Using the Conquest of Makkah as Evidence for the Legitimacy of the National Day
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is this statement correct? Makkah is the greatest of the lands that were conquered, and its conquest was by the best of people, in the best of months, Ramadan, and in the best of days, the last ten days. So the causes for its exaltation converged there, and the Conqueror (peace and blessings be upon him) did not adopt it as an exalted national day.
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He says: Is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
The end of it, and the end of it, and I do not know what a national day is.
The questioner:
And the Conqueror (peace and blessings be upon him) did not adopt it.
The Shaykh:
They argue that the National Day is prescribed because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, this day became exalted. Makkah, my brother, Allah made it sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth. So it is exalted from the day Allah created the heavens and the earth. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) merely restored its sanctity, restored its honor and its right, and removed from it the idols of the polytheists and purified it from shirk (associating partners with Allah), idolatry, and bid'ah (religious innovations). Otherwise, it is forbidden by the prohibition of Allah from the day He created the heavens and the earth. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Is this statement correct? Makkah is the greatest of the lands that were conquered, and its conquest was by the best of people, in the best of months, Ramadan, and in the best of days, the last ten days. So the causes for its exaltation converged there, and the Conqueror (peace and blessings be upon him) did not adopt it as an exalted national day.
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He says: Is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
The end of it, and the end of it, and I do not know what a national day is.
The questioner:
And the Conqueror (peace and blessings be upon him) did not adopt it.
The Shaykh:
They argue that the National Day is prescribed because when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) conquered Makkah, this day became exalted. Makkah, my brother, Allah made it sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth. So it is exalted from the day Allah created the heavens and the earth. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) merely restored its sanctity, restored its honor and its right, and removed from it the idols of the polytheists and purified it from shirk (associating partners with Allah), idolatry, and bid'ah (religious innovations). Otherwise, it is forbidden by the prohibition of Allah from the day He created the heavens and the earth. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 58 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / هديه مع الكفار / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:09)
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