The Reality of the People of the Interregnum.
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The Shaykh : The call of a prophet reaches them.
The questioner : They are specified.
The Shaykh : No, they are not specified. Today, there are people of the interregnum; you hear about the inhabitants of the North Pole and the South Pole.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Yes, these people, and many Americans and others, to whom the call has not reached. Because the reality is that this issue was raised a few years ago, and I was at the Islamic University. The intention behind the arrival of the call is not the arrival of its name without its reality, but rather that the call with which the Messenger was sent reaches a people, whether it be the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers or those sent before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So his statement (peace and blessings be upon him) "hears of me" means in accordance with the reality of his call, or in accordance with how this call has deviated regarding some Muslims who have gone astray in understanding it, whether their deviation is far or near, let alone the deviation of disbelievers such as priests and monks who intentionally convey the Islamic call to their people contrary to its creed and the reality of its matter.
Perhaps you all know that most Christians do not know about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except that he loved women and that he married more than nine of them. This is how their priests and monks depict our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to those disbelieving peoples. So, has the call of the Messenger reached these people when they do not know about it except that the Prophet of Islam is a man who loves women, and that is all? There is no doubt that the call has not reached these people. I assume this, and this is a real hypothesis. But whoever knows Islam in its pure creed, that there is no god but Allah in its correct meaning, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the call has reached him. If he does not believe, he is undoubtedly a disbeliever, as he (peace be upon him) said, and he is in the Fire.
So now, the name of the Islamic call has reached the ears of many non-Arabs, but its reality has not yet reached them. Therefore, the people of the interregnum are those to whom the call has not reached in its reality, because the Prophet said: And this is like his statement (peace be upon him): Sahih Muslim 2266a.
So, whoever sees the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a manner other than the descriptions and characteristics he had during his lifetime, he has not seen him. Because he says: "Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me." For example, an old man, as has happened to us often with some people when they relate to us. They say, "Yesterday I saw the Messenger in a dream," and they tell a long story. How did you see him, my brother? He says, "I saw him, what Allah willed, an old man, his face radiating light, his beard white," and so on. We say: You did not see the Messenger, because his Companions say: What is his matter (Blessed and Exalted is He) with a white beard? Or he saw him walking with a cane, whereas he used to walk as if he were descending from a steep slope.
So, two hadiths lead to one reality: whoever sees him in a dream as he was in his lifetime, and whoever hears of him as he was in his call, both of them fall under the hadith. He who saw him with his true attributes has truly seen him, and he to whom the call reached in its reality has truly received it. So if he did not believe, he has disbelieved, and his destination is the Fire, as stated in the hadith. Yes, Adnan, what else do you have?
The questioner : O Shaykh, so does this apply to the common people of the Rafidah...
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : The common people and the ignorant of the Rafidah, this applies to them.
The Shaykh : Yes, if you have been deficient in dealing with them, they are likewise. Yes, if you have been deficient in dealing with them, and they are Arabs like you, what is the case of the Iranians, the non-Arabs who do not understand the Arabic language? If the call of the Rafidah with whom you are afflicted in your own homeland has not reached them, you are responsible for them, not they.
The questioner : They are specified.
The Shaykh : No, they are not specified. Today, there are people of the interregnum; you hear about the inhabitants of the North Pole and the South Pole.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Yes, these people, and many Americans and others, to whom the call has not reached. Because the reality is that this issue was raised a few years ago, and I was at the Islamic University. The intention behind the arrival of the call is not the arrival of its name without its reality, but rather that the call with which the Messenger was sent reaches a people, whether it be the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers or those sent before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is no man from this Ummah, whether a Jew or a Christian, who hears of me and then does not believe in me, except that he will enter the Fire.
ما من رجل من هذه الأمة من يهودي أو نصراني سمع بي ثم لم يؤمن بي إلا دخل النارThere is no man from this Ummah (the Muslim community), whether a Jew or a Christian, who hears about me and then does not believe in me, except that he will enter the Fire
ما من رجل من هذه الأمة من يهودي أو نصراني يسمع بي ثم لا يؤمن بي إلا دخل النارPerhaps you all know that most Christians do not know about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except that he loved women and that he married more than nine of them. This is how their priests and monks depict our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to those disbelieving peoples. So, has the call of the Messenger reached these people when they do not know about it except that the Prophet of Islam is a man who loves women, and that is all? There is no doubt that the call has not reached these people. I assume this, and this is a real hypothesis. But whoever knows Islam in its pure creed, that there is no god but Allah in its correct meaning, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the call has reached him. If he does not believe, he is undoubtedly a disbeliever, as he (peace be upon him) said, and he is in the Fire.
So now, the name of the Islamic call has reached the ears of many non-Arabs, but its reality has not yet reached them. Therefore, the people of the interregnum are those to whom the call has not reached in its reality, because the Prophet said:
And then does not believe in me.
ثم لم يؤمن بيHe who saw me in a dream in fact saw me, for the satan does not appear in my form.
من رآني في المنام فقد رآني حقا فإن الشيطان لا يتمثل بيSo, whoever sees the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a manner other than the descriptions and characteristics he had during his lifetime, he has not seen him. Because he says: "Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me." For example, an old man, as has happened to us often with some people when they relate to us. They say, "Yesterday I saw the Messenger in a dream," and they tell a long story. How did you see him, my brother? He says, "I saw him, what Allah willed, an old man, his face radiating light, his beard white," and so on. We say: You did not see the Messenger, because his Companions say: What is his matter (Blessed and Exalted is He) with a white beard? Or he saw him walking with a cane, whereas he used to walk as if he were descending from a steep slope.
So, two hadiths lead to one reality: whoever sees him in a dream as he was in his lifetime, and whoever hears of him as he was in his call, both of them fall under the hadith. He who saw him with his true attributes has truly seen him, and he to whom the call reached in its reality has truly received it. So if he did not believe, he has disbelieved, and his destination is the Fire, as stated in the hadith. Yes, Adnan, what else do you have?
The questioner : O Shaykh, so does this apply to the common people of the Rafidah...
The Shaykh : how
The questioner : The common people and the ignorant of the Rafidah, this applies to them.
The Shaykh : Yes, if you have been deficient in dealing with them, they are likewise. Yes, if you have been deficient in dealing with them, and they are Arabs like you, what is the case of the Iranians, the non-Arabs who do not understand the Arabic language? If the call of the Rafidah with whom you are afflicted in your own homeland has not reached them, you are responsible for them, not they.