Explaining the Meaning of "The Fig" in Ibn Kathir's Tafsir
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the accuracy of what Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his Tafsir of al-Tin, that it is the mosque of Damascus, and in another opinion, the mosque of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
All of it is in the Levant. All of this is in the Levant. It does not go beyond the fact that these are merely terms. The Levant includes all of this; it includes Bayt al-Maqdis and other famous, ancient mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
What is the accuracy of what Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his Tafsir of al-Tin, that it is the mosque of Damascus, and in another opinion, the mosque of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best about this, but the mosque in the Levant is al-Masjid al-Aqsa. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the accuracy of what Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his Tafsir of al-Tin, that it is the mosque of Damascus, and in another opinion, the mosque of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
All of it is in the Levant. All of this is in the Levant. It does not go beyond the fact that these are merely terms. The Levant includes all of this; it includes Bayt al-Maqdis and other famous, ancient mosques. Yes.
The questioner:
What is the accuracy of what Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his Tafsir of al-Tin, that it is the mosque of Damascus, and in another opinion, the mosque of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best about this, but the mosque in the Levant is al-Masjid al-Aqsa. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تفسيرسورة العلق - المجالس في تفسير المفصل - الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (24:28)
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