This is al-Shafi'i's answer to Ahmad *** May Allah reward you, what an imam of his time (reading from Ibn Ishaq's commentary)
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The Shaykh : He said:
"This is al-Shafi'i's answer to Ahmad *** May Allah reward you, what an imam of his time"
Al-Shafi'i answered Imam Ahmad with this answer, stating that analogical reasoning (qiyas) is not resorted to except in cases of dire necessity. Let us read the text. What does Ibn Ishaq say?
The student: It is a long passage, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What contradicts the imams' statements. All right.
The student: He says: "The compiler (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in*, after mentioning the statement of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) that ... Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) revolves around five principles ... The principles of Imam Ahmad are taking the mursal (report missing the Companion link)".
The Shaykh : But the statement of al-Shafi'i and Ahmad is the last thing. How many pages?
The student: "And al-Shafi'i prioritized the prohibition of hunting with some of it over analogical reasoning, and prioritized the report permitting prayer in Makkah over its weakness and its contradiction with the analogical reasoning of other lands, and prioritized in one of his two views the hadith and building upon his prayer over analogical reasoning despite the report and its being mursal. As for Malik, he prioritizes the mursal hadith, the munqati' (report with a broken chain) hadith, the reports of the Companions, and the statement of a Companion over analogical reasoning. So if there is no explicit text for Imam Ahmad in the issue, nor the statement of the Companions, nor the statement of a Companion" ...
The Shaykh : ... al-Shafi'i.
The student: And he said in al-Khallal's book: I asked al-Shafi'i about analogical reasoning, and he said: "It is only resorted to in cases of dire necessity".
The Shaykh : But I thought his statement was strong.
"This is al-Shafi'i's answer to Ahmad *** May Allah reward you, what an imam of his time"
Al-Shafi'i answered Imam Ahmad with this answer, stating that analogical reasoning (qiyas) is not resorted to except in cases of dire necessity. Let us read the text. What does Ibn Ishaq say?
The student: It is a long passage, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What contradicts the imams' statements. All right.
The student: He says: "The compiler (may Allah have mercy on him) said in *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in*, after mentioning the statement of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) that ... Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) revolves around five principles ... The principles of Imam Ahmad are taking the mursal (report missing the Companion link)".
The Shaykh : But the statement of al-Shafi'i and Ahmad is the last thing. How many pages?
The student: "And al-Shafi'i prioritized the prohibition of hunting with some of it over analogical reasoning, and prioritized the report permitting prayer in Makkah over its weakness and its contradiction with the analogical reasoning of other lands, and prioritized in one of his two views the hadith
Whoever vomits or has a nosebleed should perform wudu' (the ablution for prayer).
من قاء أو رعف فليتوضأThe Shaykh : ... al-Shafi'i.
The student: And he said in al-Khallal's book: I asked al-Shafi'i about analogical reasoning, and he said: "It is only resorted to in cases of dire necessity".
The Shaykh : But I thought his statement was strong.