How to reconcile the report that Allah brought forth the offspring of Adam and established the proof against them with the fact that the people of the period of ignorance were not subject to the proof?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: How do you reconcile the report that Allah wiped the back of Adam (peace be upon him) and brought forth his offspring like specks of dust and established the proof against them, with the fact that the proof was not established against the people of the period of ignorance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is a hadith.
The questioner:
He asks: How do you reconcile the report that Allah wiped the back of Adam (peace be upon him), brought forth his offspring like specks of dust, and established the proof against them?
The Shaykh:
I do not know if the proof was established against them before they were created. I do not know; this requires reflection. I am aware of a discussion on this in the commentary on the Tahawiyyah; it is a long discussion. And when your Lord took from the children of Adam[Al-A'raf 7:172], regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted [Ali 'Imran 3:18], the text is there and needs to be reviewed. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner asks: How do you reconcile the report that Allah wiped the back of Adam (peace be upon him) and brought forth his offspring like specks of dust and established the proof against them, with the fact that the proof was not established against the people of the period of ignorance?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is a hadith.
The questioner:
He asks: How do you reconcile the report that Allah wiped the back of Adam (peace be upon him), brought forth his offspring like specks of dust, and established the proof against them?
The Shaykh:
I do not know if the proof was established against them before they were created. I do not know; this requires reflection. I am aware of a discussion on this in the commentary on the Tahawiyyah; it is a long discussion. And when your Lord took from the children of Adam
from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?"
مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْAllah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [169 -858]ما الجمع بين الأثر أن الله أخرج ذرية آدم وأقام عليهم الحجة وبين أن أهل الفترة لم تقم عليهم — youtube.com
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