Clarification of the Doubts of Those Who Deny the Emergence of the Dajjal and the Response to Them
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The questioner:
And this questioner says: A man has appeared among the people who claims knowledge and denies the emergence of the Dajjal, saying, if it were true…
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
A man has appeared among the people who claims knowledge and tells the people that the emergence of the Dajjal is a falsehood.
The Shaykh:
O my brothers, there are people who claim knowledge. They deny the signs of the Hour. They deny the signs of the Hour because they have no correct knowledge and no correct faith; they are deluded by themselves and deny these matters.
They say that the Messiah al-Dajjal is an expression for the appearance of evil, not that there is a Messiah Dajjal, not that there is a person like that, but this refers to the appearance of evil in the last times. And they deny the Messiah, the descent of the Messiah 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him), and they say that this means the appearance of good and the appearance of truth in the last times, not that the Messiah 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend to the earth. Because they build upon their intellects, and these people are called the rationalists. Rationalists who do not believe in what their intellects do not accept; whatever their intellects do not grasp, they deny. And these people are a decline from the Mu'tazilah. The Mu'tazilah are the people of reliance on rational arguments and do not rely on the transmitted evidence, which they call the transmitted evidence. They say that because the rational evidence leads to certainty, whereas the transmitted evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah leads to conjecture. They call them the evidences of conjecture, which lead to conjecture in their view. This is a false methodology, the methodology of the people of misguidance. They deny miracles, they deny the supernatural, and they deny everything that does not fall under their intellects.
The presenter:
We complete the question, O Shaykh. We complete the question. We complete the same question in a continuation.
The Shaykh:
Understood.
The presenter:
We will continue with the same question.
The Shaykh:
What is the adornment? I say, ask, ask, there is no problem.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. And he says: If it were true, Allah would have informed us about it in His Book.
The Shaykh:
About it in His Book. This is a false statement. Allah informs in His Book, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informs in his Sunnah. And Allah said regarding the Messenger:[An-Najm 53:3-4] These people deny the Sunnah, as I mentioned to you. They say the evidence is speculative and not certain. They deny the Sunnah; this is based on their school of thought.
And those who follow this methodology are the ones they call "thinkers." The ones they now call "thinkers." Those who have no knowledge. They rely only on their thoughts and their minds. And these people are not to be heeded.
Because they do not deny the Sunnah; they say, "We do not believe except in the Qur'an." They call themselves the Quranists, and it is a known sect, the Quranists, a known misguided sect that denies the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said: "And whatever the Messenger brings you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it." So they do not believe in the Qur'an. If they believed in the Qur'an, they would have believed in the Sunnah, because the Messenger... because Allah said:[Al-Hashr 59:7]
And He said, Exalted is He: "And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does not speak from his own desire"[An-Najm 53:3-4] The Messenger speaks by the revelation that Allah revealed to him. He is protected, peace and blessings be upon him. He does not speak from his own desire; it is nothing but a revelation that is revealed. You say, "We do not believe except in the Qur'an and we do not believe in the Sunnah."
Now, may Allah grant you success. Does the Qur'an mention the prayer, is that not so? How many prayers are there? How many units of prayer are there? What is the description of the prayer? Explain it to us. If you reject the Sunnah, how do we know the details of the rulings of the Shari'ah? Zakah: Allah commanded it in the Qur'an, but who explained it to us? Who distinguished the types of wealth in which it is obligatory, the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) at which it becomes obligatory, and the conditions for the obligation of zakah? Allah did not explain these details; it was the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) who explained and detailed them for us. The Messenger clarifies what came in the Qur'an and explains what came in the Qur'an.[An-Nahl 16:44] That is, the Qur'an is [An-Nahl 16:44]. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the explainer, and the Sunnah interprets the Qur'an and clarifies it. But these are people of misguidance, people of argumentation, and people of stubbornness. However, when they are discussed, their argument is lost, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says that the hadiths reported about him are contradictory.
The Shaykh:
It is he who is contradictory; his mind is contradictory. The hadiths are not contradictory. The authentic hadiths do not contradict; rather, some of them confirm some, some interpret some, and some support some. But he does not understand the hadiths; he relies only on his mind or on what is told to him by his sheikhs, the sheikhs of misguidance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Greater than this, O my brothers, is that you do not escape from this one who sought knowledge. Otherwise, these doubts will spread in the minds of the ignorant, and they will believe them. And these people want to think; these people have minds that led them to these things. Did Allah, Glorified and Exalted, guide us to our minds, or did He guide us to the revealed revelation and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Sound minds do not contradict the Book and the Sunnah.
Sound minds do not contradict what came in the Book and the Sunnah. Rather, it is the diseased minds that contradict. And for this reason, they say: "The correct mind does not contradict the clear mind. The clear mind does not contradict the correct transmission at all. The clear mind does not contradict the correct transmission." This is a rule. If they differ, then either the mind is not clear, or the transmission is not correct. This is the rule that clarifies these doubts and these falsehoods.
