Continuation of the chapter: "The Chapter on Revering the Elder." Explanation of the hadith of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with them both)
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The Shaykh : [Ali 'Imran 3:102] .
[An-Nisa 4:1] .
[Al-Ahzab 33:70-71] .
As for what follows:
"The Chapter on Revering the Elder"
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) repeated a hadith that was mentioned previously with different wording in the preceding chapter, which is the hadith:
'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1919Hasan (Darussalam).
As I mentioned earlier, this hadith had already appeared, but with a wording that differs slightly from this one. The closest wording is the last one in the preceding chapter, where it said here in the previous chapter:, whereas here in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar in this chapter it says: . The meaning is the same; "to revere" and "to honor" mean the same thing, which is to magnify.
As for "respect" (al-ihtram), this is a common, incorrect usage. For example, one writes "To the respected so-and-so" instead of "the honored" or "the revered." This is an incorrect expression, because "respect" is derived from a root that means the same as "reverence." I do not remember its exact derivation right now, but its meaning leads to something that does not befit the description of a highly honored man; it seems to mean "the missing one." Therefore, the correct expression is "the revered" or "the honored" or similar. I will not dwell here for long beyond clarifying that "to revere" means "to honor," because we had already commented on the hadith in the chapter before this one.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims
يا أيها الذين آمنوا حق تقاته ولا تموتُن 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 رجالًا كثيرًا 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 الله وقولوا قولًا سديدًا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزاً عظيماًAs for what follows:
"The Chapter on Revering the Elder"
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) repeated a hadith that was mentioned previously with different wording in the preceding chapter, which is the hadith:
'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He is not one of us who does not have mercy on our young and does not respect our elders.
ليس منا من لم يرحم صغيرنا ويوقر كبيرناAs I mentioned earlier, this hadith had already appeared, but with a wording that differs slightly from this one. The closest wording is the last one in the preceding chapter, where it said here in the previous chapter:
and reveres our old.
ويُجِل كبيرناAnd he honors our elders.
ويوقر كبيرناAs for "respect" (al-ihtram), this is a common, incorrect usage. For example, one writes "To the respected so-and-so" instead of "the honored" or "the revered." This is an incorrect expression, because "respect" is derived from a root that means the same as "reverence." I do not remember its exact derivation right now, but its meaning leads to something that does not befit the description of a highly honored man; it seems to mean "the missing one." Therefore, the correct expression is "the revered" or "the honored" or similar. I will not dwell here for long beyond clarifying that "to revere" means "to honor," because we had already commented on the hadith in the chapter before this one.