Shadee Elmasry – 3 REASONS WHY We Have Madhabs Ep. 2 Debunking Madhab Myths

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The importance of understanding the three main reasons for religious differences in Arabic language is highlighted, including opinion, success, and methods. The speakers also discuss the use of money and the significance of the Prophet's teaching of Hadith, including headaches, war, and the use of gold rings. The speakers note that the narratives and words used in teaching differ from those used in other times, and that the use of words and phrases is more flexible than fixed ones. The topic of meth labs is also discussed, with examples provided to illustrate the differences between teaching and other times.

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			Every discipline that you can
imagine in the just every
		
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			discipline from politics, anything
that people do, are going to have
		
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			differences of opinion. Now, you
may think we have one book, and we
		
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			have one prophet. So why would
there be any difference of
		
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			opinion, everything should be in
the book. And the religion is
		
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			easy, and we shouldn't have any
disagreements. Now, the mistake in
		
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			that is that while we have one
book, you need to understand the
		
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			three main reasons that methods
exist. The first reason Yes, we
		
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			have one book, but the verses in
the book, and in the Hadith are
		
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			different types of verses.
		
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			One type of verse is called a
verse, an explicit unequivocal
		
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			verse it cannot possibly ever be
misinterpreted. An example of that
		
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			is all the verses about so heat,
oneness of Allah, Allahu Allah
		
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			had, there is no other meaning for
the word one. If we look at rules
		
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			of inheritance, for example,
		
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			this person gets a third this
person gets a fourth your mother
		
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			gets this, your father gets that
there's no difference of opinion
		
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			there in the Arabic language does
not allow multiple meanings for
		
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			the word male, or for the word 1/3
or 1/4. So the first tranche of
		
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			set of verses, these are called
the foundations of the book,
		
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			there's no difference upon them.
And as a result, there's no
		
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			method. If you go against those,
you're outside of us someday,
		
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			maybe even outside of the slot.
		
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			The second type of bursts second
tranche of verses are called
		
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			funny. The words funny, or in
English, equivocal means it could
		
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			possibly have different meanings
in the language, or the verse
		
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			could be understood differently.
Those verses exists and that's why
		
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			methods assist those verses force
people to come to a conclusion on
		
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			what it means. They force the
scholars to say okay, what does
		
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			this word mean? The money versus
require thought and where they're
		
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			stopped, there's differences. So,
to give a simple example, the
		
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			verse about will do uses the word
su or wash, when we say wash, what
		
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			is the meaning of wash? What are
the parameters of washing? If I
		
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			dip my arm into a still pool of
water? Am I washed it? If I move I
		
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			poured running water over my arm
have I washed it? Or do I have to
		
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			pour running water and rub it like
this have I washed it? What about
		
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			dipping my hand in water and then
rubbing it on a dry arm have I
		
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			washed it all these are different
opinions, some rejected, some
		
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			accepted and some merely deferred
upon. So the existence of money
		
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			versus equally the goal versus or
equivocal language. Each in one
		
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			individual word can have a single
meaning no discussion, where it
		
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			could have multiple meanings. The
second reason why methods exist,
		
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			life is constantly bringing
Muslims new scenarios. Let me give
		
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			you a simple example. There are
scenarios that could have never
		
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			happened to the time of the
prophets of Allah. As a result of
		
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			that the Prophet peace be upon him
		
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			did an answer to give an example
in the time of say not even every
		
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			thought that the first religious
sects came about? When the Prophet
		
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			SAW Allah He was Saddam was alive.
There were no six.
		
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			If anyone had a comment about the
deen, well, the Prophet was there
		
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			to answer it. And there was one
Amen. But once the prophets of
		
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			Allah it was done and returned to
Allah and you have the companions
		
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			and years pass and more years and
decades paths and 30 years pass, I
		
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			leave in every thought it said
nobody had to deal with the first
		
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			group of people that broke away,
said we know better than you. And
		
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			when against many explicit things,
in the Quran and the Sunnah, and
		
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			defended themselves religious, not
political. So was the footage.
		
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			What do we do with them?
		
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			So these are questions that came
up, did it come up in the time of
		
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			the Prophet came up later? Cause
suddenly today, every day, there
		
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			are new questions from the from
the time of the companions
		
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			onwards, when there's a drought in
Medina, do we still uphold all the
		
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			crimes in the same way? We'll say
Norman said no. Crimes are not
		
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			treated the same way when there's
a drought. And people are starving
		
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			and a man has five kids at home
and he goes robs another old, he
		
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			can't be treated the same way as
in peacetime at a time in which
		
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			everyone's living happily.
		
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			How do I get an education? We're
in a world of student loans. How
		
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			do I What do I do with Bitcoin? Do
I pay as a cat on it as a stock?
		
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			Or as occurrence?
		
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			Is it as a cannibal? What do I do
with all these things? So these
		
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			questions are not in the Quran and
in the Sunnah.
		
