The ruling on hanging phrases containing wisdom, Qur'anic verses, or Prophetic hadiths.
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The Shaykh : Now, I am drawing your attention to this again so that you may be fully aware of your situation. Before you think about going to Afghanistan to fight in the path of Allah, or as they say in our region of al-Sham: "you place your blood in your palm," engage in this simple form of jihad, which is not to adorn the walls with the verses of Allah or with other sayings of wisdom like this: "By gratitude, blessings endure." Perhaps the common people think this is a verse or think it is a hadith. Why? Because they adorn the walls with it, and it seems to them like a phrase passed down through generations. But it is nothing but a piece of wisdom taken from the saying of the Exalted: [Ibrahim 14:7] If it were permissible to adorn the walls with some verses, we would say this is not permissible. Why? Because we have in the Qur'an what suffices for it: [Ibrahim 14:7] Is there a difference between this phrase and: "By gratitude, blessings endure"? Yes, there is a difference: this is from the speech of the servants, and that is from the speech of the Lord of the servants. Here [Al-Ikhlas 112:1] here is the Verse of the Throne, and there is al-Falaq. So, first, these must be removed.
Second: this one right in front of me now, this is the most confusing. Have you heard about it?
The questioner : The Dome of the Rock.
The Shaykh : Have you heard anything said about it?
The questioner : No.
If you are grateful, I will surely increase you
لئن شكرتم لأزيدنكمIf you are grateful, I will surely increase you
لئن شكرتم لأزيدنكمSay, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قل هو الله أحدSecond: this one right in front of me now, this is the most confusing. Have you heard about it?
The questioner : The Dome of the Rock.
The Shaykh : Have you heard anything said about it?
The questioner : No.
