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Riyadh Al-Salehin | Episode (191) | Chapter on scattered things and salt (5)
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Riyadh al-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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Chapter: Miscellaneous and Rare Narrations.
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Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
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There was a tree trunk against which the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to lean.
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That is, during the sermon.
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When the pulpit was placed,
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we heard the trunk make a sound like a she-camel in the tenth month of pregnancy.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came down,
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placed his hand upon it, and it became quiet.
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In another narration:
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When it was Friday,
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the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sat on the pulpit,
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and the palm trunk he used to stand by cried out,
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until it almost split.
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In another narration:
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It cried out with the wailing of a child.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came down,
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took it, and held it close to him,
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and it began to moan like a child being hushed,
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until it settled down.
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He said:
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"It wept for what it used to hear of the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)."
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Narrated by al-Bukhari.
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"Jidh'" means the trunk of a palm tree.
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"Al-'ishar" is the plural of "'ushara',"
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which is a she-camel that has reached ten months of pregnancy,
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until she gives birth.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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The Sunnah for the Friday sermon is to be delivered from the pulpit.
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The desirability of using a pulpit.
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Because it is more effective for the congregation to see the speaker and hear from him.
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Allah may grant inanimate objects perception like animals,
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or even like the most noble of animals.
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It is a sign of the kindness and compassion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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even toward inanimate objects.
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Thus, it becomes clear that he is a mercy to the worlds.
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The hearts of the servants find tranquility in the remembrance of Allah.
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Even the trunk,
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when it lost this tranquility, it yearned and moaned like a child being hushed.
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This hadith is a manifest miracle of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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From Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani,
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Jurthum ibn Nashir, may Allah be pleased with him,
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from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:
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"Allah the Exalted has ordained religious obligations, so do not neglect them;
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He has set limits, so do not transgress them;
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He has forbidden things, so do not violate them;
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and He has remained silent about things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness,
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so do not inquire about them."
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Narrated by al-Daraqutni.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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The hadith points to principles that the rules of the Shari'ah confirm.
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The lawful is what Allah has made lawful in His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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The unlawful is what Allah has forbidden in His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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One should not neglect the limits of Allah nor transgress them.
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Rather, the truth is to stop at them.
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The mercy of Allah toward His servants and His kindness to them is vast.
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What the Shari'ah has remained silent about is a source of well-being for the Ummah.
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Therefore, it must accept the well-being granted by Allah.
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It should not be overly pedantic or burdensome in religion,
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or ask about things the Shari'ah has remained silent about.
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Our Lord has enumerated everything and encompassed it in knowledge.
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“We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful -” (19:64)
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From 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:
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We went on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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seven expeditions, eating locusts.
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In another narration: We ate locusts with him.
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Agreed upon.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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The permissibility of eating locusts regardless of how they died.
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The humility of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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and that he shared with the common Muslims in their food and drink.
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From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,
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that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"A believer is not stung from the same hole twice."
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Agreed upon.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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A believer should be firm and cautious.
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He should not be overcome due to negligence.
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If he is deceived once, he should not be deceived again.
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A noble Prophetic etiquette.
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An etiquette with which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, taught his Ummah,
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so that they may be wary of what they fear will have a bad outcome.
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It is not the character of a believer to be deceived by a treacherous, base, rebellious person.
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He should not show leniency toward him,
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but rather take retribution against him out of anger for the sake of Allah the Exalted.
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From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"There are three whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection,
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nor will He look at them,
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nor will He purify them,
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and they will have a painful punishment:
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A man who has surplus water in the wilderness
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and withholds it from the traveler;
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a man who sells goods to another man after the 'Asr prayer,
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and swears by Allah that he bought it for such and such a price,
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so the other believes him, while he is lying;
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and a man who pledges allegiance to a leader,
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only pledging for the sake of worldly gain;
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if he is given some, he fulfills it,
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and if he is not given any, he does not fulfill it."
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Agreed upon.
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"A man who has surplus water,"
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meaning water beyond his own need.
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"Al-fala" means land that has no water.
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"Ibn al-sabil" means the traveler.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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The owner of the well has more right to it than the traveler when he is in need.
