The Significance of the Number in the Hadith of the Seventy Thousand
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it said that the number mentioned in the hadith of the seventy thousand is not intended, just as Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:80] so the number here is not intended? Is this analogy correct?
Answer:
What is the evidence that it is not intended? If you bring us evidence that it is not intended, we will accept it from you. But if you do not bring evidence, we stop at what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And my brothers, these efforts have no reason for them; these efforts and questions have no reason and are not practical. So stop where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped, unless you have other evidence that specifies or adds to this number, in which case there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is it said that the number mentioned in the hadith of the seventy thousand is not intended, just as Allah the Exalted said:
If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them
إِن تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْAnswer:
What is the evidence that it is not intended? If you bring us evidence that it is not intended, we will accept it from you. But if you do not bring evidence, we stop at what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And my brothers, these efforts have no reason for them; these efforts and questions have no reason and are not practical. So stop where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped, unless you have other evidence that specifies or adds to this number, in which case there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 24 — archive.org (1:07:53)
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