Are the hadiths stating that Madinah expels its impurities general, or are they specific to the time of the Dajjal?
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The questioner : Some of the hadiths regarding Madinah, such as , and the hadiths regarding patience with its hardships—I do not know—some scholars say: some of them restrict it to the era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and some of them place it in the end times, such as when the Dajjal comes, and some of them make it general for every time. So I do not know, what is the stronger position?
The Shaykh : As for generality, there is no room for claiming it because it contradicts reality. As for restricting it to the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him), that is a restriction without a restricting factor, but...
The student: Let the children stay here; the elders are these ones.
The Shaykh : The hadith should be left in its generality, and we should not exclude from it except what definitive evidence indicates as an exception, which I mentioned earlier. I mean, briefly, that it is not specific to his time, nor is it consistent in every time. There are examples of this in many texts. For example:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2192Sahih (Darussalam) This is self-evident in its place, because it cannot be said that it is specific to the time of the Messenger or another time, but there is no room for saying that it includes all times. Likewise, the examples repeat. For example, in the well-known, famous, indeed mass-transmitted hadith: Sahih Muslim 1920 and so on. It came in *Sahih al-Bukhari* in the narration of Mu'awiyah of this marfu' hadith. He says, this is Mu'awiyah saying: And this is Mu'adh saying. Mu'awiyah, who narrated the hadith as marfu', says: "And this is Mu'adh saying: They are in al-Sham."
The questioner : Mu'adh, who said.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He is narrating from Mu'adh.
The Shaykh : What is he saying to Mu'adh?
The questioner : He is narrating from Mu'adh.
The Shaykh : He is narrating from Mu'adh, yes. Mu'adh is the one who says: "They are in al-Sham." So it is not necessary that they are in al-Sham at every moment, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, and so on, consistently, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wills. But without a doubt, the majority of the time they are in al-Sham, keeping in mind that the meaning of al-Sham is broader than what circulates in the minds of many people today due to their lives and their heedlessness regarding the disbelieving political divisions. So al-Sham is Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and I do not know if...
The questioner : Lebanon.
The Shaykh : And Lebanon, yes. So with this broad meaning, the hadith is consistent. But not with this narrow meaning that it is at every moment. It is possible, for example, that a time comes, as is the present time now, as it was in the time of some of the fitan, such as the Mongols when they attacked these lands, and the Muslims flee with their religion to other lands. So it is not said that the truth and application of the hadith have been disrupted; rather, we say this does not mean the precise consistency that I mentioned earlier, in the moment, in the minute, and so on.
So with this type of broad meaning from one side and narrow from the other, we can interpret the hadiths that I mentioned earlier, and Allah knows best.
Madinah expels its impurities
المدينة تنفي خبثهاMadinah expels its impurities
المدينة تنفي خبثهاThe Shaykh : As for generality, there is no room for claiming it because it contradicts reality. As for restricting it to the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him), that is a restriction without a restricting factor, but...
The student: Let the children stay here; the elders are these ones.
The Shaykh : The hadith should be left in its generality, and we should not exclude from it except what definitive evidence indicates as an exception, which I mentioned earlier. I mean, briefly, that it is not specific to his time, nor is it consistent in every time. There are examples of this in many texts. For example:
When the inhabitants of Ash-Sham become corrupt, then there is no good in it for you.
إذا فسد أهل الشام فلا خير فيكمA group of people from my Umma will always remain triumphant on the right path
لا تزال طائفة من أمتي ظاهرين على الحقThe questioner : Mu'adh, who said.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : He is narrating from Mu'adh.
The Shaykh : What is he saying to Mu'adh?
The questioner : He is narrating from Mu'adh.
The Shaykh : He is narrating from Mu'adh, yes. Mu'adh is the one who says: "They are in al-Sham." So it is not necessary that they are in al-Sham at every moment, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, and so on, consistently, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wills. But without a doubt, the majority of the time they are in al-Sham, keeping in mind that the meaning of al-Sham is broader than what circulates in the minds of many people today due to their lives and their heedlessness regarding the disbelieving political divisions. So al-Sham is Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and I do not know if...
The questioner : Lebanon.
The Shaykh : And Lebanon, yes. So with this broad meaning, the hadith is consistent. But not with this narrow meaning that it is at every moment. It is possible, for example, that a time comes, as is the present time now, as it was in the time of some of the fitan, such as the Mongols when they attacked these lands, and the Muslims flee with their religion to other lands. So it is not said that the truth and application of the hadith have been disrupted; rather, we say this does not mean the precise consistency that I mentioned earlier, in the moment, in the minute, and so on.
So with this type of broad meaning from one side and narrow from the other, we can interpret the hadiths that I mentioned earlier, and Allah knows best.