Some Principles In Islam


Abrogation only applies after knowledge of it
Ibn Kathir: These  Hadiths  prove  that;   the  Nasikh  (a  Text  that  abrogates  a  previous Text)  only  applies  after  one  acquires  knowledge of  it,  even  if  the  Nasikh  had  already  been revealed  and  announced.  This  is  why  the Companions  mentioned  above  were  not commanded  to  repeat  the  previous  Asr,  Maghrib and  Isha  prayers  (although  they  had  prayed them  towards  Jerusalem  after  Allah  had  changed the  Qiblah).  Allah  knows  best. 

[Taken from ibn kathir tafsir on verse in baqarah on changing of the qibla]


Gathering of texts is considered 1 text

Tafsir ibn kathir 220 Abu Hakeem – 2 mins

Jamaat nusoos fi ifadatil ilm wa iqamatil hujjah bi manzilatin nafsin wahid

The gathering of the texts is like looking at one text

جماعة النصوص في إفادة العلم وإقامة الحجة بمنزل نفس واحد


Considering and Utilising the Available means

Al-Akhth Bil Asbab


Al Hafidh ibn Hajr uses the hadith of Jabir and his camel when the Messenger of Allah salallahu alayhi wa salaam hit it and it galloped.


Sahih Bukhari

Hadith No: 310

Narrated/Authority of Jabir bin Abdullah

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I was with the Prophet in a Ghazwa (Military Expedition) and my camel was slow and exhausted. The Prophet came up to me and said, “O Jabir.” I replied, “Yes?” He said, “What is the matter with you?” I replied, “My camel is slow and tired, so I am left behind.” So, he got down and poked the camel with his stick and then ordered me to ride. I rode the camel and it became so fast that I had to hold it from going ahead of Allah’s Apostle . He then asked me, have you got married?” I replied in the affirmative. He asked, “A virgin or a matron?” I replied, “I married a matron.” The Prophet said, “Why have you not married a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with you?” Jabir replied, “I have sisters (young in age) so I liked to marry a matron who could collect them all and comb their hair and look after them.” The Prophet said, “You will reach, so when you have arrived (at home), I advise you to associate with your wife (that you may have an intelligent son).” Then he asked me, “Would you like to sell your camel?” I replied in the affirmative and the Prophet purchased it for one Uqiya of gold. Allah’s Apostle reached before me and I reached in the morning, and when I went to the mosque, I found him at the door of the mosque. He asked me, “Have you arrived just now?” I replied in the affirmative. He said, “Leave your camel and come into (the mosque) and pray two Rakat.” I entered and offered the prayer. He told Bilal to weigh and give me one Uqiya of gold. So Bilal weighed for me fairly and I went away. The Prophet sent for me and I thought that he would return to me my camel which I hated more than anything else. But the Prophet said to me, “Take your camel as well as its price.”


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