Is the Qur'an a judge over the Arabic language, and likewise the Sunnah?
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The Shaykh : No, the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The Qur'an is certainly a judge over it.
The questioner : The Sunnah.
The Shaykh : As for the Sunnah, there is disagreement among the scholars because the Sunnah is narrated by narrators after the language has changed, and it is delicate. Most hadith scholars are of the opinion that narrating by meaning is permissible. Yes, but what Ibn Hisham and a group of scholars, including Ibn Malik, hold is that the original is that it is in the Arabic language; the original is that it is from the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). However, with that, they sometimes emphasize it, such as They said: This came in the language of what? "The locusts ate it." Yes, in this language. And they said: This is an anomalous language, to the extent that some scholars claimed that His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:71] He said: "Kathir" is a doer, but it is not correct, and that "Kathir" here is a substitute for the waw. Yes.
The questioner : Denying a reading in grammar is disbelief, O Shaykh? Some grammarians... and it is a mass-transmitted reading.
The questioner : The Sunnah.
The Shaykh : As for the Sunnah, there is disagreement among the scholars because the Sunnah is narrated by narrators after the language has changed, and it is delicate. Most hadith scholars are of the opinion that narrating by meaning is permissible. Yes, but what Ibn Hisham and a group of scholars, including Ibn Malik, hold is that the original is that it is in the Arabic language; the original is that it is from the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). However, with that, they sometimes emphasize it, such as
Angels succeed one another among you
يتعاقبون فيكم ملائكةso they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf
فعموا وصموا كثير منهم ثم عموا وصموا كثير منهمThe questioner : Denying a reading in grammar is disbelief, O Shaykh? Some grammarians... and it is a mass-transmitted reading.