The Meaning of "If One of You Acquires a Female Slave or a Beast" and the Supplication When Buying a Car
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 1918Hasan (Darussalam).
The Shaykh:
"If one acquires" means that it happens to him that he owns a beast, or owns a female slave, or marries a woman.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah grant you success, regarding his statement (peace and blessings be upon him) about a beast: Is it permissible to do that when buying a car, by taking its front and saying this supplication?
The Shaykh:
I do not know that; I do not know. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When anyone of you gets a new wife, a servant, or an animal, let him take hold of the forelock
إذا أفاد أحدكم امرأة أو خادما أو دابة فليأخذ بناصيتهاThe Shaykh:
"If one acquires" means that it happens to him that he owns a beast, or owns a female slave, or marries a woman.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah grant you success, regarding his statement (peace and blessings be upon him) about a beast: Is it permissible to do that when buying a car, by taking its front and saying this supplication?
The Shaykh:
I do not know that; I do not know. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما يصنع إذا اجتمع الداعيان — islamhouse.com (53:12)
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