The Meaning of the Hadith: The One Who Holds Fast to His Religion Is Like the One Who Holds Fast to an Ember
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Question:
The last question: The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The one who holds fast to his religion is like the one who holds fast to an ember?Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2260Hasan (Darussalam)
Answer:
And whoever needs patience, the one who holds an ember needs patience, lest the ember burn him. Likewise, the one who holds fast to the religion needs patience, because he encounters harm from people and difficulty, just as the one who holds an ember encounters it, due to the severity of the harm and the severity of the situations. This is the meaning.
The last question: The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The one who holds fast to his religion is like the one who holds fast to an ember?
upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember
على دينه كالقابض على الجمرAnswer:
And whoever needs patience, the one who holds an ember needs patience, lest the ember burn him. Likewise, the one who holds fast to the religion needs patience, because he encounters harm from people and difficulty, just as the one who holds an ember encounters it, due to the severity of the harm and the severity of the situations. This is the meaning.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-099-نواقض الإسلام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:28:56)
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