Does the meat of a young calf invalidate the ablution?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Shaykh, the young calf.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The young calf.
The Shaykh : The calf?
The questioner : Does the meat of the calf invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh : They say: What is the name of the young calf?
The questioner : Abkar.
The Shaykh : Abkar, they say: The meat of the young calf is more delicious than that of the large one, and yet a person will fill his stomach to his throat with it. So we ask: does this invalidate the ablution or not?
It invalidates it without a doubt. Yes. Have you tasted the young one?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Which one is better?
The questioner : The young one is better.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : In our view, this does not invalidate it.
The Shaykh : Which is correct? The schools of jurisprudence differ. It is a unique position of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), but most of the unique positions of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) are more in accordance with the Sunnah than those of the others, because he pays great attention to the athar (reports from the Companions or successors). As has passed you, one of his principles is: "Giving preference to a weak report over analogical reasoning", even though one of the rules of the people of hadith is that a weak report is not acted upon. But he says: it is better than opinion. And there is no doubt that his meaning by a weak report is one that is strengthened by multiple chains or by the acceptance of the Ummah, not a weak report that has no strengthening factor. For I do not think that Imam Ahmad or anyone else acts upon such a report.
The questioner : Shaykh, the young calf.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The young calf.
The Shaykh : The calf?
The questioner : Does the meat of the calf invalidate the ablution?
The Shaykh : They say: What is the name of the young calf?
The questioner : Abkar.
The Shaykh : Abkar, they say: The meat of the young calf is more delicious than that of the large one, and yet a person will fill his stomach to his throat with it. So we ask: does this invalidate the ablution or not?
It invalidates it without a doubt. Yes. Have you tasted the young one?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Which one is better?
The questioner : The young one is better.
The Shaykh : Fine.
The questioner : In our view, this does not invalidate it.
The Shaykh : Which is correct? The schools of jurisprudence differ. It is a unique position of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), but most of the unique positions of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) are more in accordance with the Sunnah than those of the others, because he pays great attention to the athar (reports from the Companions or successors). As has passed you, one of his principles is: "Giving preference to a weak report over analogical reasoning", even though one of the rules of the people of hadith is that a weak report is not acted upon. But he says: it is better than opinion. And there is no doubt that his meaning by a weak report is one that is strengthened by multiple chains or by the acceptance of the Ummah, not a weak report that has no strengthening factor. For I do not think that Imam Ahmad or anyone else acts upon such a report.