What is the interpretation of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as in the hadith of al-Wali: (When He loves you, you become the hearing with which He hears)
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The questioner : What is the interpretation of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in what he narrates from his Lord in the hadith of al-Wali: ; so what is its meaning? ... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and some people interpret it by saying that His saying means His sight; that is, if it is the sight with which He sees, He extends it from His sight; that is, Allah extends it from His sight.
The Shaykh : From Allah’s sight?
The questioner : Yes, and He extends it from His hand, and He extends it from.
The Shaykh : No; it is the understood meaning, as mentioned in some narrations cited by Ibn Taymiyyah, although I have not yet come across them myself; He sees with it, He sees with it, He hears with it; meaning, by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to him.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
Another questioner : He asks about this.
The Shaykh : Ah, so the meaning is very clear; that is, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is a helper to him in all these limbs, so he sees by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to him in His obedience and worship in all these limbs that He created for him.
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, does this resemble His saying (the Exalted):[Al-Anfal 8:17]?
The Shaykh : Ah, without a doubt, this has a strong connection; that the person throws, but hitting the target is by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Another questioner : Shaykh, regarding ... some people ... the hadith that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) extends to him light so that he sees farther than ordinary people see, meaning ... .
Another questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
My brother, interpretations are numerous in interpreting this as well; that this has a connection to those who say in the unity of existence, well; what do we have to do with them? Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as is the creed of the Salaf = -- And upon you be peace, welcome, how are you? -- = that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) does not dwell in His servants, nor does He mix with them, nor does He blend with them, and He is the Self-Sufficient of all the worlds, as is explicit in the Noble Qur'an; so these are Sufi interpretations known since ancient times; so Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) said, one of the great shaykhs of Imam Ahmad: "Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne, distinct from His creation, and He is with them by His knowledge," so for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to be a part of one of His servants, this is disbelief itself, and it is the creed known as the creed of the unity of existence, in which one of them expresses it by saying that there is no difference for him between the Creator and the created.
"And the dog and the pig are nothing but our god *** And Allah is nothing but a monk in a church!!"
And another says: "Everything you see with your eye is Allah!!", so those who say these false statements are the ones who promote this hadith, and they try to take from it what they use to invalidate Islam from its root and origin; so such statements should never be heeded, rather the texts are interpreted in light of other texts so that there is no contradiction between them. I give you an approximate example; if a Muslim stopped at such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Mishkat al-Masabih 35Hasan (Zubair `Aliza'i) what can be understood from this hadith except that the one described as having no covenant and no trust is a disbeliever? Because he denied religion and faith from him, but if we look at the other texts that inform us that faith, however weak it is, as we mentioned in our first statement from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 5401 we cannot declare a man a disbeliever who does not fulfill a trust, rather we interpret that hadith in light of the other texts: Mishkat al-Masabih 35Hasan (Zubair `Aliza'i) meaning: no complete faith, so where do we get this addition "complete" or this attribute? From the other evidence that prevents us from declaring a disbeliever one who has committed a sin.
This famous divine hadith must also be interpreted in light of the creed[Taha 20:5], what brought [Taha 20:5] so that the created eye of the man is in their eyes, and is inside and mixed with these created things; until one of them said, as you just heard: "Everything you see with your eye is Allah!!" Glorified and Exalted is He from what the wrongdoers say, in great elevation.
When He loves you, you become the hand with which He strikes, and the hearing with which He hears
فإذا أحبَبْته كنت يده التي يبطش بها ، وسمعه الذي يسمع بهThe Shaykh : From Allah’s sight?
The questioner : Yes, and He extends it from His hand, and He extends it from.
The Shaykh : No; it is the understood meaning, as mentioned in some narrations cited by Ibn Taymiyyah, although I have not yet come across them myself; He sees with it, He sees with it, He hears with it; meaning, by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to him.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
Another questioner : He asks about this.
The Shaykh : Ah, so the meaning is very clear; that is, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is a helper to him in all these limbs, so he sees by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to him in His obedience and worship in all these limbs that He created for him.
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, does this resemble His saying (the Exalted):
And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw
وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَىThe Shaykh : Ah, without a doubt, this has a strong connection; that the person throws, but hitting the target is by the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Another questioner : Shaykh, regarding ... some people ... the hadith that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) extends to him light so that he sees farther than ordinary people see, meaning ... .
Another questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
My brother, interpretations are numerous in interpreting this as well; that this has a connection to those who say in the unity of existence, well; what do we have to do with them? Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as is the creed of the Salaf = -- And upon you be peace, welcome, how are you? -- = that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) does not dwell in His servants, nor does He mix with them, nor does He blend with them, and He is the Self-Sufficient of all the worlds, as is explicit in the Noble Qur'an; so these are Sufi interpretations known since ancient times; so Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) said, one of the great shaykhs of Imam Ahmad: "Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is above His Throne, distinct from His creation, and He is with them by His knowledge," so for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to be a part of one of His servants, this is disbelief itself, and it is the creed known as the creed of the unity of existence, in which one of them expresses it by saying that there is no difference for him between the Creator and the created.
"And the dog and the pig are nothing but our god *** And Allah is nothing but a monk in a church!!"
And another says: "Everything you see with your eye is Allah!!", so those who say these false statements are the ones who promote this hadith, and they try to take from it what they use to invalidate Islam from its root and origin; so such statements should never be heeded, rather the texts are interpreted in light of other texts so that there is no contradiction between them. I give you an approximate example; if a Muslim stopped at such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
He who is not trustworthy has no faith, and he who does not keep his covenant has no religion.
لا إيمانَ لِمَن لا أمانةَ له ، ولا دينَ لِمَن لا عهدَ لهNarrated 'Urban bin Malik: who attended the Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley which is between me and my people, flows with water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in the prayer. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish that you could come and pray in my house so that I may take it as a praying place. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah willing, I will do that." The next morning, soon after the sun had risen, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for the permission to enter and I admitted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) had not sat till he had entered the house and said to me, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a place in my house whereupon he stood and said, "Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and he prayed two rak`at and finished it with Taslim. We then requested him to stay for a special meal of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number of men from the adjoining area gathered in the house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say so. Do you not think that he has said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His Apostle know better, but we have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and giving them advice." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for those who testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure. "
من قال لا إله إلا الله نَفَعَتْه يومًا من دهرهHe who is not trustworthy has no faith
لا إيمانَ لِمَن لا أمانةَ لهThis famous divine hadith must also be interpreted in light of the creed
The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.
الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَىThe Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.
الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى
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