The Meaning of Secrets in the Poet’s Statement: “The Mines of Piety Are with the Secrets”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is meant by “secrets” in the poet’s statement, “The mines of piety are with the secrets”?
Answer:
Secrets. They say, may Allah sanctify his secret, that this is not their concern, and there is a point of consideration in it, meaning that the deceased has a secret and that it has an effect. Perhaps this term came to his tongue from what some Sufis or some of those who attach themselves to shaykhs say; they call it the secret, saying the shaykh has a secret and that it affects his students. So perhaps it is of this nature. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is meant by “secrets” in the poet’s statement, “The mines of piety are with the secrets”?
Answer:
Secrets. They say, may Allah sanctify his secret, that this is not their concern, and there is a point of consideration in it, meaning that the deceased has a secret and that it has an effect. Perhaps this term came to his tongue from what some Sufis or some of those who attach themselves to shaykhs say; they call it the secret, saying the shaykh has a secret and that it affects his students. So perhaps it is of this nature. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح العقيدة السفارينية [ صالح الفوزان ]، مقدمة في ترجيح مذهب السلف على مذهب الخلف — islamhouse.com (57:42)
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