The Meaning of a Shirt of Pitch and a Coat of Scabs in the Hadith of the Wailing Woman
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known among camel owners that they treat the scabs that affect camels with pitch. Is it correct to say that the intended meaning in the hadith is that the wailing woman will be afflicted with scabs on the Day of Resurrection, and she will treat them with pitch, then be afflicted with scabs again, and so on, as an increase in her punishment?
Answer:
Or it is from the aspect of treatment, or from the aspect of treatment, or from the aspect of punishment. Both things are combined upon her: a shirt of pitch and a coat of scabs, all of it an increase in her punishment. It is not from the aspect of healing, or from the aspect of treatment.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known among camel owners that they treat the scabs that affect camels with pitch. Is it correct to say that the intended meaning in the hadith is that the wailing woman will be afflicted with scabs on the Day of Resurrection, and she will treat them with pitch, then be afflicted with scabs again, and so on, as an increase in her punishment?
Answer:
Or it is from the aspect of treatment, or from the aspect of treatment, or from the aspect of punishment. Both things are combined upon her: a shirt of pitch and a coat of scabs, all of it an increase in her punishment. It is not from the aspect of healing, or from the aspect of treatment.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في الاستسقاء بالأنواء — islamhouse.com (1:04:41)
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