Explanation of the Book of Marriage-08
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "From Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 8:39".
When "the Arabs" is mentioned in general, it refers to the Arabized Arabs, because there are pure Arabs, meaning those who are Arabs by origin, and Arabized Arabs. The descendants of Isma'il are Arabized Arabs, because the language of Isma'il was the language of Ibrahim, which was not Arabic. Then, when the Jurhum tribe, who were pure Arabs, settled in Makkah, the descendants of Isma'il became Arabized, meaning they adopted Arabic anew. They are better than the pure Arabs because they are from the lineage of the prophets, and because among them is the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the noblest of the children of Adam. He says:Bulugh al-Maram 8:39 Even if they are from Quraysh, the Banu Tamim are not like them, yet they are equals. The Hashimi and those from the Prophet's family, the Tamimi, and others, they are all equals. They are all equals. Who are the freedmen? Those who were manumitted. It is the plural of mawla, which means a freed slave. So a freedman is an equal to a freedman, and an Arab is an equal to an Arab.
The weaver is the maker of weaving, spinning, and textiles, because this profession was despised among the Arabs, meaning it was a degrading and shameful trade for a person. The cupper is likewise; the cupper is a blood-sucker. Do you know cupping? Cupping in the past and even now involves making an incision in a specific part of the body, then placing what is called a cup there. It has a thin tube which the cupper sucks to bring the blood out and empty the cup of air. When it is emptied of air and pressed against the area, it sticks and remains attached. Then, as you know, the removal of air requires the suction of blood. When it fills with blood, it falls off, and then he replaces it again according to what he sees.
The cupper among the Arabs is one with a lowly and despised profession, so the cupper is not an equal to the daughter of a cloth merchant, the cloth merchant, nor to the daughter of a goldsmith, the goldsmith. The blacksmith, the owner of the bellows, is likewise. This is if the hadith is authentic. However, Abu Hatim criticized the hadith, because these degrading trades are degrading for some people but not for others. Also, a trade may be degrading in one era but not in another, is that not so? Perhaps cupping in the past was done in the manner we explained earlier, but cupping with new methods does not require the cupper to approach closely or suck the blood, and it is far from what people despise.
Now, he says: "Al-Hakim narrated it, and there is an unnamed narrator in its chain". If he is unnamed, he is ambiguous and unknown. A hadith with an unknown narrator is unknown and rejected; it is not valid. So, we take the benefits from this hadith, and afterwards, if it is proven to be invalid, its benefits are invalidated.
The Arabs are equal to one another
العرب بعضهم أكفاء بعضWhen "the Arabs" is mentioned in general, it refers to the Arabized Arabs, because there are pure Arabs, meaning those who are Arabs by origin, and Arabized Arabs. The descendants of Isma'il are Arabized Arabs, because the language of Isma'il was the language of Ibrahim, which was not Arabic. Then, when the Jurhum tribe, who were pure Arabs, settled in Makkah, the descendants of Isma'il became Arabized, meaning they adopted Arabic anew. They are better than the pure Arabs because they are from the lineage of the prophets, and because among them is the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the noblest of the children of Adam. He says:
The Arabs are equal to one another
العرب بعضهم أكفاء بعضThey are equals to one another
بعضهم أكفاء بعضExcept for a weaver or a cupper
إلا حائكًا أو حجامًاThe cupper among the Arabs is one with a lowly and despised profession, so the cupper is not an equal to the daughter of a cloth merchant, the cloth merchant, nor to the daughter of a goldsmith, the goldsmith. The blacksmith, the owner of the bellows, is likewise. This is if the hadith is authentic. However, Abu Hatim criticized the hadith, because these degrading trades are degrading for some people but not for others. Also, a trade may be degrading in one era but not in another, is that not so? Perhaps cupping in the past was done in the manner we explained earlier, but cupping with new methods does not require the cupper to approach closely or suck the blood, and it is far from what people despise.
Now, he says: "Al-Hakim narrated it, and there is an unnamed narrator in its chain". If he is unnamed, he is ambiguous and unknown. A hadith with an unknown narrator is unknown and rejected; it is not valid. So, we take the benefits from this hadith, and afterwards, if it is proven to be invalid, its benefits are invalidated.