The Holy Land and Its Prohibition on the Children of Israel
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The questioner:
The Shaykh’s issue: I heard on a tape about the story of Musa (peace be upon him) that Allah took the land before the Children of Israel, and that when they settled in the land, Allah afflicted them with a temporary punishment of forty years in which they would wander in the land.
Another questioner:
That Allah imposed upon them a confirmed delay, and that these forty years are from the image of Abu Bakr’s previous state, and that it comes to him only. So what is the correct statement regarding this?
The Shaykh:
This was brought up in the previous session and we answered it, and we said that the Holy Land is not the property of the Jews, nor the Christians, nor the Arabs, but rather it belongs to the believers in every age. The Holy Land belongs to the believers in every age. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Anfal 8:34] meaning the disbelievers [Al-Anfal 8:34] And He the Exalted and Majestic said: [Al-Anbya 21:105] And He the Exalted and Majestic narrated from Musa (peace be upon him) that he said: [Al-A'raf 7:128] So this Holy Land belongs to the believers. Allah has written it for the believers from among the Children of Israel and others until the Hour stands. No, He did not write it for them because they are the Children of Israel, but rather He wrote it for them because they were believers in their time. So it belongs to the believers in every time.
The Shaykh’s issue: I heard on a tape about the story of Musa (peace be upon him) that Allah took the land before the Children of Israel, and that when they settled in the land, Allah afflicted them with a temporary punishment of forty years in which they would wander in the land.
Another questioner:
That Allah imposed upon them a confirmed delay, and that these forty years are from the image of Abu Bakr’s previous state, and that it comes to him only. So what is the correct statement regarding this?
The Shaykh:
This was brought up in the previous session and we answered it, and we said that the Holy Land is not the property of the Jews, nor the Christians, nor the Arabs, but rather it belongs to the believers in every age. The Holy Land belongs to the believers in every age. Allah the Exalted said:
while they obstruct [people] from al-Masjid al- Haram and they were not [fit to be] its guardians
وَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَمَا كَانُوا أَوْلِيَاءَهُIts [true] guardians are not but the righteous, but most of them do not know.
إِنْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقُونَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَAnd We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَto his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."
لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِينُوا بِاللَّهِ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صدقة التطوع — islamhouse.com (1:19:02)
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