Benefits of the Hadith: (When the two parties in a sale dispute and there is no evidence between them . . .).
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The Shaykh : And among the benefits of the hadith is acting upon the evidence, acting upon the evidence. Is the evidence specified by type, or is it general for everything that reveals the truth?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is general for everything that clarifies the truth, and the madhhab (school of jurisprudence) is that in matters of wealth it is two men, or one man and two women, or one man and the oath of the claimant, but the correct view is that the evidence includes whatever clarifies the truth and makes it clear by any means.
And among the benefits of the hadith is the permissibility of describing a person as the "master" (rabb) of something, based on his saying?
The student: The master of the merchandise.
The Shaykh : The master of the merchandise, and this is permissible. Many hadiths have come in this meaning, including his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the signs of the Hour in a narration by al-Bukhari:Sunan ad-Daraqutni 15:114 And likewise in the lost property: So attributing the description of "master" to a person for what he owns is permissible and there is no harm in it. But it is known that it is not permissible for us to say so-and-so is the master of everything, because this is a description specific to Allah, so it is not permissible to apply it to a human being, just as it is not permissible to say "the judge of judges" or "the king of kings" or the like.
And among the benefits of the hadith is returning to the original state, returning to the original state and acting upon it, based on his saying:Bulugh al-Maram 7:3 Because the original state is that the merchandise did not leave except according to his statement, so the original state ... at its price. The original state is that nothing leaves my ownership except for what I am pleased with, and I was not pleased with anything but ten, so this is acting upon the original state. And acting upon the original state exists; it has many proofs in the Qur'an and in the Sunnah that we act upon the original state.
And it is also the requirement of reason, because the original state is the continuation of what was as it was. An example of this is a man who performed wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and then doubted whether he had broken his state of purity or not; the original state is the continuation of his purity. And a man who broke his state of purity and then doubted whether he performed wudu' or not; the original state is the continuation of his state of impurity. So if you are certain that you ate camel meat after Maghrib (the sunset prayer), after the Maghrib prayer, and then you doubt whether you performed wudu' or not, do not pray 'Isha' (the night prayer) except with wudu'. And if you performed wudu' for the Maghrib prayer and then doubted whether your wudu' was broken or not, you are not required to perform wudu', because the original state is the continuation of the wudu', as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the man who is unsure whether something came out of him or not, he said:Sahih Muslim 362, Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is general for everything that clarifies the truth, and the madhhab (school of jurisprudence) is that in matters of wealth it is two men, or one man and two women, or one man and the oath of the claimant, but the correct view is that the evidence includes whatever clarifies the truth and makes it clear by any means.
And among the benefits of the hadith is the permissibility of describing a person as the "master" (rabb) of something, based on his saying?
The student: The master of the merchandise.
The Shaykh : The master of the merchandise, and this is permissible. Many hadiths have come in this meaning, including his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the signs of the Hour in a narration by al-Bukhari:
That a slave woman gives birth to her master
أن تلد الأمة ربّهاThat a slave woman gives birth to her master
تلد الأمة ربّهاUntil its master finds it
حتى يجدها ربّهاAnd among the benefits of the hadith is returning to the original state, returning to the original state and acting upon it, based on his saying:
the seller's word is final
فالقول ما يقول ربّ السّلعةAnd it is also the requirement of reason, because the original state is the continuation of what was as it was. An example of this is a man who performed wudu' (the ablution for prayer) and then doubted whether he had broken his state of purity or not; the original state is the continuation of his purity. And a man who broke his state of purity and then doubted whether he performed wudu' or not; the original state is the continuation of his state of impurity. So if you are certain that you ate camel meat after Maghrib (the sunset prayer), after the Maghrib prayer, and then you doubt whether you performed wudu' or not, do not pray 'Isha' (the night prayer) except with wudu'. And if you performed wudu' for the Maghrib prayer and then doubted whether your wudu' was broken or not, you are not required to perform wudu', because the original state is the continuation of the wudu', as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the man who is unsure whether something came out of him or not, he said: