What is the response to the doubt derived from the verse: “What verse We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We will bring one better than it or similar to it,” and the claim that the Sunnah is not like the Qur'an?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, the doubt comes from the verse: [Al-Baqarah 2:106] They say the Sunnah is not like the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you are forgetting a hadith: If you are not forgetting.
The questioner : They...
The Shaykh : Be patient. If you are not forgetting, you must recall that forgetfulness is one of the two, namely his saying (peace be upon him):; so you recall, or you mentioned one of the two. But here is something that perhaps our brothers can help us with, and they may even be more knowledgeable about it than we are: that similarity does not imply likeness in every aspect. Do you perhaps recall this? So the objection is not valid from the start, correct? Good. Do you have anything else?
Al-Halabi : Our Shaykh, what Allah willed, the similarity here is understood in terms of the ruling, not in terms of the abrogating text itself.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Al-Halabi : And Allah knows best. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
Other than that?
We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it
مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنْسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَاThe Shaykh : Perhaps you are forgetting a hadith:
Let not any of you
لا يقعدَنَّThe questioner : They...
The Shaykh : Be patient. If you are not forgetting, you must recall that forgetfulness is one of the two, namely his saying (peace be upon him):
Let not any of you sit on his couch and say: “This is the Book of Allah, so whatever we find therein as lawful, we make lawful, and whatever we find therein as forbidden, we make forbidden. Do I not have the Qur'an and something similar to it with me?”
لا يقعدَنَّ أحدكم على أريكته يقول : هذا كتاب الله فما وجدنا فيه حلالًا حلَّلناه ، وما وجدنا فيه حرامًا حرَّمناه ، ألا إني أُوتِيتُ القرآن ومثله معهAl-Halabi : Our Shaykh, what Allah willed, the similarity here is understood in terms of the ruling, not in terms of the abrogating text itself.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Al-Halabi : And Allah knows best. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
Other than that?
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