The Ruling on Drinking Poison for Experimentation and the Miracle of Khalid ibn al-Walid
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: I read that when Khalid ibn al-Walid was warned about the non-Arabs that they might poison him, he drank the poison and it had no effect on him. So I understood from this act that drinking poison is for testing oneself. Is this correct?
Answer:
This is among the miracles (karamat) of the awliya (close friends of Allah). The fact that he drank the poison in front of people and it did not harm him is a miracle from the miracles of the awliya that Allah performs through the hands of His awliya. As for drinking poison, they say that poison is not drunk for experimentation. Khalid had a purpose in this; he had a purpose when he drank the poison, which was to inform the polytheists and disbelievers that poison only harms by the decree and destiny of Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: I read that when Khalid ibn al-Walid was warned about the non-Arabs that they might poison him, he drank the poison and it had no effect on him. So I understood from this act that drinking poison is for testing oneself. Is this correct?
Answer:
This is among the miracles (karamat) of the awliya (close friends of Allah). The fact that he drank the poison in front of people and it did not harm him is a miracle from the miracles of the awliya that Allah performs through the hands of His awliya. As for drinking poison, they say that poison is not drunk for experimentation. Khalid had a purpose in this; he had a purpose when he drank the poison, which was to inform the polytheists and disbelievers that poison only harms by the decree and destiny of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1365] ما حقيقة شرب خالد بن الوليد للسم؟ وهل يصح الاقتداء به؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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