Explanation of the author's statement: "And the wording of the increase and decrease of it has been established from the Companions, and no one is known among them to have differed on this
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The Shaykh : He said: "And the wording of the increase and decrease of it has been established from the Companions, and no one is known among them to have differed on this, and the majority of the Salaf are upon this
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: "And upon the fact that faith increases and decreases are a group of the people of athar and the jurists who issue fatwas in the cities. And two narrations were mentioned from Malik regarding the assertion of decrease, one of which is: withholding judgment. And the second is: agreeing with the group".
Withholding judgment means I say: I do not say that it decreases, but I say that it increases.
Or withholding judgment is that he says: I say it does not decrease? Where is the withholding?
We have two phrases now, I do not say that it decreases, I say that it does not decrease. Is there a difference between them? Hmm? Is there a difference between them? If he says I say that it does not decrease, then this is an explicit negation, is it not? He explicitly negated the decrease.
If he says: I do not say that it decreases, then its meaning is the negation of the statement, meaning: that I am withholding judgment and I am not saying that the decrease is negated.
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said: "And upon the fact that faith increases and decreases are a group of the people of athar and the jurists who issue fatwas in the cities. And two narrations were mentioned from Malik regarding the assertion of decrease, one of which is: withholding judgment. And the second is: agreeing with the group".
Withholding judgment means I say: I do not say that it decreases, but I say that it increases.
Or withholding judgment is that he says: I say it does not decrease? Where is the withholding?
We have two phrases now, I do not say that it decreases, I say that it does not decrease. Is there a difference between them? Hmm? Is there a difference between them? If he says I say that it does not decrease, then this is an explicit negation, is it not? He explicitly negated the decrease.
If he says: I do not say that it decreases, then its meaning is the negation of the statement, meaning: that I am withholding judgment and I am not saying that the decrease is negated.