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| ===Differences of opinion among my ummah is a mercy=== | | ===Differences of opinion among my ummah is a mercy=== |
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| This is not a hadith, but a saying of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad. | | This hadith has been classed as maudu (fabricated). |
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| "This is one of the most incorrect sayings possible, since if ikhtilaaf were a mercy, then agreement would be a punishment, something which no Muslim would say, because there can only be agreement or disagreement, and there can only be mercy or punishment."<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.qss.org/articles/salah/17.1.html#RTFToC1|2=2012-02-02}} The Prophet's Prayer (SAWS) Appendix 1] - Qur'an and Sunnah Society of Canada, accessed February 2, 2012</ref>}} | | "This is one of the most incorrect sayings possible, since if ikhtilaaf were a mercy, then agreement would be a punishment, something which no Muslim would say, because there can only be agreement or disagreement, and there can only be mercy or punishment."<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.qss.org/articles/salah/17.1.html#RTFToC1|2=2012-02-02}} The Prophet's Prayer (SAWS) Appendix 1] - Qur'an and Sunnah Society of Canada, accessed February 2, 2012</ref>}} |
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| With regard to the above saying (not a hadith) this is what other scholars said about it:
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| {{Quote|Al-Hafiz al-Bayhaqi in his book "al-Madkhal" and al-Zarkashi in his "Tadhkirah fi al-ahadith al-mushtaharah"|'''Imam al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq said: "The differences among the Companions of Muhammad (s) are a mercy for Allah's servants.Al-Hafiz al-`Iraqi the teacher of Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani said: "This is a saying of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad who said: 'The difference of opinion among the Companions of Muhammad (s) is a mercy.''' |Al-Hafiz Ibn al-Athir in the introduction to his "Jami` al-usul fi ahadith al-rasul" relates the above saying from Imam Malik according to al-Hafiz Ibn al-Mulaqqin in his "Tuhfat al-muhtaj ila adillat al-Minhaj" and Ibn al-Subki in his "Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya." }}
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| {{Quote|Al-Hafiz al-Sakhawi said in his "Maqasid al-hasana" p. 49 #39 after quoting the above| "I have read the following written in my shaykh's (al-Hafiz ibn Hajar) handwriting: 'The hadith of Layth is a reference to a very famous hadith of the Prophet (s), cited by Ibn al-Hajib in the "Mukhtasar" in the section on qiyas (analogy), which says: "Difference of opinion in my Community is a mercy for people" (ikhtilafu ummati rahmatun li al-nas). There is a lot of questioning about its authenticity, and many of the imams of learning have claimed that it has no basis (la asla lahu). However, al-Khattabi mentions it in the context of a digression in "Gharib al-hadith" . . . and what he says concerning the tracing of the hadith is not free from imperfection, but he makes it known that it does have a basis in his opinion.'" |http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/ikhtilaf.htm}}
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| {{Quote|Imam Nawawi said in his Commentary on "Sahih Muslim": | Ibn Hazm said in "al-Ihkam fi usul al-ahkam" (5:64): "The saying "Difference of opinion in my Community is a mercy" is the most perverse saying possible, because if difference were mercy, agreement would be anger, and it is impossible for a Muslim to say this, because there can only be either agreement, or difference, and there can only be either mercy, or anger." However, Imam Nawawi said in his Commentary on "Sahih Muslim": '''"If something (i.e. agreement) is a mercy it is not necessary for its opposite to be the opposite of mercy. No-one makes this binding, and no-one even says this except an ignoramus or one who affects ignorance. Allah the Exalted said: "And of His mercy He has made night for you so that you would rest in it," and He has named night a mercy: it does not necessarily ensue from this that the day is a punishment."''' |http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/ikhtilaf.htm}}
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| ===When husband and wife look at each other with Love, Allah looks at both with Mercy=== | | ===When husband and wife look at each other with Love, Allah looks at both with Mercy=== |