Is (the receding of the mountain of gold) an authentic hadith?
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The questioner : The receding of the river from a mountain of gold, if the hadith is authentic.
The Shaykh : The hadith is authentic in al-Bukhari and Muslim. But when will this knowledge be with my Lord? Some of the later interpreters also interpret the gold here as black gold, meaning oil. But this is a forced interpretation, because the receding of the mountain does not mean the discovery of oil by modern machines; rather, it will be a prophetic miracle. Yes.
The questioner : The receding of the river, or rather the mountain.
The Shaykh : The receding of the mountain from gold.
The questioner : A figurative receding, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A figurative receding.
The Shaykh : No, it is not material.
The questioner : It is material.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The original rule for all expressions, especially those concerning the unseen, is that they are to be understood according to their realities and their apparent meanings.
The questioner : Their apparent meanings.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And the receding, what is it... I think in the hadith.
The Shaykh : From gold, that is it.
The questioner : That is the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. The gold is gold, not oil.
The Shaykh : The hadith is authentic in al-Bukhari and Muslim. But when will this knowledge be with my Lord? Some of the later interpreters also interpret the gold here as black gold, meaning oil. But this is a forced interpretation, because the receding of the mountain does not mean the discovery of oil by modern machines; rather, it will be a prophetic miracle. Yes.
The questioner : The receding of the river, or rather the mountain.
The Shaykh : The receding of the mountain from gold.
The questioner : A figurative receding, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : A figurative receding.
The Shaykh : No, it is not material.
The questioner : It is material.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. The original rule for all expressions, especially those concerning the unseen, is that they are to be understood according to their realities and their apparent meanings.
The questioner : Their apparent meanings.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And the receding, what is it... I think in the hadith.
The Shaykh : From gold, that is it.
The questioner : That is the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. The gold is gold, not oil.