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Once he has taken what he needs, it is not permissible for him to withhold the surplus water.
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The best charity is providing water.
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The severity of the prohibition of swearing falsely after 'Asr to sell goods.
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This is because it is the time when the angels of the night and the day gather.
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It is also the time when deeds are concluded.
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The strictness regarding breaking an oath of allegiance and rebelling against the leader.
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Because of the disunity it causes.
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Any deed for which the doer does not seek the Face of Allah,
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but rather desires a fleeting worldly gain or a specific travel objective,
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is corrupt, and the doer is sinful.
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The prohibition of stinginess, deceit, and treachery.
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And the clarification that they are among the major sins,
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due to the severe threat attached to committing them.
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From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,
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from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:
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"Between the two blasts [of the Trumpet], there are forty."
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They asked, "O Abu Hurayrah, forty days?"
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He said, "I refuse to say." They asked, "Forty years?"
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He said, "I refuse to say." They asked, "Forty months?"
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He said, "I refuse to say. Everything of a human being will decay,
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except the coccyx (tailbone), from which the creation is assembled."
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Then Allah will send down water from the sky,
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and they will sprout as vegetation sprouts.
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Agreed upon.
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"I refuse to say" means I refrained from specifying that.
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It is a delicate bone at the base of the spine.
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It is the tip of the coccyx.
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"Al-baql" is any plant with which the earth turns green.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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A servant should refrain from answering
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if he is asked about something he does not know.
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The entire body decays except the coccyx.
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It is what remains,
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so that the human being can be reassembled from it once again.
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The power of Allah, glory be to Him,
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for the second creation,
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and the resurrection of those in the graves,
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for the Day of Resurrection, Gathering, and Rising.
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Clarification of how the creation is reassembled once again.
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This is among the matters of the Unseen,
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which we believe in as the authentic reports have stated.
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From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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While the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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was in a gathering speaking to the people,
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a Bedouin came and said,
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"When is the Hour?"
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued
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speaking.
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Some of the people said,
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"He heard what he said,
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but disliked what he said."
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And some of them said,
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"Rather, he did not hear."
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Until he finished his speech,
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he said,
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"Where is the one asking about the Hour?"
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He said,
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"Here I am, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said,
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"When the trust is lost,
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then wait for the Hour."
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He said,
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"How will it be lost?"
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He said,
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"When authority is given to those who do not deserve it,
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then wait for the Hour."
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Narrated by al-Bukhari.
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"Authority is given to those who do not deserve it,"
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meaning authority is entrusted to those who are not competent.
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From the benefits of the hadith:
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The permissibility of repeating a question if the one asked does not answer.
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The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, does not know the Unseen.
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He only knows what Allah has taught him.
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Clarification of the etiquette of the scholar and the student.
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As for the scholar,
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it includes not rebuking the questioner by turning away from him initially,
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until he had completed what he was doing.
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Then he returned to him, answering with gentleness and kindness.
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As for the student,
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it includes the dislike of asking a scholar while he is occupied with something else,
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because the right of the first [matter] takes precedence.
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From this, one learns the ordering of lessons based on priority.
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Likewise for issuing fatwas and resolving disputes.
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The permissibility of questioning the scholar
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if the questioner does not understand what the scholar says,
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until the answer becomes clear to him.
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This is due to the Bedouin saying,
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"How will it be lost?"
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Clarification that among the means of teaching and learning
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are question and answer.
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The desirability of taking care in answering the questioner,
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even if the question or the answer was not urgent.
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It is permissible to interrupt a sermon to ask a question.
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However, the scholar must determine whether to delay the answer
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or to provide it immediately.
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This depends entirely on the necessity of the situation.
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For the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has done
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both of these things.
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A Prophetic report regarding the future of knowledge and the affairs of the people,
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stating that these matters will fall into the hands of the ignorant and the base.
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This will occur when knowledge is withdrawn and ignorance becomes widespread.
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This is among the signs of the Hour.
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A warning to the Muslims to acquire knowledge from the elders—
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those possessed of righteousness, virtue, knowledge, and faith.
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This is because one of the signs of the Hour
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is that knowledge will be sought from the juniors.
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