Literally And Rationally
Ghamdi sahib never said, we should abstain from qiyas and ijtihad. He meant that in the meaning and use of language, we can’t use qiyas and ijtihad. after taking meaning from an expression, then we start qiyas and ijtiahd. in the above incident, the prophet gave concession to those who took the apparent meaning of the injunction of the prophet. but we know that the right approach is to find the reason. but since not all people adopt this approach, the prophet did not blame those who did not follow the reason but the apparent meaning. their intention too was pure.