The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man who said, "And whoever disobeys them has gone astray," saying: "(What a bad orator you are for your people…)" Why did he say that?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the ProphetAl-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 6:39 said, "What a bad orator you are for your people." He asks why he said that?
Answer:
Because he combined Allah and the Messenger in a single pronoun, "whoever disobeys them," whereas the obligatory phrasing is to say[An-Nisa 4:14] as in the Qur'an [Al-Jinn 72:23]. Because it implies that one does not sin unless he disobeys both Allah and the Messenger, even though disobeying the Messenger alone also entails sin.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him) said to the man who said, "Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has succeeded, and whoever disobeys them has gone astray," saying
صلى الله عليه وسلم للرجل الذي قال من يطع الله ورسوله فقد رشد ومن يعصهما فقد غوى قالAnswer:
Because he combined Allah and the Messenger in a single pronoun, "whoever disobeys them," whereas the obligatory phrasing is to say
And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger
وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُAnd whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell
وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [831 -939] قال ﷺ للرجل الذي قال: "ومن يعصهما فقد غوى"، قال: (بئس الخطيب..) لماذا قال ذلك؟ — youtube.com
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