How is a matter of security or fear referred to the Messenger in the current era?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of Allah's saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[An-Nisa 4:83]? Then he asks: How is the response to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the current era?
Answer:
Referring to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the current era and until the Day of Resurrection means referring to his Sunnah, referring to the Sunnah of the Messenger from the authentic hadiths. As for His saying, Mighty and Majestic:[An-Nisa 4:83] there are general matters for the community or for the people of the land.
Among the general public, there are things they dislike, such as fear or the aggression of the enemy. This is attributed to the common people, and it is attributed to the people of knowledge, and to the people of opinion among the rulers and scholars who resolve problems.
And the people do not spread it in the gatherings; rather, it is raised to the scholars, to the Messenger during his lifetime, and to the people of knowledge after him, after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and to those in authority who handle and know political affairs. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the interpretation of Allah's saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
And when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it.
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْAnswer:
Referring to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the current era and until the Day of Resurrection means referring to his Sunnah, referring to the Sunnah of the Messenger from the authentic hadiths. As for His saying, Mighty and Majestic:
And when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِAmong the general public, there are things they dislike, such as fear or the aggression of the enemy. This is attributed to the common people, and it is attributed to the people of knowledge, and to the people of opinion among the rulers and scholars who resolve problems.
And the people do not spread it in the gatherings; rather, it is raised to the scholars, to the Messenger during his lifetime, and to the people of knowledge after him, after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and to those in authority who handle and know political affairs. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف رد أمر من الأمن أو الخوف إلى الرسول في العصر الحالي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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