What is the validity of citing the hadith: “Seek help in fulfilling your needs through secrecy” as evidence for concealing blessings?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Exalted,[Ad-Duhaa 93:11], with what is reported in the hadith, “Seek help in fulfilling your needs through secrecy,” given that some people do not inform anyone of what they do or what happens to them, such as buying a house or a car, citing this hadith as their basis?
Answer:
My brother, that citation is not in the right place. “Seek help in fulfilling your needs through secrecy”—I do not know about its authenticity, but its meaning is keeping secrets. This applies to secrets that, if revealed, might harm their owner. As for displaying a blessing and talking about it, that is a different matter. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile the saying of the Exalted,
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْAnswer:
My brother, that citation is not in the right place. “Seek help in fulfilling your needs through secrecy”—I do not know about its authenticity, but its meaning is keeping secrets. This applies to secrets that, if revealed, might harm their owner. As for displaying a blessing and talking about it, that is a different matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4288- 4717] ما صحة الاستدلال بحديث: (استعينوا على قضاء حوائجكم بالكتمان) على كتم النعم؟ — youtube.com
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