Is the one asking for water the Messenger in the hadith: (Say Allahu Akbar, say Allahu Akbar)?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, was it also mentioned in the issue of in the issue of the miswak?
The Shaykh : Even if it was actually mentioned, the answer is the same; the answer is the same.
The questioner : Is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the one pouring the water or the one asking for it?
The Shaykh : No, the one pouring.
The questioner : He is the one asking for water. The Messenger in this case is the one asking for water.
The Shaykh : No, he is the one pouring now.
The questioner : He asked for water, whereas the one pouring is the master of the house.
The Shaykh : No problem, we mentioned something earlier, meaning, as they say, there is no room for dispute or disagreement. The one pouring started with the Messenger (peace be upon him) because he asked for water. This matter is settled. It is not said that the one pouring started with the Messenger (peace be upon him) because the answer is clear.
Now, when the cup remained in the hand of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and he wanted to give water to the person on his right or left, who is the one pouring? It is the Messenger (peace be upon him). The role of the first one pouring has ended, especially since he gave water to the Messenger because the Messenger asked for it. So here it is very clear that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with the cup in his hand, is the one pouring. So we should not overlook this tangible reality, which is as clear as touch, and say that the Messenger (peace be upon him), being the one pouring, wanted to start with the person on his right, but he knew, and we learned from him, that Abu Bakr is more deserving of honor, respect, and exaltation, and so on. If he were not the one pouring, and if he had started with him, no one would deny that or take offense at it, how could they, when he is the one who brought the Shari'ah from Allah? And because of the need for him to seek permission from Ibn Abbas, but he actually sought permission so that people would understand that I am excused in the view of people who imagine that the one who should be given water first is Abu Bakr. And if we were to judge by our minds, we would say that this is what is required: that he should start with the elder of the people. But he (may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him) wanted to invalidate this and to establish a Shari'ah ruling that one should start with the right. But he wanted to combine the Sunnah of the right with drawing attention to the fact that the one with the right can prefer someone else over himself with his right. So when Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) refused, and all of us are that man, I am not you, all of us are that man exactly, because here, as he (peace be upon him) said approximately,Sahih al-Bukhari 7316 this is from the enviable, praiseworthy jealousy. So the Messenger (peace be upon him) wanted, as they say in some expressions, "to kill two birds with one stone". So on one hand, he wanted to establish a general Sunnah for people, and on the other hand, he wanted to establish that there is no objection to deviating from this general Sunnah by preferring someone else over the one with the right who is more noble and more knowledgeable, and so on. But if the one with the right refuses, no one has authority over him. So he (may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him) gave him this right and then confirmed it with the previous hadith, and there is no need to repeat it.
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كبر كبرThe Shaykh : Even if it was actually mentioned, the answer is the same; the answer is the same.
The questioner : Is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the one pouring the water or the one asking for it?
The Shaykh : No, the one pouring.
The questioner : He is the one asking for water. The Messenger in this case is the one asking for water.
The Shaykh : No, he is the one pouring now.
The questioner : He asked for water, whereas the one pouring is the master of the house.
The Shaykh : No problem, we mentioned something earlier, meaning, as they say, there is no room for dispute or disagreement. The one pouring started with the Messenger (peace be upon him) because he asked for water. This matter is settled. It is not said that the one pouring started with the Messenger (peace be upon him) because the answer is clear.
Now, when the cup remained in the hand of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and he wanted to give water to the person on his right or left, who is the one pouring? It is the Messenger (peace be upon him). The role of the first one pouring has ended, especially since he gave water to the Messenger because the Messenger asked for it. So here it is very clear that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with the cup in his hand, is the one pouring. So we should not overlook this tangible reality, which is as clear as touch, and say that the Messenger (peace be upon him), being the one pouring, wanted to start with the person on his right, but he knew, and we learned from him, that Abu Bakr is more deserving of honor, respect, and exaltation, and so on. If he were not the one pouring, and if he had started with him, no one would deny that or take offense at it, how could they, when he is the one who brought the Shari'ah from Allah? And because of the need for him to seek permission from Ibn Abbas, but he actually sought permission so that people would understand that I am excused in the view of people who imagine that the one who should be given water first is Abu Bakr. And if we were to judge by our minds, we would say that this is what is required: that he should start with the elder of the people. But he (may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him) wanted to invalidate this and to establish a Shari'ah ruling that one should start with the right. But he wanted to combine the Sunnah of the right with drawing attention to the fact that the one with the right can prefer someone else over himself with his right. So when Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) refused, and all of us are that man, I am not you, all of us are that man exactly, because here, as he (peace be upon him) said approximately,
