What is your opinion regarding the claim by some that the addition of "with his right hand" in the hadith of tasbih that you authenticated is an insertion by one of Abu Dawud's shaykhs, namely Muhammad ibn al-Qudamah?
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The Shaykh : I return to say that regarding the hadith of Ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As: "That he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) counting tasbih with his hand," and in the narration of Abu Dawud, "with his right hand," this narration, first, as we said at the beginning, is not an insertion. The one who calls it an insertion is an innovator; the least that can be said about him in this science is that. Second, we ruled that this addition is void. Do you understand the meaning of this statement?
The questioner : Understood.
The Shaykh : It is as if it was not mentioned in any book, knowing that this addition was authenticated by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani. Let us assume now that it does not exist; we want to explain the hadith. He was counting tasbih with his hand. Tasbih is undoubtedly among the sacred, respected matters. And I say to many people with whom I find no room to engage in scholarly research, I see them clasping their hands, especially our Najdi brothers. This is a custom; they tasbih with both hands. So I say to him, "My brother, the Sunnah is to count tasbih with your right hand." And if a hand here is the witness, and if a hand is one by which one blows one's nose, or even one by which one performs istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), then the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and His tasbih and tahmid, are more sacred than to be tasbihed with that hand. Now here comes the legal evidence: that the Messenger (peace be upon him) his saying: , this is a generalization, as the scholars say, after a clear specification. This statement is a generalization after specification, and this generalization was with the word "shaan" (affair). What does the word "shaan" mean in the language? Does it mean "everything"? No, but rather it means the thing that has status and value. Is this statement clear? Now, the remembrance of Allah, and His tasbih and tahmid, fall under this, or do they not? I ask you.
The questioner : I am asking you; I want the answer from you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am asking you an interjecting word to explain to you the word "shaan" in the Arabic language, so I ask you: "Shaan" does not mean everything, but rather everything that has a shaan, that has value. Do you understand this statement?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, so based on what you understand, does the tasbih of Allah, and His remembrance and takbir, fall under this, or does it not?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : What shall we do for you then? Follow, close your eyes and walk. It falls under it.
The questioner : Fine, O...
The questioner : Understood.
The Shaykh : It is as if it was not mentioned in any book, knowing that this addition was authenticated by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani. Let us assume now that it does not exist; we want to explain the hadith. He was counting tasbih with his hand. Tasbih is undoubtedly among the sacred, respected matters. And I say to many people with whom I find no room to engage in scholarly research, I see them clasping their hands, especially our Najdi brothers. This is a custom; they tasbih with both hands. So I say to him, "My brother, the Sunnah is to count tasbih with your right hand." And if a hand here is the witness, and if a hand is one by which one blows one's nose, or even one by which one performs istinja' (cleaning oneself after relieving oneself), then the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and His tasbih and tahmid, are more sacred than to be tasbihed with that hand. Now here comes the legal evidence: that the Messenger (peace be upon him)
He loved to prefer the right side in everything, in his purification, in his dismounting, in putting on his sandals, and in all his affairs.
كان يحبُّ التَّيامن في كلِّ شيء في تطهُّره ، وفي ترجُّله ، وفي تنعُّله ، وفي شأنه كلِّهAnd in all his affairs.
وفي شأنه كلِّهThe questioner : I am asking you; I want the answer from you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am asking you an interjecting word to explain to you the word "shaan" in the Arabic language, so I ask you: "Shaan" does not mean everything, but rather everything that has a shaan, that has value. Do you understand this statement?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, so based on what you understand, does the tasbih of Allah, and His remembrance and takbir, fall under this, or does it not?
The questioner : I do not know.
The Shaykh : What shall we do for you then? Follow, close your eyes and walk. It falls under it.
The questioner : Fine, O...
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