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by
acquaintance with his conduct, either by personal observation, or by hearsay as a
matter of common
knowledge. For example, if you are familiar with medicine and law, you can recognize lawyers and
doctors
by observing what they are, le, by hearing what they have to say. Thus you are not unable to
recognize that
al-Shafi‟i (Allah have mercy upon him) is a lawyer and Galen a doctor; and your recognition is
based on the
facts and not on the judgment of someone else. Indeed, just because you have some knowledge of law
and
medicine, and examine their books and writings, you arrive at an obvious knowledge of what these
men are.
Similarly, if you understand what it is to be a prophet, and have devoted much time to the study of
the
Koran and the Prophetic Sayings, you will arrive at a obvious knowledge of the fact that Muhammad,
may
Allah venerate him and grant him peace, is in the highest grade of the prophetic calling. Convince
yourself of
acquaintance with his conduct, either by personal observation, or by hearsay as a
matter of common
knowledge. For example, if you are familiar with medicine and law, you can recognize lawyers and
doctors
by observing what they are, le, by hearing what they have to say. Thus you are not unable to
recognize that
al-Shafi‟i (Allah have mercy upon him) is a lawyer and Galen a doctor; and your recognition is
based on the
facts and not on the judgment of someone else. Indeed, just because you have some knowledge of law
and
medicine, and examine their books and writings, you arrive at an obvious knowledge of what these
men are.
Similarly, if you understand what it is to be a prophet, and have devoted much time to the study of
the
Koran and the Prophetic Sayings, you will arrive at a obvious knowledge of the fact that Muhammad,
may
Allah venerate him and grant him peace, is in the highest grade of the prophetic calling. Convince
yourself of