Reconciling Two Hadiths: “Whoever is able to die in al-Madinah, let him die there,” and the other hadith: “A man died in al-Madinah, having been born there”
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The questioner: O Shaykh, reconciling two hadiths: , and in another hadith: “A man died in al-Madinah, having been born there, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over him and said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1614Hasan (Darussalam). A man asked: ‘Why, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1832Hasan (Darussalam), and you have graded it as good, O Shaykh, in ...?
The Shaykh: No, there is no contradiction. Reconciliation comes after establishing the contradiction. We say: there is no contradiction. Explain the contradiction to me so that I can remove it?
The questioner: Meaning, the recommendation of dying in al-Madinah and the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) encouragement, and then wishing that that man had not died in his place of birth?
The Shaykh: When you read the first hadith:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 48:47; does it mean merely dying, as you understand it, or does it mean settling in al-Madinah until death?
The questioner: Settling in al-Madinah until death.
The Shaykh: Ah, so the intention is not death itself, but rather what precedes death, which is settling in al-Madinah; correct.
The questioner: Yes, that is right, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: In this way, we begin to remove the alleged contradiction. So we say: Did the man in the second hadith settle in al-Madinah or not?
The questioner: No, he did not settle there.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: The hadith is about al-Madinah, I mean, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: The man in the second hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He was born in al-Madinah; so he is a settler in al-Madinah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Look now at the difference between the two hadiths in a reverse way. The first hadith, we understood it to mean settling in al-Madinah until death, but a man flew by plane from his foreign country and landed in al-Madinah ...
Whoever is able to die in al-Madinah, let him die there
من استطاع أن يموتَ في المدينة فليَمُتْWould that he had died somewhere other than his birthplace.
ليتَه مات في غير مولدهIf a man dies somewhere other than the place where he was born, a space in him equal to the distance between the place where he was born and the place where he died.
إنه إذا مات غريبًا فقِيس له من مولده إلى منقطع أثره في الجنةThe Shaykh: No, there is no contradiction. Reconciliation comes after establishing the contradiction. We say: there is no contradiction. Explain the contradiction to me so that I can remove it?
The questioner: Meaning, the recommendation of dying in al-Madinah and the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) encouragement, and then wishing that that man had not died in his place of birth?
The Shaykh: When you read the first hadith:
Whoever among you is able to die in al-Madinah, let him do so
مَن استطاع منكم أن يموتَ في المدينة فليفعَلْThe questioner: Settling in al-Madinah until death.
The Shaykh: Ah, so the intention is not death itself, but rather what precedes death, which is settling in al-Madinah; correct.
The questioner: Yes, that is right, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: In this way, we begin to remove the alleged contradiction. So we say: Did the man in the second hadith settle in al-Madinah or not?
The questioner: No, he did not settle there.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: The hadith is about al-Madinah, I mean, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: The man in the second hadith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He was born in al-Madinah; so he is a settler in al-Madinah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Look now at the difference between the two hadiths in a reverse way. The first hadith, we understood it to mean settling in al-Madinah until death, but a man flew by plane from his foreign country and landed in al-Madinah ...
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