Circumambulation in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance: Did all people have to circumambulate in the garments of Quraysh?
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The questioner : Regarding the circumambulation here, O Shaykh, I mean, was it the practice of all the Arabs that they did not circumambulate except in the garments of Quraysh...?
The Shaykh : That is the apparent meaning of the wording. It was the people; the original rule is generality.
The questioner : All the Arabs?
The Shaykh : Yes: No, do not be surprised.
The questioner : I say it might be a group?
The Shaykh : The important thing is what we have, and what is it? The people, so by the apparent generality, unless it is established that the intended meaning of "the people" here is specific, likeAs-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1040, we do not accept raising the left hand, O boy.
The questioner : They used to send the sacrificial animals.
The Shaykh : To?
The questioner : To outside the country?
The Shaykh : We spoke about it in the previous lesson. Is that not so? We spoke about it, in detail.
The Shaykh : That is the apparent meaning of the wording. It was the people; the original rule is generality.
The questioner : All the Arabs?
The Shaykh : Yes: No, do not be surprised
Pre-Islamic age of ignorance
جاهليةThe questioner : I say it might be a group?
The Shaykh : The important thing is what we have, and what is it? The people, so by the apparent generality, unless it is established that the intended meaning of "the people" here is specific, like
Those to whom the people said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you."
الذين قال لهم الناس إن الناس قد جمعوا لكمThe questioner : They used to send the sacrificial animals.
The Shaykh : To?
The questioner : To outside the country?
The Shaykh : We spoke about it in the previous lesson. Is that not so? We spoke about it, in detail.