A car owner I was riding with asked me: Has Allah not created the world in six days?
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The questioner : Yesterday I was in a taxi, a taxi car, and the car owner asked us: Did Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, create the world in six days? I answered him, “Yes.” Then he asked me, “Where was Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, before that?” So I remained silent and did not answer.
The Shaykh : What did you do?
The questioner : I did not answer him.
The Shaykh : To me? Did you not hear the answer just now?
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : Did you hear the answer just now, or were you not with us?
The questioner : “Address people according to the capacity of their minds,” I mean, as an excuse.
The Shaykh : So it is obligatory that we mention to you the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) on which the scholars of Islam agreed regarding its authenticity. The hadith of “There is no god but Allah.” Say with me, what is its name?
The questioner : The slave girl.
The Shaykh : No, no, the hadith of the slave girl, the slave girl, but the narrator, the narrator?
The questioner : Mu'awiyah al-Sulami.
The Shaykh : What did you do?
The questioner : I did not answer him.
The Shaykh : To me? Did you not hear the answer just now?
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : Did you hear the answer just now, or were you not with us?
The questioner : “Address people according to the capacity of their minds,” I mean, as an excuse.
The Shaykh : So it is obligatory that we mention to you the hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) on which the scholars of Islam agreed regarding its authenticity. The hadith of “There is no god but Allah.” Say with me, what is its name?
The questioner : The slave girl.
The Shaykh : No, no, the hadith of the slave girl, the slave girl, but the narrator, the narrator?
The questioner : Mu'awiyah al-Sulami.