(So I asked my Lord – Mighty and Majestic – for more, and He gave me seventy thousand with each one); is the intended meaning seventy thousand plus another seventy thousand?
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The questioner : ... regarding a hadith in "Sahih al-Jami' al-Saghir," a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I do not understand it and I do not memorize it, but it says: . The point of the hadith is that he said: ; is the total seventy thousand plus seventy thousand, or seventy thousand multiplied by seventy thousand?
The Shaykh : It is seventy thousand multiplied by seventy thousand.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
I asked my Lord, and He gave me seventy thousand from my Ummah whose faces are like the full moon on the night of the full moon.
سألتُ ربي فأعطاني سبعين ألف من أمَّتي وجوههم كالقمر ليلة البدرSo I asked my Lord for more, and He gave me seventy thousand with each one.
فاستزدْتُ ربي فزادني سبعين ألف مع كل واحدThe Shaykh : It is seventy thousand multiplied by seventy thousand.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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