Friday, March 29, 2024 AD / Ramadan 18, 1445 AH
Mansoor Hashemi Khorasani
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because the most famous narrations that seek to specify the Quran are not as mutawatir or well-known as the Quran, and therefore, they are not competent to specify the Quran; considering that in cases of conflict, the weaker narration does not precede the stronger narration, and the Sunnah is the weaker narration, and the Quran is the stronger narration. It is hereby understood that the task of the Sunnah of the Prophet is not abrogating or specifying the Quran, but rather it is explaining it by stating the subjects of its rulings and its details, which does not necessitate abrogating or specifying the Quran; as God Almighty has said: ﴿وَأَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ[1]; “And We sent down the Quran to you so that you explain to people what has been sent down to them, and that they may reflect,” and He has not said: “So that you abrogate or specify for them,” but said: “So that you explain to them,” such as stating rak‘ats of prayer and its quality, what belongs to Zakat and its quantity, the conditions of Hajj and its rituals, and the number of those in authority and their examples, and it is clear that none of these matters is considered as abrogating or specifying the Quran.

[Impossibility of generalizing the Quran with the Sunnah of the Prophet]

Furthermore, from the impossibility of specifying the Quran with the Sunnah of the Prophet, the impossibility of generalizing the Quran with it becomes clear; because generalizing the ruling is a kind of abrogating and specifying it; considering that it abolishes its assignment to its subject matter; such as generalizing forbidden foods in the Quran, despite its explicitness in assignment, to many other foods; as God Almighty has said: ﴿قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ[2]; “Say: ‘In what has been sent down to me, I do not find anything forbidden to one who would eat it unless it is carrion, spilled blood, pork, which is unclean, or a sinful offering in the name of any other than God.’”

↑[1] . An-Nahl/ 44
↑[2] . Al-An‘am/ 145