Asl Sifat Salat al-Nabi - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (1/28)

Asl Sifat Salat al-NabiNasir al-Din al-Albani

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ run his little finger between the toes of his feet. He (Mālik) said, “This ḥadīth is ḥasan, and I have never heard of it until this very moment.”

After that I heard him being asked about it, and he instructed that the toes be interlaced (1).

3- al-Shāfiʿī — may Allah have mercy on him:

As for Imām al-Shāfiʿī, may Allah have mercy on him, the reports from him on this issue are more numerous and more splendid (2), and his followers act upon them more faithfully and are thus more fortunate. Among them are:

1- “There is no one but that some Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ escapes him and slips his notice. So whenever I state something or establish a principle and an authentic report from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ contradicts what I have said, the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is to be followed—that is my position.” (3)

2- “The Muslims are unanimously agreed that once a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ becomes clear to a person, it is not lawful for him to abandon it for anyone’s opinion.” (4)

(1) Ibn Abi Hatim, Introduction to al-Jarh wa al-Taʿdil, pp. 31–32; al-Bayhaqi transmits the entire text in al-Sunan, 1/81. (2) Ibn Hazm remarks (6/118): “The jurists who became objects of taqlid actually repudiated taqlid and forbade their followers from imitating them. The strongest among them in this regard was al-Shafii: he stressed adherence to sound reports and to whatever conclusive proof required in a way unmatched by others. He disowned being followed wholesale and declared this openly—may Allah benefit people through him and greatly reward him, for he was the cause of much good.” (3) Al-Hakim narrates it with a connected chain up to al-Shafii; see Ibn ʿAsakir, Tarikh Dimashq, 15/1/3; Iʿlam al-Muwaqqiʿin, 2/363–64; al-Iqaz, p. 100. (4) Ibn al-Qayyim, 2/361; al-Fulani, p. 68.

رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يدلُك بخنصره ما بين أصابع رجليه. فقال: " إن هذا الحديث حسن، وما سمعت به قط إلا الساعة ". ثم سمعته بعد ذلك يُسأل، فيأمر بتخليل الأصابع (١) . ٣- الشافعي ﵀: وأما الإمام الشافعي ﵀؛ فالنقول عنه في ذلك أكثر وأطيب (٢) ، وأتباعه أكثر عملاً بها وأسعد؛ فمنها: ١- " ما من أحد إلا وتذهب عليه سنة لرسول الله ﷺ وتعزُبُ عنه، فمهما قلتُ من قول، أو أصّلت من أصل، فيه عن رسول الله ﷺ خلاف ما قلت؛ فالقول ما قال رسولُ الله ﷺ، وهو قولي " (٣) . ٢- " أجمع المسلمون على أن من استبان له سنة عن رسول الله ﷺ؛ لم يَحِلَّ له أن يَدَعَهَا لقول أحد " (٤) .

(١) مقدمة " الجرح والتعديل " لابن أبي حاتم (ص ٣١ - ٣٢) ، ورواها تامة البيهقي في " السنن " (١/٨١) . (٢) قال ابن حزم (٦/١١٨) : " إن الفقهاء الذين قُلِّدوا مبطلون للتقليد، وإنهم نهوا أصحابهم عن تقليدهم، وكان أشدهم في ذلك الشافعي؛ فإنه ﵀ بلغ من التأكيد في اتباع صحاح الآثار، والأخذ بما أوجبته الحجة، حيث لم يبلغ غيره، وتبرَّأ من أن يُقَلَّدَ جملة، وأعلن بذلك، نفع الله به، وأعظم أجره؛ فلقد كان سبباً إلى خير كثير ". (٣) رواه الحاكم بسنده المتصل إلى الشافعي؛ كما في " تاريخ دمشق " لابن عساكر (١٥/١/٣) ، و " إعلام الموقعين " (٢/٣٦٣ و ٣٦٤) ، و " الإيقاظ " (ص ١٠٠) . (٤) ابن القيم (٢/٣٦١) ، والفلاني (ص ٦٨) .