as for the argument referred to, there is nothing to it because it is known among Muslims that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is the one who clarifies the words of the Lord of the worlds, as He, the Exalted, said: "And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them" (Sūrat al-Naḥl, 44). The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) explained how to pray upon him, including mentioning the family, so it is obligatory to accept that from him due to His saying, the Exalted: "And whatever the Messenger has given you - take" (Sūrat al-Ḥashr, 7). And his (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) saying in the well-known authentic ḥadīth: "Indeed, I have been given the Qurʾān and something like it with it," which is recorded in (Takhrīj al-Mishkāt) (163 and 4247). I wonder what al-Nashāshībī would say - and those who might be deceived by the glitter of his words - about one who might deny the tashahhud in prayer or criticize a menstruating woman for not praying and fasting during her menstruation, claiming that Allāh did not mention the tashahhud in the Qurʾān. Rather, He only mentioned standing, bowing, and prostration, and that He, the Exalted, did not exempt menstruating women from prayer and fasting in the Qurʾān, so it is obligatory for her to perform them. Do they agree with this denier in his denial, or do they reject it? If it is the former - which we do not hope for - then they have gone far astray and departed from the community of Muslims. And if it is the latter, then they have been guided and are correct, for what they refuted the denier with is our refutation of al-Nashāshībī, and we have explained to you the reasoning for that. So beware, O Muslim, of attempting to understand the Qurʾān independently of the sunnah, for you will not be able to do so even if you were the Sībawayh of your time in language. Here is the example before you: this al-Nashāshībī was one of the great scholars of language in the present century, yet you see that he went astray when he was deceived by his knowledge of language and did not seek to understand the Qurʾān through the sunnah, but rather he denied it as you have come to know. And the examples of what we say are very numerous, too many to mention in this context and in what has preceded