O servants of Allah, help me, and the ruling on seeking the help of the absent
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Question:
This questioner says: It is reported in a hadith that if a person is in a desert and his camels are lost, he calls out:
Answer:
This is what was reported: “O servants of Allah, hold them back” , meaning they restrain the lost animal for him. This was reported, yes, but this is among the ambiguous (mutashabih). This is considered among the ambiguous that is referred back to the clear (muhkam). And the clear indicates that one does not seek the help of the absent. Yes. One does not seek the help of the absent, nor of the dead. One does not seek the help of the absent, nor of the dead, nor of the incapable who is unable to do what you ask of him. The ambiguous is referred back to the clear, O brothers. So, the absent is absent.
The ambiguous is not acted upon until it is referred back to what explains and clarifies it from the clear:[Ali 'Imran 3:7]. [Ali 'Imran 3:7] The clear and the ambiguous, so they refer the ambiguous back to the clear and explain it, saying: “All of this is from our Lord, this and that.” But if you take some and leave the rest, that is not permissible. Yes, this is the way of the people of Zayr.
This questioner says: It is reported in a hadith that if a person is in a desert and his camels are lost, he calls out:
O servants of Allah, help me.
يا عباد الله أعينوني.Answer:
O servants of Allah, restrain it
يا عباد الله احبسواIndeed, Allah has angels
إن لله ملائكةThe ambiguous is not acted upon until it is referred back to what explains and clarifies it from the clear:
As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِBut those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord."
وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِهِ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 18 / شرح كتاب الفتن والحوادث / نقاب المدينة / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:31)
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