The Meaning of 'Umar's Statement: "By the Stars of the Sky"
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of the statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "By the stars of the sky"?
Answer:
Majadih, they say, are the stars. They used to seek rain from the stars. So he is saying that this supplication, the supplication is closer [to Allah] than the stars from which they used to seek rain. So Allah made the Muslims in no need of the stars and seeking rain from the stars, just as it was the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. He made them in no need of it by the prayer for rain and supplication. Yes. This is a substitute, this is a substitute for what they used to do in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the meaning of the statement of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "By the stars of the sky"?
Answer:
Majadih, they say, are the stars. They used to seek rain from the stars. So he is saying that this supplication, the supplication is closer [to Allah] than the stars from which they used to seek rain. So Allah made the Muslims in no need of the stars and seeking rain from the stars, just as it was the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. He made them in no need of it by the prayer for rain and supplication. Yes. This is a substitute, this is a substitute for what they used to do in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 01-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (37:55)
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