Is the incident of nursing an adult during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a specific case with no general application?
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The questioner : The hadith of Suhaib... regarding the nursing of an adult, is it one of the specific cases or not?
The Shaykh : I mean, do you want to say that it is specific, a matter that has ended and passed from the past, or can it be applied again?
The questioner : If you say it is one of the specific cases.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : I leave your situation and our situation with you! It appears that you are accustomed to giving lectures. The matter was disputed among the Mothers of the Believers, so it is even more likely that those who came after them would differ. And glory be to Allah, as it is said, "history repeats itself." Just as most of the Mothers of the Believers held that the case was a specific incident with no general application, as you want to say, so too do the majority of the scholars say what the majority of the wives of the Messenger (peace be upon him) said. The minority are those who say what the Mother of the Believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said, and I am among this minority[Saba 34:13]!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. It is as if you are saying that his statement (peace be upon him) contradicts His statement (Glorified and Exalted is He) [Al-Ma'idah 5:3]. Do you say it contradicts? And what is the difference between this and that?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How do you know that it is permitted?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, the intended meaning is carrion.
The questioner : Fish and locusts are excepted from it.
The Shaykh : Who made the exception?
The questioner : The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Did he say it is excepted, or did you understand it?
The questioner : I understood it from the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : And why don't you also understand that the excepted ones are those?
The questioner : The nursing of Salim is a specific incident.
The Shaykh : I understand, this is the topic on which they differed. But I am asking you why you do not say "this is excepted" and instead say "specific"!
The questioner : Because the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) established that nursing in the first two years is what makes marriage forbidden.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you. The verse forbade it entirely. Why did you make an exception? Because of the hadith of the Messenger, you made an exception from the hadith of the Messenger. The hadith of the Messenger in the story of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, excepted this from that. And do not say there is a contradiction, because there is no contradiction between the general and the specific.
The questioner : Those are believers in it, and it has ended. But what is its ruling now, today?
The Shaykh : I say it is not that you believe in it. The thing closest to you is the thing you believe in, rather than the thing you do not believe in. The far is closer to you than the near. The thing you do not believe in is closer to you than the thing you believe in. It is forbidden to you carrion, a general term that includes every carrion. Also, is a general text that includes every nursing. So, since Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, does not have this characteristic, he was excepted from this rule. And you say, as the Messenger said, except in an incident like the incident of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah.
The questioner : But you are saying... do you mean you are taking the opinion of Ibn Hazm?
The Shaykh : I am taking the opinion of the Mother of the Believers!
The Shaykh : I mean, do you want to say that it is specific, a matter that has ended and passed from the past, or can it be applied again?
The questioner : If you say it is one of the specific cases.
The Shaykh: Answer the question, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : I leave your situation and our situation with you! It appears that you are accustomed to giving lectures. The matter was disputed among the Mothers of the Believers, so it is even more likely that those who came after them would differ. And glory be to Allah, as it is said, "history repeats itself." Just as most of the Mothers of the Believers held that the case was a specific incident with no general application, as you want to say, so too do the majority of the scholars say what the majority of the wives of the Messenger (peace be upon him) said. The minority are those who say what the Mother of the Believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said, and I am among this minority
And few of My servants are grateful.
وقليل من عبادي الشكورThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. It is as if you are saying that his statement (peace be upon him)
We have been made lawful two carrion animals and two kinds of blood: the fish and the locust, and the liver and the spleen
أحلت لنا ميتتان ودمان الحوت والجراد والكبد والطحالProhibited to you are dead animals, blood
حرمت عليكم الميتة والدمThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How do you know that it is permitted?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, the intended meaning is carrion.
The questioner : Fish and locusts are excepted from it.
The Shaykh : Who made the exception?
The questioner : The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Did he say it is excepted, or did you understand it?
The questioner : I understood it from the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : And why don't you also understand that the excepted ones are those?
The questioner : The nursing of Salim is a specific incident.
The Shaykh : I understand, this is the topic on which they differed. But I am asking you why you do not say "this is excepted" and instead say "specific"!
The questioner : Because the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) established that nursing in the first two years is what makes marriage forbidden.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you. The verse forbade it entirely. Why did you make an exception? Because of the hadith of the Messenger, you made an exception from the hadith of the Messenger. The hadith of the Messenger in the story of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, excepted this from that. And do not say there is a contradiction, because there is no contradiction between the general and the specific.
The questioner : Those are believers in it, and it has ended. But what is its ruling now, today?
The Shaykh : I say it is not that you believe in it. The thing closest to you is the thing you believe in, rather than the thing you do not believe in. The far is closer to you than the near. The thing you do not believe in is closer to you than the thing you believe in. It is forbidden to you carrion, a general term that includes every carrion. Also,
What bone grows and flesh spreads
ما أنبت العظم وأنشر اللحمThe questioner : But you are saying... do you mean you are taking the opinion of Ibn Hazm?
The Shaykh : I am taking the opinion of the Mother of the Believers!
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