What is the validity of the claim by some that there is a small insect above the head of a mosquito that protects it, as a verification of the verse (a mosquito and what is above it)?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says regarding the statement of the Exalted and Majestic:[Al-Baqarah 2:26].
The Shaykh:
[Al-Baqarah 2:26]. Yes.
The questioner:
[Al-Baqarah 2:26], some people say that what is above it is a small insect above the head of the mosquito that protects it. Is this interpretation correct?
The Shaykh:
How do you know about this? If there is evidence, we accept it; if there is no evidence, we do not accept it. What is above it among the creatures, Allah knows best. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says regarding the statement of the Exalted and Majestic:
an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it
مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَاThe Shaykh:
to present an example
أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّاThe questioner:
to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it
أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَاThe Shaykh:
How do you know about this? If there is evidence, we accept it; if there is no evidence, we do not accept it. What is above it among the creatures, Allah knows best. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3099- 4717] ما صحة قول بعضهم: يوجد فوق رأس البعوضة حشرة صغيرة تحميها مصداقا للآية (بعوضة فما فوقها) — youtube.com
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