The Meaning of the Hadith of the Seventy Thousand Who Enter Paradise Without Reckoning
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I ask Allah for your assistance. I am having difficulty understanding the hadith of the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning. Is the reason for their entry that they abandoned the forbidden and disliked means, because abandoning them is part of the perfection of reliance upon Allah? And how can abandoning forbidden means be part of the perfection of reliance upon Allah, given that it is obligatory to abandon them?
The Shaykh:
Associating with the forbidden and prescribed means. The forbidden ones that do not reach the level of shirk (associating partners with Allah) are part of the perfection of shirk. The perfection is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). As for the means that reach the level of shirk, it is obligatory to abandon them, meaning abandoning shirk. And those mentioned in the hadith of the Shaykh abandoned forbidden means, such as taking an omen as a bad sign, or disliked means, such as cauterization, seeking healing by Qur'anic recitation, and asking people for help. This is disliked. Al-Sindi disliked it. Yes.
The questioner:
The Shaykh’s case.
The Shaykh:
The means that are neither forbidden nor disliked are not a matter of dispute. Allah commanded the adoption of means, and this does not detract from his being among the seventy thousand if he adopts means that contain no dislike and no prohibition.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The seventy thousand eat and drink, and this is among the permissible means. They did not abandon eating and drinking, nor did they abandon marriage. They married and did not abandon it. Rather, the permissible things that contain no dislike and no prohibition are what Allah commanded to be adopted, and they do not contradict the perfection of tawhid. On the contrary, they are part of the perfection of tawhid. They are part of the perfection of tawhid.
Honorable Shaykh, I ask Allah for your assistance. I am having difficulty understanding the hadith of the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning. Is the reason for their entry that they abandoned the forbidden and disliked means, because abandoning them is part of the perfection of reliance upon Allah? And how can abandoning forbidden means be part of the perfection of reliance upon Allah, given that it is obligatory to abandon them?
The Shaykh:
Associating with the forbidden and prescribed means. The forbidden ones that do not reach the level of shirk (associating partners with Allah) are part of the perfection of shirk. The perfection is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). As for the means that reach the level of shirk, it is obligatory to abandon them, meaning abandoning shirk. And those mentioned in the hadith of the Shaykh abandoned forbidden means, such as taking an omen as a bad sign, or disliked means, such as cauterization, seeking healing by Qur'anic recitation, and asking people for help. This is disliked. Al-Sindi disliked it. Yes.
The questioner:
The Shaykh’s case.
The Shaykh:
The means that are neither forbidden nor disliked are not a matter of dispute. Allah commanded the adoption of means, and this does not detract from his being among the seventy thousand if he adopts means that contain no dislike and no prohibition.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The seventy thousand eat and drink, and this is among the permissible means. They did not abandon eating and drinking, nor did they abandon marriage. They married and did not abandon it. Rather, the permissible things that contain no dislike and no prohibition are what Allah commanded to be adopted, and they do not contradict the perfection of tawhid. On the contrary, they are part of the perfection of tawhid. They are part of the perfection of tawhid.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [10] — alfawzan.live (1:20:49)
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