What is the meaning of al-Surad?
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The student: What is al-Surad?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Al-Surad or al-Suradan?!
The Shaykh : Al-Surad?!
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Al-Surad is a type of bird. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing it. He forbade killing four types of animals:Sunan Abi Dawud 5267Sahih (Al-Albani). He said to some of the bird owners who knew them: It is the one called al-Sabari, al-Sabari. Perhaps you will say: You have explained the ambiguous with something more ambiguous than it. Yes.
The student: Al-Sabari is known.
The Shaykh : Al-Sabari is known?! Who is it that knows it is the known one?
The student: I.
The Shaykh : And you, here?
The student: It is not known.
The Shaykh : It is not known, not the one who says it is known!!
The student: Al-Surad is known.
The Shaykh : Al-Surad is known, praise be to Allah. If al-Surad is known, that is sufficient. Yes?
The student: And he hits it!
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. Now let us begin the explanation. Let us read the explanation in the Alfiyyah. We will apply the examples.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: Al-Surad or al-Suradan?!
The Shaykh : Al-Surad?!
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Al-Surad is a type of bird. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing it. He forbade killing four types of animals:
ants, bees, hoopoes, and sparrow-hawks
النملة والنحلة ، والهدهد والصُرَدThe student: Al-Sabari is known.
The Shaykh : Al-Sabari is known?! Who is it that knows it is the known one?
The student: I.
The Shaykh : And you, here?
The student: It is not known.
The Shaykh : It is not known, not the one who says it is known!!
The student: Al-Surad is known.
The Shaykh : Al-Surad is known, praise be to Allah. If al-Surad is known, that is sufficient. Yes?
The student: And he hits it!
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. Now let us begin the explanation. Let us read the explanation in the Alfiyyah. We will apply the examples.
