Seeking the help of the absent and the hadith: "O servants of Allah, hold back"
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The questioner:
This questioner says: It is reported in a hadith that if a person is in a desert and his camels are lost, he calls out, "O servants of Allah, help me."
The Shaykh:
"O servants of Allah, hold them back, for Allah knows them." That is, they hold back the lost camels for him. This was reported, but this is among the ambiguous (mutashabih) that is referred back to the clear (muhkam). The clear indicates that one does not seek help from the absent or the dead. One does not seek help from the absent, nor from the one who is not present, nor from the one who is incapable of what you seek from him.
So the ambiguous is referred back to the clear. O brothers, take this as a warning: the ambiguous is not acted upon until it is referred back to what explains it.
And clarifies it from the clear,[Ali 'Imran 3:7]. The clear, the clear, and the ambiguous, and they refer the ambiguous to the clear and explain it, saying, "All of this is from our Lord, this and that." But if you take some and leave the rest, that is not permissible. Yes. This is the method of the people of innovation. Yes.
The questioner:
And in his question he asks: Is seeking help from the jinn or the angels correct, or is it a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah) or
The Shaykh:
Nothing is singled out from the absent. Did you hear? Nothing is singled out from the absent, not from the angels, not from the jinn, not from the dead. Nothing is singled out from the absent. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: It is reported in a hadith that if a person is in a desert and his camels are lost, he calls out, "O servants of Allah, help me."
The Shaykh:
"O servants of Allah, hold them back, for Allah knows them." That is, they hold back the lost camels for him. This was reported, but this is among the ambiguous (mutashabih) that is referred back to the clear (muhkam). The clear indicates that one does not seek help from the absent or the dead. One does not seek help from the absent, nor from the one who is not present, nor from the one who is incapable of what you seek from him.
So the ambiguous is referred back to the clear. O brothers, take this as a warning: the ambiguous is not acted upon until it is referred back to what explains it.
And clarifies it from the clear,
As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allah. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord."
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَاThe questioner:
And in his question he asks: Is seeking help from the jinn or the angels correct, or is it a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah) or
The Shaykh:
Nothing is singled out from the absent. Did you hear? Nothing is singled out from the absent, not from the angels, not from the jinn, not from the dead. Nothing is singled out from the absent. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، تتمة باب الدجال وصفته وما معه — islamhouse.com (39:54)
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