Leniency in Exalting the Remains of Previous Nations
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are some people who are lenient regarding a matter.
The Shaykh:
And He said after that:[Yusuf 12:109]. So this is for taking a lesson and being admonished; it is not about searching for ruins, exalting ruins, or boasting about the predecessors, claiming they were people of civilization and that they were such-and-such. This is not permissible. But we take a lesson from them and we weep. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 4420. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are some people who are lenient regarding a matter.
The Shaykh:
And He said after that:
So have they not traveled through the earth
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِDo not enter the dwellings of these punished people, meaning the dwellings of Thamud, unless you are weeping.
لا تدخلوا على هؤلاء المعذبين يعني ديار ثمود إلا أن تكونوا باكينlest the same calamity as of theirs should befall you
أن يصيبكم مثل ما أصابهم
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة مقدمة الشارح، وشرح البسملة — islamhouse.com (53:58)
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