The ruling on saying: "Yes" when Allah the Exalted says (Is not Allah the best of judges?)
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the correct position for the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) when the imam recites one of these verses, namely the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tin 95:8] and His saying: [Al-Qiyamah 75:40], and other similar ambiguous verses?
The Shaykh:
We only do what has been transmitted. It has been transmitted that after Allah the Exalted says[Al-Qiyamah 75:40], one should say "Yes." This is a sunnah (recommended practice). As for [At-Tin 95:8], nothing has been transmitted regarding it, so one does not say anything for it. "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika" (Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise) is said after reciting the verse from Surat al-Qiyamah. As for "Is not Allah the best of judges?"
The questioner:
Is that not a decree?
The Shaykh:
That is not a decree. That is in Surat al-Qiyamah, so one says "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika." As for[At-Tin 95:8], one does not say anything for it because nothing has been transmitted, and the hadith transmitted regarding it is not established; nothing has been established from it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the correct position for the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) when the imam recites one of these verses, namely the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Is not Allah the most just of judges?
أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَIs not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰThe Shaykh:
We only do what has been transmitted. It has been transmitted that after Allah the Exalted says
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰIs not Allah the most just of judges?
أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَThe questioner:
Is that not a decree?
The Shaykh:
That is not a decree. That is in Surat al-Qiyamah, so one says "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika." As for
Is not Allah the most just of judges?
أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [117\ 3436] حكم قول : بلى عند قوله تعالى (أليس الله بأحكم الحاكمين) | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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