What is the meaning of the hadith: "Except that Allah helped me with it, so I surrendered"?
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The questioner : Yes. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : No, Satan did not surrender in the sense of Islam to Allah. Rather, it is from the perspective of the narration of the hadith: "But Allah helped me with it, so I surrendered." He surrendered, and the meaning of "surrendered" is "submitted," so he was not able to overpower him. The second phrase is: "But Allah helped with it, so I surrendered," meaning that this is a new statement: I surrendered from him. I am sorry, from him. Whether it is this or that, the first meaning is stronger, because his submission involves repelling him, repelling this Satan and more. As for "I surrendered," it involves only repelling. Yes. No, it is not from the true Islam, which is Islam to Allah.
The questioner : Or every Muslim, so he no longer commands me except with good, every Muslim.
The Shaykh : Professor Ibrahim.
The questioner : The Messenger commands with good.
The Shaykh : No, it is not Islam.
The Shaykh : No, Satan did not surrender in the sense of Islam to Allah. Rather, it is from the perspective of the narration of the hadith: "But Allah helped me with it, so I surrendered." He surrendered, and the meaning of "surrendered" is "submitted," so he was not able to overpower him. The second phrase is: "But Allah helped with it, so I surrendered," meaning that this is a new statement: I surrendered from him. I am sorry, from him. Whether it is this or that, the first meaning is stronger, because his submission involves repelling him, repelling this Satan and more. As for "I surrendered," it involves only repelling. Yes. No, it is not from the true Islam, which is Islam to Allah.
The questioner : Or every Muslim, so he no longer commands me except with good, every Muslim.
The Shaykh : Professor Ibrahim.
The questioner : The Messenger commands with good.
The Shaykh : No, it is not Islam.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3946 - 4600 ما معنى حديث إلا أن الله أعانني عليه فأسلم؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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