Allah did not bring the Qur'an and the Sunnah with what contradicts the correct minds. Yes, it did not come with what... but the mind may grasp it, or it may not. It may not be grasped by the mind, but it does not contradict it at all. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this questioner says: A man has appeared among the people who claims knowledge and denies the emergence of the Dajjal, saying, if it were true…
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
A man has appeared among the people who claims knowledge and tells the people that the emergence of the Dajjal is a falsehood.
The Shaykh:
O my brothers, there are people who claim knowledge. They deny the signs of the Hour. They deny the signs of the Hour because they have no correct knowledge and no correct faith; they are deluded by themselves and deny these matters.
They say that the Messiah al-Dajjal is an expression for the appearance of evil, not that there is a Messiah Dajjal, not that there is a person like that, but this refers to the appearance of evil in the last times. And they deny the Messiah, the descent of the Messiah 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him), and they say that this means the appearance of good and the appearance of truth in the last times, not that the Messiah 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend to the earth. Because they build upon their intellects, and these people are called the rationalists. Rationalists who do not believe in what their intellects do not accept; whatever their intellects do not grasp, they deny. And these people are a decline from the Mu'tazilah. The Mu'tazilah are the people of reliance on rational arguments and do not rely on the transmitted evidence, which they call the transmitted evidence. They say that because the rational evidence leads to certainty, whereas the transmitted evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah leads to conjecture. They call them the evidences of conjecture, which lead to conjecture in their view. This is a false methodology, the methodology of the people of misguidance. They deny miracles, they deny the supernatural, and they deny everything that does not fall under their intellects.
The presenter:
We complete the question, O Shaykh. We complete the question. We complete the same question in a continuation.
The Shaykh:
Understood.
The presenter:
We will continue with the same question.
The Shaykh:
What is the adornment? I say, ask, ask, there is no problem.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. And he says: If it were true, Allah would have informed us about it in His Book.
The Shaykh:
About it in His Book. This is a false statement. Allah informs in His Book, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informs in his Sunnah. And Allah said regarding the Messenger:
(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰAnd those who follow this methodology are the ones they call "thinkers." The ones they now call "thinkers." Those who have no knowledge. They rely only on their thoughts and their minds. And these people are not to be heeded.
Because they do not deny the Sunnah; they say, "We do not believe except in the Qur'an." They call themselves the Quranists, and it is a known sect, the Quranists, a known misguided sect that denies the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah, Glorified and Exalted, said: "And whatever the Messenger brings you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it." So they do not believe in the Qur'an. If they believed in the Qur'an, they would have believed in the Sunnah, because the Messenger... because Allah said:
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواAnd He said, Exalted is He: "And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does not speak from his own desire"
(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰNow, may Allah grant you success. Does the Qur'an mention the prayer, is that not so? How many prayers are there? How many units of prayer are there? What is the description of the prayer? Explain it to us. If you reject the Sunnah, how do we know the details of the rulings of the Shari'ah? Zakah: Allah commanded it in the Qur'an, but who explained it to us? Who distinguished the types of wealth in which it is obligatory, the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) at which it becomes obligatory, and the conditions for the obligation of zakah? Allah did not explain these details; it was the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) who explained and detailed them for us. The Messenger clarifies what came in the Qur'an and explains what came in the Qur'an.
And We revealed to you the message
وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَthat you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them
لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْThe questioner:
And he says that the hadiths reported about him are contradictory.
The Shaykh:
It is he who is contradictory; his mind is contradictory. The hadiths are not contradictory. The authentic hadiths do not contradict; rather, some of them confirm some, some interpret some, and some support some. But he does not understand the hadiths; he relies only on his mind or on what is told to him by his sheikhs, the sheikhs of misguidance. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Greater than this, O my brothers, is that you do not escape from this one who sought knowledge. Otherwise, these doubts will spread in the minds of the ignorant, and they will believe them. And these people want to think; these people have minds that led them to these things. Did Allah, Glorified and Exalted, guide us to our minds, or did He guide us to the revealed revelation and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Sound minds do not contradict the Book and the Sunnah.
Sound minds do not contradict what came in the Book and the Sunnah. Rather, it is the diseased minds that contradict. And for this reason, they say: "The correct mind does not contradict the clear mind. The clear mind does not contradict the correct transmission at all. The clear mind does not contradict the correct transmission." This is a rule. If they differ, then either the mind is not clear, or the transmission is not correct. This is the rule that clarifies these doubts and these falsehoods.
Allah did not bring the Qur'an and the Sunnah with what contradicts the correct minds. Yes, it did not come with what... but the mind may grasp it, or it may not. It may not be grasped by the mind, but it does not contradict it at all. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 15 من 18 / شرح كتاب الفتن والحوادث / باب الدجال وصفته وما معه / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة — youtube.com (41:45)
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