The Significance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Placing Dust on the Heads of the Polytheists When He Left Makkah
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Question:
The questioner says: Does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placing dust on the heads of the polytheists constitute an intensification and addition to their humiliation and anger?
Answer:
This is one of his miracles (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah commanded him to do this; Allah commanded him to do this to humiliate them and to support His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Makkah when he left them, and at Badr when the two armies met. He took a handful; Allah commanded him to take a handful of dust and throw it at them. So it went, and there was no nose or mouth of a polytheist left in which this dust did not enter, and they fled.[Al-Anfal 8:17].” May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. [Al-Anfal 8:17] It means this dust, but Allah threw; He is the one who delivered this dust.
The questioner says: Does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placing dust on the heads of the polytheists constitute an intensification and addition to their humiliation and anger?
Answer:
This is one of his miracles (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah commanded him to do this; Allah commanded him to do this to humiliate them and to support His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Makkah when he left them, and at Badr when the two armies met. He took a handful; Allah commanded him to take a handful of dust and throw it at them. So it went, and there was no nose or mouth of a polytheist left in which this dust did not enter, and they fled.
And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw
وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىٰyou did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not
تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1894] دلالة وضع النبي ﷺ التراب على رؤوس المشركين عند خروجه من مكة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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