument in this matter. And I told him just now: Musnad Ahmad 628Hasan because of corroborating evidence and its isnad is interrupted] (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : These issues are truly present in the minds of many young people, and consequently, the conclusions and fruits built upon those premises contradict what you believe to be correct. These are the issues of the legal standing of a Companion's statement, the scholars' saying that the criterion is the narration rather than the opinion, and their saying in the principle that the narrator is more knowledgeable about his narration than others. In reality, we need, I mean, further elaboration on these three issues with examples, so that this matter becomes settled in our minds and in the minds of those who listen to this tape, if Allah wills, so that they may proceed in their scientific research to conclusions and fruits that align with what the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were upon.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This, my brother, is all explained and detailed. When you say that we have four thousand tapes or more, all of this is explained. It is impossible that every time a student asks for something, we say, "At your service, welcome, we will give you a lecture on what you requested." That is impossible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So now, you have brought up some well-known phrases among the jurists, and we are among those who believe in them and rely on them. "The narrator is more knowledgeable about his narration than others" is an argument against the man. This is an argument against the man, because Ibn 'Umar is the one who narrated
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