What is the difference between cursing time and reporting about it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner says: In the hadith Sahih Muslim 2246b, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the days of misfortune?
The Shaykh : What? As we mean.
The questioner : So what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the days of misfortune?
The Shaykh : Yes, reporting is not like the act of cursing. Cursing time means the act of cursing it, whereas reporting about it is permissible. Lot (peace be upon him) said:[Hud 11:77]. Likewise, Allah the Exalted reported about 'Ad that they were destroyed by the wind [Al-Qamar 54:19] in a day of continuous misfortune and in days of misfortune. Just as you might say, "This year is a time in which no spring came to us and no rain came to us." This is pure reporting, unlike the one who intends cursing and blame. This is what Allah mentioned regarding the son of Adam hurting Him when he curses time. The hadith is Sahih Muslim 2246b You might say, for example, reporting about a man: a man who is such and such, the tall man, the short man, the black man, the white man, the lame man, the one-eyed man, merely as a report. And so the lame man passes by you in the hadith, is that not so?
And Ibn Maktum was a blind man in the hadith, but the intent here is reporting, not cursing or blame.
The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time)
يُؤْذِينِي ابْنُ آدَمَ يَسُبُّ الدَّهْرَThe Shaykh : What? As we mean.
The questioner : So what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the days of misfortune?
The Shaykh : Yes, reporting is not like the act of cursing. Cursing time means the act of cursing it, whereas reporting about it is permissible. Lot (peace be upon him) said:
and said, "This is a trying day."
وَقَالَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌon a day of continuous misfortune,
فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّThe son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time)
يؤذيني ابن آدم يسب الدهرAnd Ibn Maktum was a blind man in the hadith, but the intent here is reporting, not cursing or blame.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[30 من 46] ما حكم سب الدهر؟ وما معنى قوله تعالى في أيام نحسات؟! ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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