Is it permissible for a Muslim to study Islamic jurisprudence? Is one who has studied Islamic jurisprudence permitted to deliver sermons, but to quote a hadith, for example, not by its exact wording?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for a Muslim who has studied Islamic jurisprudence to deliver sermons? But to quote a hadith, for example, not by its exact wording? And is there a sin upon him for doing so?
The Shaykh : What he mentions indicates that he wants to narrate the hadith by its meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Scholars of hadith have differed on whether narrating a hadith by its meaning is permissible or not. Some hold that it is permissible on the condition that the speaker is knowledgeable about the meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that what he transmitted by its meaning has not been altered in any way, and another condition is that he comprehends of the hadith what must be comprehended, such that he does not omit anything related to what he mentioned.
So if he is knowledgeable about the meaning and comprehends the hadith in a way that is free from defect, the correct view is that it is permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But he should conclude it by saying "or as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said" so that no one memorizes it by its wording thinking it is the wording of the hadith from the Messenger, may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is a message from the sister N. Abdul Hafiz al-Sabahi, who says: I am a girl who always follows the program "Light on the Path," may Allah guide you. This is a question I hope you will answer, and I thank you greatly.
The Shaykh : What he mentions indicates that he wants to narrate the hadith by its meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Scholars of hadith have differed on whether narrating a hadith by its meaning is permissible or not. Some hold that it is permissible on the condition that the speaker is knowledgeable about the meaning.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And that what he transmitted by its meaning has not been altered in any way, and another condition is that he comprehends of the hadith what must be comprehended, such that he does not omit anything related to what he mentioned.
So if he is knowledgeable about the meaning and comprehends the hadith in a way that is free from defect, the correct view is that it is permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But he should conclude it by saying "or as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said" so that no one memorizes it by its wording thinking it is the wording of the hadith from the Messenger, may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is a message from the sister N. Abdul Hafiz al-Sabahi, who says: I am a girl who always follows the program "Light on the Path," may Allah guide you. This is a question I hope you will answer, and I thank you greatly.