Authority Exemptions

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

TASARRUF AND IKHTIYAR(authority)

special exemptions 

Syeduna Baraa narrates: ‘One day (Eid ul Adha) the Prophet ﷺ performed the prayer and stated ‘Whoever prays like us and faces our Qibla should not perform the sacrifice until after completing the prayer’ On hearing this Abu Burda bin Niyaar stood up and pleaded ‘Yaa Rasoolallah, I have (already) done so (performed the sacrifice); I have a six month old calf who looks better than a year old calf, will that suffice? The Prophet ﷺ said ‘Yes, but it is not permissible for anyone after you’ (Bukhaari, Muslim).

Hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalaani ….. He would exempt some of his followers from a command and would make it compulsory upon others, even without an apparent reason” ( Fat’hul Baari)

Prophet ﷺ had the authority to elevate, if he wished, the testimony of one person to equate to the testimony of two people.

The recorder of the revelation Hazat Zaid bin Thaabit described Syeduna Khuzayma in the following way:‘Khuzayma Ansaari is he whose (single) testimony was made by the Prophet ﷺ equal to the testimony of two men’ (Bukhaari) .

Prophet ﷺ waived the punishment/compensation for breaking the fast.

Syeduna Abu Hurayra narrates: ‘A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and claimed ‘I am destroyed’. The Prophet ﷺ asked ‘What happened to You ?’ The man explained ‘I approached my wife during Rammadhan (whilst Fasting)’. The Prophet ﷺ asked ‘Do you have the ability to free a slave?’ The man replied ‘No’. The Prophet ﷺ then asked ‘Are you able to fast for 2 consecutive months ?’ The man replied ‘No’. The Prophet ﷺ then asked ‘Are you able to feed sixty of the poor ?’ The man replied ‘No’ The Prophet ﷺ ordered him to sit down. (After some time) A sack of dates  was placed in front of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ ordered the man ‘Take these dates and distribute them amongst the poor’. The man pleaded ‘Yaa Rasoolallah! None is poorer than my family in the whole of Madeenah!’ Upon hearing this the Prophet smiled such that his teeth became visible and said ‘Only you eat them!’ (Abu Dawud & Bukhaari) .

Imam Abu Dawud … ‘You & your family eat these, and you fast one day and seek Allah’s forgiveness’.

Muwatta Imam Malik …. ‘Eat these dates and fast the day you broke’

(Daar ul Qutni )…. ‘ Go! You and your family eat these dates, Verily Allah has paid your compenstation for you’.

Prophet ﷺ had the authority to change the timings of the Prayers.

 ‘Had I not seen it difficult for my Ummah I would have ordered it to use Miswaak with each prayer and to delay Isha until the third of the night.’ (Tirmidhi)

‘Had it not been for the frailty of the weak and the infirmity of the sick I would have delayed this (Isha) prayer until the middle of the night’ (Abu Dawud, Nisai, Ibn Majah)

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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