The Hadith of the Seventy Thousand: Does it refer to the actual number, or is the intent to indicate a large number?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the Hadith of the seventy thousand, does it refer to the actual number, or is the intent to indicate a large number?
Answer:
Allah knows best. We affirm it as it came, or we do not say that it is a limit or not a limit; Allah knows best. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the Hadith of the seventy thousand, does it refer to the actual number, or is the intent to indicate a large number?
Answer:
Allah knows best. We affirm it as it came, or we do not say that it is a limit or not a limit; Allah knows best. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1043 /1350] حديث السبعين ألفًا، هل يقصد منه حقيقة العدد أو أن المراد التكثير؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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