The Meaning of the Hadith: If the Hour is Established and One of You Has a Seedling in His Hand
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Question:
Finally, this questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, ifAl-Adab Al-Mufrad 27:4 then let him plant it. What is the meaning of this hadith and what is its authenticity?
Answer:
The hadith is authentic, and its meaning is the encouragement to plant date palms because of the good and benefit that date palms hold for Muslims. This contains an encouragement that even in the last moment of this world, one plants date palms, and what is happening does not prevent him from planting the date palm, nor does he cut off hope in Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Finally, this questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, if
the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands
قامت الساعة وفي يد أحدكم فسيلةAnswer:
The hadith is authentic, and its meaning is the encouragement to plant date palms because of the good and benefit that date palms hold for Muslims. This contains an encouragement that even in the last moment of this world, one plants date palms, and what is happening does not prevent him from planting the date palm, nor does he cut off hope in Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/261 — archive.org (13:03)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.