The ruling on whether the dog of the People of the Cave was one of them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner sent questions to Your Eminence. In the first question he says: Shaykh Salih, I read in one of the books regarding the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, in Surat al-Kahf:[Al-Kahf 18:18]. It says: This is the dog of the righteous, so it is honored to be among them.
Answer:
No, he is not one of them, but he was affected by what affected them, namely the sleep and the tranquility. This long period that they slept was three hundred years, and they increased by nine. Allah is the Greatest. And the dog was affected by what affected them. In this is the fact that the company of the righteous has an effect even on animals. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner sent questions to Your Eminence. In the first question he says: Shaykh Salih, I read in one of the books regarding the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, in Surat al-Kahf:
while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
وَكَلْبُهُم بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيدِ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًاAnswer:
No, he is not one of them, but he was affected by what affected them, namely the sleep and the tranquility. This long period that they slept was three hundred years, and they increased by nine. Allah is the Greatest. And the dog was affected by what affected them. In this is the fact that the company of the righteous has an effect even on animals. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7458 — youtube.com (9:20)
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