Explanation of the Chapter: "The Chapter on the Virtue of the Elder"
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The Shaykh : [Ali 'Imran 3:102] .
[An-Nisa 4:1] .
[Al-Ahzab 33:70-71].
As for what follows:
For the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"The Chapter on the Virtue of the Elder":
By this chapter, the virtue of the elder is meant not in the sense of his status with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but rather the virtue of the elder whom people should respect and honor because of his age and old age. It is possible that he is not an elder in the sight of Allah, may Allah forbid it. The intended meaning here of the virtue of the elder in terms of age is that he should be respected and honored, as will be mentioned in the hadiths. It does not mean that the Muslim who is honored is necessarily an elder in the sight of Allah; that is a hidden matter known only to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمونO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالاً كثيراً ونساءً واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيباً(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا وقولوا قولًا سديدًا يصلح لكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزاً عظيماًAs for what follows:
For the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"The Chapter on the Virtue of the Elder":
By this chapter, the virtue of the elder is meant not in the sense of his status with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), but rather the virtue of the elder whom people should respect and honor because of his age and old age. It is possible that he is not an elder in the sight of Allah, may Allah forbid it. The intended meaning here of the virtue of the elder in terms of age is that he should be respected and honored, as will be mentioned in the hadiths. It does not mean that the Muslim who is honored is necessarily an elder in the sight of Allah; that is a hidden matter known only to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).