Where does the exegete turn after the Qur'an and Sunnah?
2026-09-21
T85 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
وَحِينَئِذٍ إذَا لَمْ نَجِدْ التَّفْسِيرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَلَا فِي السُّنَّةِ رَجَعْنَا فِي ذَلِكَ إلَى أَقْوَالِ الصَّحَابَةِ؛ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَدْرَى بِذَلِكَ لِمَا شَاهَدُوهُ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْأَحْوَالِ الَّتِي اخْتَصُّوا بِهَا.
English translation
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If we do not find the explanation in the Qur’an or in the Sunnah, we then refer to the statements of the Companions, for they were more knowledgeable about it because of what they witnessed of the Qur’an and the circumstances peculiar to them.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 13/364
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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