The Meaning of the Hadith: "If I Had Known in Advance What I Know Now"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1218a?
Answer:
It means that if he had known what became clear to him in the end, he would not have led the sacrificial animals from the state of ihram, nor would he have entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah with the intention of tamattu' (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them). He would have entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah, performed it, exited the state of ihram, and then entered the state of ihram for Hajj. Is this better now?
It is tamattu', but because he led the sacrificial animals from the state of ihram, he was required to remain in the state of ihram. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah and then for Hajj, and he was unable to separate the 'Umrah from the Hajj because he had led the sacrificial animals. This is the meaning of the hadith: he wished that he had not led the sacrificial animals in order to perform tamattu' from 'Umrah to Hajj, because this is better than the qiran (combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
If I had known beforehand what I have come to know afterwards, I would not have brought sacrificial animals
لو أني استقبلت من أمري ما استدبرت لم أسق الهديAnswer:
It means that if he had known what became clear to him in the end, he would not have led the sacrificial animals from the state of ihram, nor would he have entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah with the intention of tamattu' (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them). He would have entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah, performed it, exited the state of ihram, and then entered the state of ihram for Hajj. Is this better now?
It is tamattu', but because he led the sacrificial animals from the state of ihram, he was required to remain in the state of ihram. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah and then for Hajj, and he was unable to separate the 'Umrah from the Hajj because he had led the sacrificial animals. This is the meaning of the hadith: he wished that he had not led the sacrificial animals in order to perform tamattu' from 'Umrah to Hajj, because this is better than the qiran (combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed.
Source
معنى قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " لو أني استقبلت من أمري ما استدبرت لم أسق الهدي " — alfawzan.live
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