Is analogical reasoning applied in the chapter of creed?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The apparent view is... because knowledge is knowledge of a thing, and religion is acting upon it; this is the difference between them.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, indeed, because... because the people of the Sunnah and the community spoke about the people of the Sunnah and the community in the chapter of creed, and every chapter of creed is based on pure reportage. There is no analogical reasoning in it. Yes, analogical reasoning is established, but in jurisprudential rulings. As for doctrinal rulings, there is no analogical reasoning in them. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but... not according to the opinion of some, but according to the text of the Book and the Sunnah. So, if nothing came from the Companions that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah, that is evidence that they affirmed it.
The Shaykh : The apparent view is... because knowledge is knowledge of a thing, and religion is acting upon it; this is the difference between them.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, indeed, because... because the people of the Sunnah and the community spoke about the people of the Sunnah and the community in the chapter of creed, and every chapter of creed is based on pure reportage. There is no analogical reasoning in it. Yes, analogical reasoning is established, but in jurisprudential rulings. As for doctrinal rulings, there is no analogical reasoning in them. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, but... not according to the opinion of some, but according to the text of the Book and the Sunnah. So, if nothing came from the Companions that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah, that is evidence that they affirmed it.