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Do you have a precedent from the Salaf in interpreting the shade mentioned in the hadith of the seven?

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The questioner : The questioner asks: Do you have a precedent from the Salaf in interpreting the shade mentioned in the hadith of the seven who
whom Allah will shade in His shade on the day on which there is no shade except His shadeيظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله
Muwatta Malik 51:14
? And what is the evidence for your interpretation of it?

The Shaykh : First, what is our interpretation of it? People do not know our interpretation of it, nor what the opposing interpretation is, so that we may know
There are seven whom Allah will shade in His shade on the day on which there is no shade except His shadeسبعة يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله
Muwatta Malik 51:14
in His shade. What is the shade? Is it the shade of His own Self? Or is it a shade that Allah the Exalted creates? So we ask the questioner now: what is the difference between our interpretation and the interpretation of others? Some students think that the shade referred to here is the shade of Allah Himself, but this is a great error. If we say that the shade is the shade of Allah Himself, then Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth, so where is the shade? Then we say: if we say it is the shade of Allah Himself, it would necessitate that the sun is above Allah, and Allah the Exalted is above everything, and no one doubts that except one whose insight Allah has blinded, who says that Allah is in every place. Otherwise, whoever Allah has guided to the fitrah (innate natural disposition) believes with a faith stronger than his belief in the sun at high noon that Allah is above everything. So, the shade referred to is the shade that does not exist except by the action of the Exalted, because on the Day of Resurrection there are no mountains, no trees, no palaces, and no houses; there is nothing that provides shade except what Allah the Exalted has decreed. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Everybody will be shaded by his Sadaqahكل امرئ في ظل صدقته
Bulugh al-Maram 4:34
on the Day of Resurrection. So it is a shade that Allah the Exalted creates on that day, on which no shade can exist except what Allah the Exalted creates. It is not meant to be the shade of His own Self, because that is impossible. What? We will not give you five minutes; it has no meaning. Yes. Let's go.

The presenter : The question is seen.

The Shaykh : No, no, it does not contradict, but do not swallow it.
Source دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1413 هـ - 11 — binothaimeen.net (1:10:34)

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