Statement: The blessing visited us in the righteous man
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Question:
The guest of the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man is among the righteous, people say to him, “When he visits us in our home, the blessing has visited us,” meaning that a source of good has visited us. Is there evidence for the answer to this in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And He came to us as a blessing, wherever we were”?
Answer:
This refers to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); this is the opinion of 'Isa (peace be upon him). As for others, other than the prophets, they are not considered blessed in that sense. We hope for them, and we say, “May Allah keep you safe,” but we do not say they brought blessing, nor do we say, “The blessing visited us.” We do not say this kind of thing. It is a means to exaggeration and to believing that this person is a source of blessing. We do not use words that imply such meanings. Yes.
The guest of the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man is among the righteous, people say to him, “When he visits us in our home, the blessing has visited us,” meaning that a source of good has visited us. Is there evidence for the answer to this in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And He came to us as a blessing, wherever we were”?
Answer:
This refers to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him); this is the opinion of 'Isa (peace be upon him). As for others, other than the prophets, they are not considered blessed in that sense. We hope for them, and we say, “May Allah keep you safe,” but we do not say they brought blessing, nor do we say, “The blessing visited us.” We do not say this kind of thing. It is a means to exaggeration and to believing that this person is a source of blessing. We do not use words that imply such meanings. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من تبرك بشجر أو حجر ونحوهما — islamhouse.com (55:53)
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