What is the correctness of this phrase: "Were it not for Allah, then the Messenger, we would not have been guided"?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement "Were it not for Allah, then the Messenger, we would not have been guided" a correct statement?
Answer:
"Were it not for Allah, then the Messenger, we would not have been guided." No, the Messenger said, "Were it not for Allah, we would not have been guided," just as 'Abdullah ibn Rawahah said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4104.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement "Were it not for Allah, then the Messenger, we would not have been guided" a correct statement?
Answer:
"Were it not for Allah, then the Messenger, we would not have been guided." No, the Messenger said, "Were it not for Allah, we would not have been guided," just as 'Abdullah ibn Rawahah said:
By Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed.
والله لولا الله ما اهتدينا ولا تصدقنا ولا صلينا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [351 -939] ما صحة هذه العبارة "لولا الله ثم الرسول ما اهتدينا"؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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