Commentary on Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim-12a
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The reader: "Al-Athram narrated from Hafs ibn 'Umar, who said: Rajah ibn Marjah narrated to us, who said: 'Abd Allah ibn Bashir narrated to me from Abu Rashid al-Habran and Abu al-Hajjaj al-Saksaki from 'Ali, who said: ' While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was leaning on an Arab bow of his, he saw a man with a Persian bow. He said: "Throw it away, for it is cursed. But take to the Arab bows and the spears of the qina, for by them Allah supports the religion, and by them He enables you to prevail in the land" "
The Shaykh : This is what he extracted
The student: Except
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The student: He says: Ibn Majah extracted it in his Sunan, in the Book of Jihad, in the chapter on peace. Its chain of narration in Ibn Majah contains 'Abd Allah ibn Busr, who is weak, and Ash'ath ibn Sa'id, who is abandoned.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah that Allah has spared us from it
The reader: " And our scholars have a long discussion regarding the Persian bow and the like "
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in Zad al-Ma'ad from his shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on them both), that the unique narrations of Ibn Majah are generally weak. This is a benefit, meaning what Ibn Majah uniquely contains among the Sunan. The general rule is that they are weak. Therefore, a person must be cautious and avoid what Ibn Majah uniquely contains. Yes.
The reader: " And our scholars have a long discussion regarding the Persian bow and the like, which is not the place for it here. I only mentioned it to point out that"
The Shaykh : The time has ended.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim:
The Shaykh : This is what he extracted
The student: Except
The Shaykh : What does he say?
The student: He says: Ibn Majah extracted it in his Sunan, in the Book of Jihad, in the chapter on peace. Its chain of narration in Ibn Majah contains 'Abd Allah ibn Busr, who is weak, and Ash'ath ibn Sa'id, who is abandoned.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah that Allah has spared us from it
The reader: " And our scholars have a long discussion regarding the Persian bow and the like "
The Shaykh : Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in Zad al-Ma'ad from his shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on them both), that the unique narrations of Ibn Majah are generally weak. This is a benefit, meaning what Ibn Majah uniquely contains among the Sunan. The general rule is that they are weak. Therefore, a person must be cautious and avoid what Ibn Majah uniquely contains. Yes.
The reader: " And our scholars have a long discussion regarding the Persian bow and the like, which is not the place for it here. I only mentioned it to point out that"
The Shaykh : The time has ended.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim: