What is meant by the word "sawda'" when the author said that those who claim prophethood are too numerous to count because most of them have their call arising from madness or sawda'?
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What is meant by what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his saying "or sawda'" when he said regarding those who claim prophethood that they are too numerous to count because most of them have their call arising from madness or sawda'?
Answer:
Sawda' is an illness that affects a person. Even the common people say, "Abu Sawda'," meaning this person is a sawda' case. They say this person is a sawda' case, meaning that he is afflicted in his mind. Yes.
What is meant by what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his saying "or sawda'" when he said regarding those who claim prophethood that they are too numerous to count because most of them have their call arising from madness or sawda'?
Answer:
Sawda' is an illness that affects a person. Even the common people say, "Abu Sawda'," meaning this person is a sawda' case. They say this person is a sawda' case, meaning that he is afflicted in his mind. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المراد بكلمة سوداء عندما قال المؤلف لمن يدّعي النبوة فإنهم لا يُحصون كثرة لكون غالبهم تنشأ دعوتهم — youtube.com
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