regarding the four categories
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. As for the author, he intended these four categories because he ... mentions the meaning of a category, saying that this book is scattered across a category.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, he did not intend ...
The Shaykh : The correct category is agreement.
The questioner : But ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one if we say agreement, and when we combine agreement with the Book and the Sunnah, this becomes two, one.
The questioner : Does it become four?
The Shaykh : It becomes four: agreement in the Book and disagreement, agreement in the Sunnah and disagreement.
The questioner : That is, is his statement that it is one category out of the four?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one out of the four in the case of agreement. In the case of agreement, we combine agreement with the Book and the Sunnah together. But the categories are agreement and disagreement in the Book and the Sunnah. Multiply two by two to get four. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, he did not intend ...
The Shaykh : The correct category is agreement.
The questioner : But ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one if we say agreement, and when we combine agreement with the Book and the Sunnah, this becomes two, one.
The questioner : Does it become four?
The Shaykh : It becomes four: agreement in the Book and disagreement, agreement in the Sunnah and disagreement.
The questioner : That is, is his statement that it is one category out of the four?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one out of the four in the case of agreement. In the case of agreement, we combine agreement with the Book and the Sunnah together. But the categories are agreement and disagreement in the Book and the Sunnah. Multiply two by two to get four. Yes.