The ruling on whether transfiguration is physical or spiritual, and the offspring of pigs
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Question:
We seek help from Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh! I would genuinely like to ask about the transfiguration into monkeys and pigs: is it physical or spiritual?
Answer:
It is not physically real, but they do not live. As for the slaves, the transfigured person does not live for more than three days. As for cats and pigs, they are two existing species of animals, two existing species, but the one who is transfigured into them does not live. The transfigured person does not live for more than three days.
We seek help from Allah, Your Eminence the Shaykh! I would genuinely like to ask about the transfiguration into monkeys and pigs: is it physical or spiritual?
Answer:
It is not physically real, but they do not live. As for the slaves, the transfigured person does not live for more than three days. As for cats and pigs, they are two existing species of animals, two existing species, but the one who is transfigured into them does not live. The transfigured person does not live for more than three days.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب لبس الحرير للمريض — islamhouse.com (11:40)
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