His statement that some eloquence is sorcery: is the intent a warning or a report?
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The questioner : The statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, some eloquence is sorcery": is the intent a warning or a report?
The Shaykh : The intent is not a warning. The intent is to describe the reality and to encourage one to be eloquent.
In truth, I have seen that the issue of making every hadith five questions, you see, we will not proceed with that; it is too many. I think it should be five questions per page, whether we read one hadith, two, or ten. That is my standard.
The student: Every chapter
The Shaykh : I agree with every chapter, because some chapters are four pages long.
The student: Let's go back to three per hadith
The Shaykh : Even with three, if we read a hadith, unless it is three per topic, meaning, for example, Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) presents the hadith with multiple wordings and multiple narrations, then we say three questions for each hadith, and we will see.
The Shaykh : The intent is not a warning. The intent is to describe the reality and to encourage one to be eloquent.
In truth, I have seen that the issue of making every hadith five questions, you see, we will not proceed with that; it is too many. I think it should be five questions per page, whether we read one hadith, two, or ten. That is my standard.
The student: Every chapter
The Shaykh : I agree with every chapter, because some chapters are four pages long.
The student: Let's go back to three per hadith
The Shaykh : Even with three, if we read a hadith, unless it is three per topic, meaning, for example, Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) presents the hadith with multiple wordings and multiple narrations, then we say three questions for each hadith, and we will see.