Does the sun revolve around the earth, or does the earth revolve?

The questioner : A question says: Why is the shadow of an object to the west when the sun rises, and to the east when the sun sets? This indicates that it is the sun that revolves around the world.

The Shaykh : Yes, this is the meaning of what my brother Salim said. So we say: The issue is that it is obligatory for us, yes, and we believe in Allah and His Messenger, to take the apparent meanings of the Book and the Sunnah. Until it becomes clear to us, for example regarding the sun, that it is contrary to its appearance. If it becomes clear that it is contrary to its appearance, then we believe in the reality. And we say that these appearances can be interpreted to a meaning that matches the reality. And we know that the disbelievers and those dazzled by their sciences will say: What is this mentality? The matter with us is like the sun; we are certain, with certainty, that the alternation of night and day is due to the rotation of the earth, not due to the rotation of the sun. So we say: If this is known to you by necessity or you are certain of it, then you have certainty. As for us, we will proceed according to the apparent wording of Allah and His Messenger until it becomes clear to you. Yes, Mustafa.

Another questioner : In the range, Shaykh, you say hadiths or verses that came regarding the sun as if they are not explicit. You find the hadith of the sun in the Book of Allah; you cannot find it.

The Shaykh : No, no, without reason. There is no doubt that the apparent meanings of the Book and the Sunnah are on this, but the problem is that some people now, even among Muslims, see that the issue is definitive and there is no debate that the alternation of night and day is due to the rotation of the earth, not due to the rotation of the sun.

Another questioner : I don't have control over the idea, I am rotating because I am rotating.

The Shaykh : The prohibition does not prevent.

Another questioner : The sun is honey for him.

The Shaykh : I say it does not prevent this, but saying that the sun is stationary relative to the earth and that the sun only rotates on its axis, this is not correct.

Another questioner : Yes. Meaning, this Qur'an did not transmit this and did not establish it relative to the earth. The sun certainly moves by the text of the Qur'an.

The Shaykh : But how does it move? Is it the alternation of night and day?

Another questioner : Yes, but

The Shaykh : Yes, my intention is: Is it the alternation of night and day?

Another questioner : The rim of the sun.

The Shaykh : Due to the sun or due to the earth.

Another questioner : With a little speed. The sun is faster.

The Shaykh : There is no contradiction, and for this reason we are not now speaking about the rotation of the earth. The rotation of the earth may be accepted, and there is nothing in the Qur'an and the Sunnah that contradicts it with a clear contradiction. But we say that researching it, troubling the minds, and wasting time in it has no benefit.