Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (d. 1421 AH) said:
The Opinion of the Ḥanbalī Madh`hab
According to the Ḥanabalī madh`hab, that which has been marred by najāsah may not be purified by simple exposure to the sun. This, according to them, is comprehensive of everything that could be marred by najāsah, whether it be the ground, or a piece of clothing, or bedding, or a wall or other than these things. These things shall not be purified by exposure to the sun. We mean by this even if, by exposure to the sun, the najāsah is successfully removed from it. The evidence of this is as follows:
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Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn (d. 1421 AH) said:
The Opinion of the Majority of Scholars
The majority of scholars, including the Four Imams and Shaykh al-Islām [Ibn Taymiyyah] (رحمهم الله), have adopted the opinion that it is considered najs. They use as evidence to support this view the saying of the Most High:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ
“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, Al-Anṣāb, and Al-Azlām (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abominati…
Imām Abū al-Farj ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH) said:
From among the attitudes one should adopt when dealing with catastrophe and afflictions is to trivialise the patience exhibited with regards to it when compared to greatness of the Truth [Allāh]. Such that you behave like one who minimises his offerings before a great king.
Narrated by Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما): ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥudhāfah (رضي الله عنه)—the companion of the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وسلم)—was once captured by the Romans. The heathens said to him: “Adopt Christianity, or I will throw you into a copper pit […
Imām ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī (d. 1413 AH) said:
A group of agnostics once gathered in front of one of the scholars of Islām—I believe it was Abū Ḥanīfah—they said to him: “What is the evidence of the existence of the Creator?” He replied: “Leave me as my mind is currently busy with a strange matter.” They said: “What is this matter?” He replied: “News has reached me that in the ocean, there is a massive ship laden with amazing treasures whose ingress and egress occurs without anyone physically driving it, or caring for the contents of its hull.” They said to him: “Are you crazy?” H…
