What is your comment on the maxim that says, "The necessary implication of a statement is not a statement"?
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The student: May Allah reward you, our Shaykh. The maxim that says "The necessary implication of a statement is not a statement"
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Many of those who oppose the people of the Sunnah in the chapter of creed use this to argue that what necessarily follows from their statements does not necessarily follow from ours, because the maxim says: "The necessary implication of a statement is not a statement"?
The Shaykh : Who said this? We have just mentioned the categories. Justice is what we mentioned.
The student: They justify it, may Allah have mercy on them, by what we mentioned. They say that this does not necessarily follow from us. Does this count as a return to the truth on their part?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a return. Rather, this is considered their statement to be like the statement of the polytheists:[Al-An'am 6:148] They want to remain on what they are upon, and they say, "This is what necessarily follows from us, and we believe in such-and-such, but it does not necessarily follow from us." However, they are not to be obeyed. There must be evidence for the negation, otherwise it is not accepted. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Many of those who oppose the people of the Sunnah in the chapter of creed use this to argue that what necessarily follows from their statements does not necessarily follow from ours, because the maxim says: "The necessary implication of a statement is not a statement"?
The Shaykh : Who said this? We have just mentioned the categories. Justice is what we mentioned.
The student: They justify it, may Allah have mercy on them, by what we mentioned. They say that this does not necessarily follow from us. Does this count as a return to the truth on their part?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a return. Rather, this is considered their statement to be like the statement of the polytheists:
