Is it established from Imam Ahmad that he sought blessing from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit?
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The questioner : Is it established from Imam Ahmad that he sought blessing from the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit?
The Shaykh : Sought blessing from what?
The questioner : From the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit.
The Shaykh : His pulpit? By Allah, this is mentioned in the books of virtues and merits, and there are many narrations of this kind. First, their principle is that they are lenient and lax in narrating virtues and merits. Second, regarding what concerns them, and secondly, regarding what concerns me and those like me, the time does not allow for conducting verification on what is narrated from other than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in terms of athar, let alone the disconnected reports from those narrated from the Tabi'un and those who came after them. This is a discussion with no end; we cannot conduct verification on such numerous narrations. Therefore, I am half-knowledgeable; I do not know.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But the condition is that the preference not be based on personal desire. The preference must not be based on personal desire, but rather on his ijtihad. He will undoubtedly make mistakes, and he will receive one reward. Otherwise, we would be left with no one but the misguided or the misguided, because as Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Allah refused to complete anything other than His Book." That is, everyone who compiles a book must inevitably make a mistake. So do we declare them misguided? There is no room for opening this door at all, otherwise we would become like the Khawarij, or more misguided than the Khawarij. Yes.
The Shaykh : Sought blessing from what?
The questioner : From the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit.
The Shaykh : His pulpit? By Allah, this is mentioned in the books of virtues and merits, and there are many narrations of this kind. First, their principle is that they are lenient and lax in narrating virtues and merits. Second, regarding what concerns them, and secondly, regarding what concerns me and those like me, the time does not allow for conducting verification on what is narrated from other than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in terms of athar, let alone the disconnected reports from those narrated from the Tabi'un and those who came after them. This is a discussion with no end; we cannot conduct verification on such numerous narrations. Therefore, I am half-knowledgeable; I do not know.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But the condition is that the preference not be based on personal desire. The preference must not be based on personal desire, but rather on his ijtihad. He will undoubtedly make mistakes, and he will receive one reward. Otherwise, we would be left with no one but the misguided or the misguided, because as Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Allah refused to complete anything other than His Book." That is, everyone who compiles a book must inevitably make a mistake. So do we declare them misguided? There is no room for opening this door at all, otherwise we would become like the Khawarij, or more misguided than the Khawarij. Yes.
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