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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explaining the Meaning of the Sending Forth of the Soul During Sleep

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The questioner:
Today, the manuscripts are available in public libraries, praise be to Allah. There are many questions; I will present to your eminence whatever of them is feasible. Regarding what came in the hadith: when a person lies down in his bed, he says, "In Your name, O Allah,
wa bika arfa'uhu, In amsakta nafsi farhamha wa in arsaltaha fahfazhaوضعته جنبي، وبك أرفعه، إن أمسكت نفسي فارحمها، وإن أرسلتها فاحفظها
Sahih al-Bukhari 6320
, from the evil

The Shaykh:
Does his saying "I sent it forth" mean that the soul exits?

The questioner:
From the body during sleep.

The Shaykh:
It exits, but the exit is not complete. It has a connection to the body; it is not a complete exit. The complete exit is by death. As for the exit of the soul of the sleeper, it is a type of exit, but it is not complete.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، الشيخ صالح الفوزان - شرح السنة للبربهاري ٩-٢٠ — youtube.com (3:49)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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