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			directly Quran and Sunnah give us
principles on how to answer
		
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			another question. In the time of
the Prophet, there was one Joomla
		
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			in the whole city.
		
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			What happens when the city becomes
one of our cities filled with
		
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			millions of people can have one
Joomla? You can have to answer
		
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			that question. So that's what
previous generations dealt with.
		
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			And we continue to deal with that.
Sometimes we imagine the world is
		
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			static. And then there's modern
Titus, right? Like the all the
		
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			world was living just like the
prophet for 1300 years, then
		
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			suddenly, both modern times, it's
not the case. Now the third
		
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			reason, third reason that meth
labs is a mimetic spoke about it.
		
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			And he spoke about headaches. Why
is it that you can find a dt that
		
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			says one thing, you can find
another Hadith that says another
		
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			thing, or you could find the early
generations never practicing it?
		
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			Or practicing something completely
different?
		
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			We have a hadith for example, that
the Prophet peace be upon him,
		
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			wiped him upon a job, or a sock.
What you find the Sahaba never did
		
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			it and taught not to do it?
		
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			How do we explain that? They only
wiped on a leather cuff.
		
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			So we asked the question, then, is
every Hadith, definitive of what
		
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			the font prophets final teaching
was Maddix that no, the prophet
		
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			may have taught one thing, then
that matter became abrogated. And
		
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			he taught something different. So
the law within the time of the
		
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			Prophet was fluctuating.
		
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			He allowed something at one point
didn't allow it later on, didn't
		
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			allow something at one point, and
then allow to later on, there may
		
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			be a Sahaba, who came and visited
the prophet in the early time, saw
		
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			what he did, went back home
transmitted it. Later on the
		
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			Prophet peace be bottom, given who
really, gold is one example, was
		
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			permitted for a period of time. He
himself wore gold ring for a
		
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			period of time, then he forbade
him from it. So abrogation
		
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			and differences on the grading of
Hadith, just because we have
		
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			Bukhari, and Muslim, and we all
know that those are the two most
		
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			reliable books on Hadith because
their chains are so perfect, does
		
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			not mean that every Imam agreed
that this is the final say, of
		
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			what the Sunnah of the Prophet is.
So, the summary of what I'm saying
		
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			is they differed on Hadith, they
differ on what was the final
		
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			teaching of the Prophet varies,
that will give you a very simple
		
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			example. In the Quran, there are
16
		
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			or 15 or 11 points of such
		
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			as to salute in which while you're
reciting, given certain conditions
		
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			you need to make such that it just
makes to Jude. Well, according to
		
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			one narration, there are 16
		
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			According to another students at
Hajj has one, not two, so that
		
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			makes it 50. Yet, according to Ibn
Abbas, and this is what ematic
		
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			takes, the sedge does in the
Mufasa verse, that sort of shorter
		
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			sutras were all abrogated, such as
the sedge, the end diplomas,
		
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			Malbec, Allah the Cotswolds, is
abrogated. So the Prophet used to
		
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			do it in Medina makup, but he
stopped doing it in Medina.
		
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			So there is a difference that
narrations about the verses have
		
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			surged up, there are different
variations, because one came at
		
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			the beginning of the time, and
another came later, the Imams all
		
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			differed on which narration came
which and that's third reason why
		
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			method. So to recap the three main
reasons number one, there are
		
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			inexplicit vannini equivocal
verses in the Hora and in the
		
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			Hadith, meaning texts, words,
phrases, commandments,
		
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			prohibitions that could have
different interpretations on what
		
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			they mean. The word itself means
many things.
		
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			Number two, there are always new
matters, these new matters need to
		
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			be answered. When they're at where
they're answered correctly, that's
		
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			a slump, where they're answered
incorrectly that could be an
		
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			error.
		
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			And if it goes beyond the certain
bounds, it could be a heresy.
		
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			Thirdly,
		
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			the scholars themselves differed
within the realm of Hadith on what
		
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			was the final say of the prophets
of Allah when they differed on
		
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			ragging Hadith. Abu Hanifa
famously would judge by the action
		
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			of the narrator wrote more than
his words. So if a narrator said
		
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			something, but he acted
differently
		
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			than we must assume he said it as
an exception, not as the norm
		
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			because he practiced differently.
That's the third reason that
		
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			methods exist. They differed on
Hadith itself,
		
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			book body when he says something,
and then this is the Sunnah,
		
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			that's all so he's using his
opinion. And you may have heard of
		
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			another scholar who's early from
the earlier times or after him
		
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			that says not there is
		
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			A stronger Hadith than this, or
this hadith is an exception, or
		
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			this hadith was abrogated, or I
fought a fight a stronger proof is
		
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			the action of this narrator or the
action of a more seniors committed
		
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			to this. So with that hadith is
not a fixed a source that cannot
		
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			be discussed. It's more of a
flexible source that can be
		
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			discussed.