Few Masaa’il From a Hadeeth Regarding Doubtful Matters
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy
Al- Hasan ibn Ali [radiyallaahu anhu] said: I memorized from Allaah’s Messenger [sallal laahu alayhi wasallam]: “Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.”
[Reported Tirmidhee Number 2518]
Few Masaa’il From This Hadeeth
[1] Affairs can become confusing [unclear or doubtful] for a Muslim.
[2] Doubt and confusion is solely attributed to the person and not to the [authentic] proofs [in the religion].
[3] The manner in which to solve this problem, is to distance oneself from doubtful matters and avoid them.
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Al-Arba’oonah Hadeethaa Fee Usoolil Fiqh. page 30. By Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool [hafidhahullaah]
slightly paraphrased