(How to deal with the statements of anyone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), whether they agree with him, contradict him, or are difficult to understand) Whoever makes a statement other than the Messenger’s, we subject his *** statements to scrutiny and weighing
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The Shaykh :“Whoever makes a statement other than the Messenger’s, we subject his *** statements to scrutiny and weighing”
If someone makes a statement other than that of the Messenger, we scrutinize his statement and weigh it to see whether it agrees or contradicts. He says:
“If it agrees with the statement and ruling of the Messenger *** then it is lifted upon heads like crowns”
If it agrees, meaning if the statements of anyone other than the Messenger agree with the statements and ruling of the Messenger, then it is lifted upon heads, meaning it is carried and raised like crowns. So we raise the statement of this scholar because it agreed with the statement of the Messenger, and we place it upon our heads like crowns.
If someone makes a statement other than that of the Messenger, we scrutinize his statement and weigh it to see whether it agrees or contradicts. He says:
“If it agrees with the statement and ruling of the Messenger *** then it is lifted upon heads like crowns”
If it agrees, meaning if the statements of anyone other than the Messenger agree with the statements and ruling of the Messenger, then it is lifted upon heads, meaning it is carried and raised like crowns. So we raise the statement of this scholar because it agreed with the statement of the Messenger, and we place it upon our heads like crowns.