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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is al-dahr, and is cursing the world haram, such as saying it is deceptive, and the like?

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Question:
What is al-dahr? And is loving the world haram, such as saying it is deceptive? And the like?

Answer:
Al-dahr is the night and the day, from which weeks, months, and years are composed. This is al-dahr, the time, the time that harms people. This is al-dahr, consisting of night and day, weeks, months, and years. This is al-dahr. It is not permissible to curse al-dahr, based on the prohibition of doing so. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not curse Time, for it is Allah Who is Time.لا تسبوا الدهر، فإن الله هو الدهر
Sahih Muslim 2246e
. In another hadith, Allah the Exalted says, supporting this:
The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr--I alternate the night and the day.ابن آدم تسبوا الدهر وأنا الدهر أقلب الليل والنهار
Sahih Muslim 2246b
. This is because the One who brings about these matters and these events is Allah the Exalted, and the night and the day have no control over them. Rather, the night and the day are made subservient for the benefit of the servants, and they are the circumstances in which good and evil occur. The One who decreed this and created it is Allah the Exalted, and al-dahr did not create it. Therefore, the one who curses al-dahr has actually cursed the Creator, (Glorified and Exalted is He), because He is the One who originated these matters that occur among people, whether in good or evil, by His power and wisdom, (Glorified and Exalted is He).
May Allah reward you with good. So, the one who curses the world is not like the one who curses al-dahr, for the world is al-dahr. The world, or al-dahr, or the time, or the month, or the week, or the day, or the hour, all of this is part of al-dahr.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هو الدهر وهل سب الدنيا حرام كقولنا خداعة وما أشبه ذلك؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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