يَاOأَيُّهَاyou whoالَّذِينَwhoآمَنُواbelieved,
O you who have believed,
إِذَاwhenقُمْتُمْyou riseإِلَىtoالصَّلَاةِthe prayer,
when you rise to prayer,
فَاغْسِلُواthen washوُجُوهَكُمْyour facesوَأَيْدِيَكُمْand your handsإِلَىup toالْمَرَافِقِthe elbows,
then wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows,
وَامْسَحُواand wipeبِرُءُوسِكُمْover your headsوَأَرْجُلَكُمْand your feetإِلَىup toالْكَعْبَيْنِthe ankles.
and wipe over your heads and your feet up to the ankles.
لَاI do notأَجِدُfindفِيinكِتَابِthe Bookاللَّهِof Allahإِلَّاexceptالْمَسْحَthe wiping,
"I do not find in the Book of Allah except the wiping,
لَكِنَّهُمْbut theyأَبَوْاrefusedإِلَّاexceptالْغَسْلَthe washing."
but they refused except the washing."
فَالَّذِيSo whatيَفْهَمُهُunderstandsالْفَقِيرُthe humble servantمِنْfromقَوْلِهِhis sayingهَذَاthis,
So what the humble servant understands from this saying of his,
أَنَّهُis thatلَيْسَit is notذَهَاباًan inclinationمِنْهُfrom himإِلَىtowardsرَأْيِthe opinion ofصِحَّةِthe validity ofالْمَسْحِwipingعَلَىoverالْأَرْجُلِthe feet
is that it is not an inclination from him towards the opinion of the validity of wiping over the feet
وَالْحَزْمُwhile cautionبِحَمْلِlies in carryingالْآيَةِthe verseعَلَىuponرُكْنِيَّةِthe pillar status of- رَضِيَ- may Allah be pleasedاللَّهُwithعَنْهُمَا -them both -هُوَwhich isالْغَسْلُthe washing,
while caution - may Allah be pleased with them both - lies in carrying the verse upon the obligation of washing,
وَلَكِنَّهُand rather heيُقَرِّرُis statingهُنَاhereإِشْكَالاًa difficultyوَيُبْدِيand displayingاحْتِمَالاًa possibility,
and rather he is stating a difficulty here and displaying a possibility,
حَتَّىso thatيَرَىhe seesكَيْفَhowيُطَبِّقُreconcileفُقَهَاءُthe juristsعَصْرِهِof his eraبَيْنَbetweenهَذَيْنِthese twoالْأَمْرَيْنِmattersالْمُتَعَارِضَيْنِconflicting,
so that he sees how the jurists of his era reconcile between these two conflicting matters,
وَمَاand whatهُوَisالْمَنْهَجُthe methodologyلِلدَّلِيلِfor the proofالَّذِيwhichيَسْلُكُونَهُthey follow.
and what the methodology for the proof is which they follow.
أَمَّاAs forالَّذِينَthose whoلَاdo notيَعْرِفُونَknowمَحَاوَرَاتِthe dialogues ofالسَّلَفِthe predecessorsوَمَنَاهِجَand the methodologies ofمُنَاقَشَاتِهِمْtheir discussionsوَمُنَاظَرَاتِهِمْand their debates,
As for those who do not know the dialogues of the predecessors and the methodologies of their discussions and their debates,
يَظُنُّونَthey thinkذَلِكَthatقَوْلاًto be a sayingلِابْنِof IbnعَبَّاسٍAbbas- رَضِيَ- may Allah be pleasedاللَّهُwithعَنْهُمَا -them both -وَمَذْهَباًand a school of thought.
they think that to be a saying of Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with them both - and a school of thought.
حَاشَاهُFar removed is heثُمَّthenحَاشَاهُfar removed is he!
Far removed is he then far removed is he!
٢2- وَالْأَصْلُ- And the second principleالثَّانِيisأَنَّthatالنَّقْلَnarrationsعَنْfromبَنِيthe Children ofإِسْرَائِيلَIsraelوَالرِّوَايَاتِand the reportsالْمَحْكِيَّةَnarratedعَنْهُمْfrom themدُسَّتْwere smuggledفِيintoدِينِنَاour religion,
2 - And the second principle is that narrations from the Children of Israel and the reports narrated from them were smuggled into our religion,
وَقَدْand indeedتَقَرَّرَتْhas been establishedلِذَلِكَfor thatقَاعِدَةٌa ruleمُهِمَّةٌimportant,
and indeed an important rule has been established for that,
أَلَاwhich isوَهِيَnone other thanقَوْلُهُhis saying- صَلَّى- may the blessings and peace of Allah beاللَّهُupon himعَلَيْهِand hisوَسَلَّمَ -salutation -
which is none other than his saying - may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him -
"لَا"Do notتُصَدِّقُواbelieveأَهْلَthe People ofالْكِتَابِthe Bookوَلَاand do notتُكَذِّبُوهُمْ"deny them."
"Do not believe the People of the Book and do not deny them."
مُرَاعَاةُObservingأَمْرَيْنِtwo mattersفِيinالرِّوَايَاتِthe Israeliteالْإِسْرَائِيلِيَّةِreports:
Observing two matters in the Israelite reports:
فَلَزِمَSo it became necessaryلِأَجْلِfor the sake ofذَلِكَthatأَمْرَانِtwo matters:
So for the sake of that, two matters became necessary:
١1- الْأَوَّلُ- The firstأَنَّهُis thatمَاas long asدَامَcontinuesبَيَانُthe clarification ofالتَّعْرِيضَاتِthe Qur'anic allusionsالْقُرْآنِيَّةِand its indicationوَإِشَارَتُهُtowardsإِلَىit
1 - The first is that as long as the clarification of the Qur'anic allusions and its indication towards it