(The meaning of al-'azl and al-i'baq is rejection and acceptance; their reference point is the sayings of the sheikhs among the Mu'attilah and the texts among the people of the Sunnah) Al-'azl and al-i'baq
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"And al-'azl and al-i'baq, their reference point is the *** opinions with you, without concealment"
He means acceptance, which is al-i'baq, and rejection, which is al-'azl. In the author's words, he means that the reference point for rejection and acceptance with you is opinions. So whatever agrees with the sheikhs' opinions is accepted, and whatever contradicts them is rejected. He makes it clear that the reference point with them is the opinions of men, which are what reject or preserve.
"But for us, that reference point is the *** saying of the Messenger and the clear Qur'an"
And he distinguishes between this and that, between the one who refers his matters to the Book and the Sunnah and the one who refers to the opinions of men.
"And disbelief and Islam are the exact opposite of it *** and its agreement, nothing else, by proof"
He means that disbelief with us and Islam are the exact opposite of it. This is a clear, ordered interweaving and unfolding: disbelief is the exact opposite of it, and Islam is the exact agreement with it. So in the verse, there is a clear, ordered interweaving and unfolding. Look, he says:
"Disbelief and Islam are the exact opposite of it *** and its agreement" "The exact opposite of it" refers to disbelief, and "its agreement" refers to Islam. He means that disbelief with us...
"And al-'azl and al-i'baq, their reference point is the *** opinions with you, without concealment"
He means acceptance, which is al-i'baq, and rejection, which is al-'azl. In the author's words, he means that the reference point for rejection and acceptance with you is opinions. So whatever agrees with the sheikhs' opinions is accepted, and whatever contradicts them is rejected. He makes it clear that the reference point with them is the opinions of men, which are what reject or preserve.
"But for us, that reference point is the *** saying of the Messenger and the clear Qur'an"
And he distinguishes between this and that, between the one who refers his matters to the Book and the Sunnah and the one who refers to the opinions of men.
"And disbelief and Islam are the exact opposite of it *** and its agreement, nothing else, by proof"
He means that disbelief with us and Islam are the exact opposite of it. This is a clear, ordered interweaving and unfolding: disbelief is the exact opposite of it, and Islam is the exact agreement with it. So in the verse, there is a clear, ordered interweaving and unfolding. Look, he says:
"Disbelief and Islam are the exact opposite of it *** and its agreement" "The exact opposite of it" refers to disbelief, and "its agreement" refers to Islam. He means that disbelief with us...