The Genius of Imam Shafi'i

It is said that some of the leading scholars in Iraq jealous of Imam Shafi'i radi 'anhu. They are devised to him because he is superior to them in terms of knowledge and wisdom. Imam Shafi'i get hearts seekers of knowledge so that they are only interested in his recitation assemblies, they just want to bow to his opinion and knowledge. Hence, the scholars who are jealous of Imam Shafi'i made ​​an agreement between them to give the questions in the form of a complex puzzle. So that they can test his intelligence, how deep and how mature his knowledge before Caliph Harun ar-Rashid were very impressed with him and he often praised. After they finished making the questions, they pass on to the caliph who attended the discussion and listen to the questions that can be answered by Imam Shafi'i radi 'anhu with full intelligence and eloquence.


The following question and answer:

Problem 1: What do you think about someone who slaughtered a goat in her house and then she was out on an errand, and then he came back again and then he said to his family, "Eat this goat. It is forbidden for me goat. "Family was saying," Similarly unlawful for us? "

Answer 1: Behold the man idolaters. He slaughtered kambaing on behalf of idols, and he came out of his house for an errand, and it turns Allaah give him guidance to embrace Islam, so that he converted to Islam. So, these goats forbidden for him. When the family knew that the man converted to Islam, they had come to Islam. So, these goats are also forbidden to them.

Problem 2: There are two Muslims equally sensible drinking wine. One of them was sentenced, while others are not subject to punishment?

Answer 2: Because one of them while the other is still small baligh

Problem 3: There are five of adultery against a woman, the first person to be killed, second person stoned, adultery is punishable by a third person, fourth person subject hukman half of adultery, and the fifth is not subject to any sanctions?

Answer 3: The first person considers adultery lawful act, so he lapsed and he had to be killed. The second person is muhshan (people who never married). The third person is ghairu muhshan (never been married). The fourth person was a slave. While the fifth is a crazy person.

Problem 4: There is a man praying. After her say hello to the right, his wife tertalak. When he say hello to the left, then his prayer is nullified, and when he looked into the sky, then he waijb pay a thousand dirhams?

Answer 4: By the time he say hello to the right, he saw a man whose wife he married while in a state of being unseen husband (no). So, when she saw him coming, his wife tertalak. By the time he say hello to the left, he saw unclean on his clothes, then his prayer is nullified. By the time he looked up at the sky, he saw the new moon (crescent) has looked at the sky and he had a thousand dirhams of debt that must be paid at the beginning of the month since the advent of the new moon.

Problem 5: There was a priest praying with four people in the mosque, then there is a person who entered and participated praying to the right of the priest. When the priest say hello to the right and saw the man, then the priest must be killed while four other congregation, the mosque is obligatory and compulsory suffered broken down to the bottom.

Answer 5: Behold the man who has come to have a wife. Then he went and left his wife at his brother's house, then the priest is to kill his brother. The priest claims that the woman is the wife of the murdered man, and the woman he married. Were four people involved are praying witness their marriage. Then, the mosque is the house of people who were killed were used as a mosque by the priest.

Problem 6: What do you think about someone who slaves to escape, and then he said, "Slave to the independent status if I eat before I found him." How is the solution of the speech?

Answer 6: He gave to some of his slaves, then he ate, then he asked again a slave who has been given.

Problem 7: Two women met two young men, the two women said, "Welcome to our two children, two of our husband, two children and our husbands?"

Answer 7: Surely these two young men is the son of two women stretcher. Then each of the two women married to men only girls. Thus, the two young men are children of the two women, the husband of the two women, and children of the (ex) husband of the two women.

Problem 8: A man takes a glass of water to drink. He is permitted to drink half. But it is forbidden for him to drink water remaining in the glass?

Answer 8: Surely the man has been drinking half a glass then he nosebleeds and dripping water remaining in the glass, so that the blood mixed with water. Thus, the remaining water is forbidden for him.

Problem 9: A man gives his wife the bag fully charged and locked. He asked his wife to empty the contents on condition that she should not open it, split it, damaging the key or burn. If he is doing any of these things, then he tertalak?

Answer 9: Behold the bag containing sugar or salt. The wife to do is to put the bag in the water, so that the contents of the bag to melt by itself.

Problem 10: There was a man and a woman met two young children on the road, then the two kiss two young children. When both were asked about the act, the man replied, "My father was the grandfather of both. My brother is the uncle of both. My wife's father was a second wife. "While the woman replied," My mother was a second grandmother, my sister is an aunt of both. "

Answer 10: Behold the man merupakanj second father of the young man, while the woman is the mother of both.

Problem 11: There are two men on the attic of the house. One of them dropped dead. Surprisingly, the wife of the only surviving man be forbidden for him?

Answer 11: Truly man who fell to death to marry his daughter to the slave who accompanied him on top of the attic. When the man dies, the daughter has a slave who is her husband. Thus, the woman forbidden to him.

To this end, the Caliph Ar-Rashid who attended the discussion could not hide his admiration for the intelligence of Imam Shafi'i, speed mendaapt idea, sharpness of understanding, and good power tangkapnya.

He said, "How great the descendants of Bani Abdi Manaf this. Indeed, you menejlaskan with the best, you interpret very clearly, and you make editorial eloquently. "

Then Imam Shafi'i said, "May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala lengthen the life of Commander of the Faithful. I would ask one question to these scholars. If they are able to answer these questions, then Alhamdulillah. However, if they are not able to answer, then I beg to Commander of the Faithful to prevent their crimes against me.

Khalifah Ar-Rashid responded, "Well, kupenuhi desire. Please ask questions to which you want them accordingly, Shafi'i O! "

Then Imam Shafi'i said, "There's a man died leaving 600 dirhams. His sister only obtain one dirham course of the inheritance. How does the division of inheritance is this? "

It turned out that the scholars looked at each other long enough. None of them are able to answer these questions. Sweat was dripping from their foreheads.

When they paused long enough, then the Caliph said, "Well, tell them the answer!"

Then Imam Shafi spoke after people who want to eliminate the position of Imam Shafi'i in the eyes of the Caliph who was admired because science and piety ultimately powerless.

She said, "The man died leaving two daughters, a mother, a wife, twelve brothers, and a sister. So, two daughters got the two-thirds, that is equal to 400 dirhams, the mother gets one-sixth part, which is equal to 100 dirhams, the wife gets an eighth, that is equal to 75 dirhams, the twelfth brother gets the remaining 24 dirhams and dirham for sister. "

Ar-Rashid Caliph smiled and said, "May Allaah make my family a lot like you."

Caliph gave 2000 dirhams to Imam Shafi'i. Then Imam Shafi'i then distribute them to accept the servants and maids of the palace