regarding the rule of applying the absolute to the qualified?
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The questioner : ... applying the absolute to the qualified?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... applying the absolute to the qualified?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... how do we distinguish?
The Shaykh : ... even if the general term is mentioned with some of its individuals having a ruling that matches the ruling of the general term, it does not necessitate specification; there is no difference.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What causes harm? We say that this qualification is not considered a qualification as long as it does not contradict the ruling of the general term or an absolute ruling. Then, this hadith is explicit in its meaning; that is to say, if we assume that Ibn 'Umar's hadith is only about the tashahhud, but it did not mention what contradicts it regarding sitting between the two prostrations, so that we could say it is anomalous, yes?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... applying the absolute to the qualified?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... how do we distinguish?
The Shaykh : ... even if the general term is mentioned with some of its individuals having a ruling that matches the ruling of the general term, it does not necessitate specification; there is no difference.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What causes harm? We say that this qualification is not considered a qualification as long as it does not contradict the ruling of the general term or an absolute ruling. Then, this hadith is explicit in its meaning; that is to say, if we assume that Ibn 'Umar's hadith is only about the tashahhud, but it did not mention what contradicts it regarding sitting between the two prostrations, so that we could say it is anomalous, yes?