Explanation of the Book of Marriage-17
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The Shaykh : He said: "And Safiyyah bint Shaybah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 5172 Al-Bukhari narrated it": : The two Prophetic mudds are half a sa', because the Prophetic sa' is four mudds. Then, the Prophetic sa' is less than the customary sa' with us by one-fifth, one-fifth and one-fifth of a fifth, relative to the sa' with us here in al-Qasim. The Prophetic sa' is less than it by the amount of one-fifth and one-fifth of a fifth. And on this basis, what is the Prophetic mudd relative to our sa'?
Huh?
One-fifth. How many mudds is the Prophetic sa'?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four mudds. The Prophetic sa' is less than the customary sa' with us by one-fifth and one-fifth of a fifth. How is that?
Our shaykhs tell us that the weight of the Prophetic sa' in good wheat is eighty French riyals, and the weight of our sa' in good wheat is one hundred and four French riyals. If you relate the eighty to the one hundred and four, it becomes four-fifths, yes or no?
And the reduction is one-fifth and a quarter of a fifth, four out of twenty, yes, one-fifth.
Good, and on this basis we say: The two mudds of barley, relative to the customary sa', are considered two-fifths of a sa', correct?
The student: Yes.
The Prophet (ﷺ) gave a banquet with two Mudds of barley on marrying some of his wives.
أولم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم على بعض نسائه بمدين من شعيرWith two mudds of barley
بمدين من شعيرHuh?
One-fifth. How many mudds is the Prophetic sa'?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four mudds. The Prophetic sa' is less than the customary sa' with us by one-fifth and one-fifth of a fifth. How is that?
Our shaykhs tell us that the weight of the Prophetic sa' in good wheat is eighty French riyals, and the weight of our sa' in good wheat is one hundred and four French riyals. If you relate the eighty to the one hundred and four, it becomes four-fifths, yes or no?
And the reduction is one-fifth and a quarter of a fifth, four out of twenty, yes, one-fifth.
Good, and on this basis we say: The two mudds of barley, relative to the customary sa', are considered two-fifths of a sa', correct?
The student: Yes.