The Ruling on the House of Poetry: Seek Honor Even If It Is in the Blazing Fire
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The questioner:
He says: "Seek honor, even if it is in the Blaze, and accept humiliation, even if it is in the Gardens of Eternity."
The Shaykh:
Who says this?
The questioner:
The poet, the poet.
The Shaykh:
This is a compound ignoramus, I seek refuge in Allah, this is a compound ignoramus, an ignorant, mistaken person, I seek refuge in Allah,
The questioner:
Because he says in this verse: "And cast away humiliation, even if it is in the Gardens of Eternity." This does not make the one who says it a disbeliever.
The Shaykh:
It is not far-fetched, the claim of arrogance is not far-fetched, but the predominant state of such a person is ignorance until he is informed and corrected so that he realizes it. If he persists, it is not far-fetched, because its meaning is to leave the religion of Islam and the purity and uprightness within it. Even if it leads to entering Paradise, if it involves humiliation, we ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes. It is clarified for him because it may be hidden from people. Yes.
The questioner:
Worship is humility before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He says, leave the humility, even if it is.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Smoothing the hair.
The Shaykh:
I see.
The questioner:
to you
He says: "Seek honor, even if it is in the Blaze, and accept humiliation, even if it is in the Gardens of Eternity."
The Shaykh:
Who says this?
The questioner:
The poet, the poet.
The Shaykh:
This is a compound ignoramus, I seek refuge in Allah, this is a compound ignoramus, an ignorant, mistaken person, I seek refuge in Allah,
The questioner:
Because he says in this verse: "And cast away humiliation, even if it is in the Gardens of Eternity." This does not make the one who says it a disbeliever.
The Shaykh:
It is not far-fetched, the claim of arrogance is not far-fetched, but the predominant state of such a person is ignorance until he is informed and corrected so that he realizes it. If he persists, it is not far-fetched, because its meaning is to leave the religion of Islam and the purity and uprightness within it. Even if it leads to entering Paradise, if it involves humiliation, we ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes. It is clarified for him because it may be hidden from people. Yes.
The questioner:
Worship is humility before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). He says, leave the humility, even if it is.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Smoothing the hair.
The Shaykh:
I see.
The questioner:
to you
Source
التعليق على بعض أحاديث سنن النسائي، تابع شرح كتاب الزينة، من باب: الْجَلاَجِلِ، إلى باب: اتِّخَاذِ الْجُمَّةِ — islamhouse.com (26:03)
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