Ibn 'Abbas interpreted wisdom as: knowledge of the Qur'an, its clear and ambiguous verses, its abrogating and abrogated verses, and its lawful and forbidden matters
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The student: ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, knowledge of the ambiguous verses
The student: Wisdom is knowledge of the Qur'an... and its ambiguous verses, its abrogating and abrogated verses
The Shaykh : I do not know this
The student: His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:269]
The Shaykh : I say, I do not know this. Wisdom has types... not everything that is called wisdom is the Sunnah. Rather, when it says "the Book and wisdom"[Al-Baqarah 2:129] [An-Nisa 4:113] [Al-Ahzab 33:34], that is the meaning of every instance where it is said that wisdom is the Sunnah
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed, knowledge of the ambiguous verses
The student: Wisdom is knowledge of the Qur'an... and its ambiguous verses, its abrogating and abrogated verses
The Shaykh : I do not know this
The student: His saying, the Exalted:
He gives wisdom to whom He wills
يؤتي الحكمة من يشاءThe Shaykh : I say, I do not know this. Wisdom has types... not everything that is called wisdom is the Sunnah. Rather, when it says "the Book and wisdom"