The Ruling on the People of the Interval and the Parents of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Some scholars say that the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) parents, and everyone who died before the mission, are among the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra). They cite the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Qasas 28:46] and they respond to the hadiths stating that the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) mother and father are in the Fire by saying that they are anomalous narrations (shadhdh) because they contradict the clear text of the Qur'an.
Answer:
This is the anomalous one; he himself is the anomalous one, and may Allah protect us. He rebuts the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and says, "Anomalous hadiths," meaning his own words become the truth? No. The people of Makkah and those among whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent are not [merely] the people of Makkah; that is, they had remnants of the religion of Ibrahim, remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and Isma'il. They had knowledge of the Torah and the Gospel. They were people of insight. That is why they perform Hajj; they come from the House and stand on the Day of 'Arafah at Muzdalifah, and some of them stand at 'Arafah. They come to Mina and spend the night there, and they do this from the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They circumambulate the House. Is this from the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? They walk between al-Safa and al-Marwah.
They are not cut off; nothing is hidden from them. They have remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and the religion of Isma'il. But the wicked one, 'Amr ibn Luhay, is the one who introduced change to them. He introduced a change to the religion of Ibrahim, a change to the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Yes, so they had knowledge of the missions, and they had knowledge of the religion of Ibrahim. They had knowledge of the investigation of the worship of idols. Regarding Ibrahim, he came with the oneness of Allah (tawhid). They had knowledge of this.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Some scholars say that the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) parents, and everyone who died before the mission, are among the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra). They cite the saying of Allah the Exalted:
to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أَتَاهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَAnswer:
This is the anomalous one; he himself is the anomalous one, and may Allah protect us. He rebuts the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and says, "Anomalous hadiths," meaning his own words become the truth? No. The people of Makkah and those among whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent are not [merely] the people of Makkah; that is, they had remnants of the religion of Ibrahim, remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and Isma'il. They had knowledge of the Torah and the Gospel. They were people of insight. That is why they perform Hajj; they come from the House and stand on the Day of 'Arafah at Muzdalifah, and some of them stand at 'Arafah. They come to Mina and spend the night there, and they do this from the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). They circumambulate the House. Is this from the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? They walk between al-Safa and al-Marwah.
They are not cut off; nothing is hidden from them. They have remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and the religion of Isma'il. But the wicked one, 'Amr ibn Luhay, is the one who introduced change to them. He introduced a change to the religion of Ibrahim, a change to the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Yes, so they had knowledge of the missions, and they had knowledge of the religion of Ibrahim. They had knowledge of the investigation of the worship of idols. Regarding Ibrahim, he came with the oneness of Allah (tawhid). They had knowledge of this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 64/شرح القصيدة النونية/قالوا بأن مصاحف الإسلام ما فيها من القرآن/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:01:47)
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