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Events that happen to other people need to be

studied carefully, so that they can benefit, as well as what is
experienced by themselves, from which meaningful lessons can be

extracted. Besides that, a Minang never feels shy or shy to learn

from people who have been successful in his life, and he can
quickly adapt to situations and conditions, as long as the principles

of his teachings are not disturbed. In the traditional proverb it is
said that:

Where the earth is stepped on,
in the sky the sky is upheld,

where the branches are broken,

in sinan aia in sauak,
in mano nagari sung,

here it is customary to use. 142
The above saying means that, wherever and

whenever a person is required to continue to learn, without a
condition that hinders it. Ijtihad 143 This needs to be done because

every time the situation and conditions in one place are different

142 Idrus Hakimy, Mustika Series, p. 229, which means: Where the
earth is stepped on, there the sky is upheld, where the branches are broken,
there the water is drawn in, where the nagari is inhabited, there is custom used.
143 Ijtihad is really to know the law of something that is not legal in the
Qur'an and Sunnah. In this context, ijtihad is actually an attempt to return the
teaching doctrine to its original source. Read, KH. Munawar Khalil, Returning
to the Qur'an and Sunnah, Moon and Stars, Jakarta, 1961.