Did you authenticate the hadith (Beef is a disease)?
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The Shaykh : The second question.
The questioner : The second one.
The Shaykh : Yes, we have authenticated it, and it is authentic, despite the nose of al-Ghazali or al-Ghazali.
The questioner : He brought a verse, he came with a verse:[Al-An'am 6:144].
The Shaykh : And whoever tells you that we have not forbidden what Allah has forbidden, may Allah guide you. Why is everything halal? Is it permissible for one to eat it as much as he desires?
The questioner : There is no disease; the hadith says that there is a disease.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And how did it become halal to eat, I mean?
The Shaykh : It became halal to eat because the disease in it only results from overindulging in it.
The questioner : Overindulging in eating it.
The Shaykh : Overindulging in eating it, yes. Because we have another proof, which is perhaps stronger than the indication of the verse, even though the verse is sufficient. That proof is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): I heard this hadith. He sacrificed, so he ate beef. Beef is one thing, and overindulging in it, which results in the disease mentioned in the hadith, is another thing. What else do you have?
The questioner : The second one.
The Shaykh : Yes, we have authenticated it, and it is authentic, despite the nose of al-Ghazali or al-Ghazali.
The questioner : He brought a verse, he came with a verse:
And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two
وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِThe Shaykh : And whoever tells you that we have not forbidden what Allah has forbidden, may Allah guide you. Why is everything halal? Is it permissible for one to eat it as much as he desires?
The questioner : There is no disease; the hadith says that there is a disease
Beef is a disease
لحم البقر داءThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And how did it become halal to eat, I mean?
The Shaykh : It became halal to eat because the disease in it only results from overindulging in it.
The questioner : Overindulging in eating it.
The Shaykh : Overindulging in eating it, yes. Because we have another proof, which is perhaps stronger than the indication of the verse, even though the verse is sufficient. That proof is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
He sacrificed on behalf of his wives with cows
ضحَّى عن نسائه بالبقر
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