I read in a small book a hadith that says: “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish”; is this hadith authentic?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings, and after that:
I read in a small book a hadith that says: “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish”; is this hadith authentic? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish” is a hadith widely circulated on some tongues, but—regrettably—it is one of those hadiths that has no basis in the Sunnah; therefore, it is not permissible to narrate it or attribute it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the first place, and then this broad, common meaning is not valid or established in any way in the Shari'ah of Islam.
“Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish,” I wish to sit in the corner of my house, and not work in my profession or trade, and seek sustenance from my Lord to send it down from the sky to me; because I am taking from the Qur'an for this, who says this? This is false speech, and it is likely from the fabrication of those lazy Sufis who are created to sit and stay in the—what are they called, the ribats, or what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The ribats, the ribats, they stay in them and wait for Allah's sustenance from whoever brings it to them from the people, knowing that this is not the nature of the Muslim; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised all the Muslims to high ambition and self-dignity, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him)Muwatta Malik 58:8.
And I am pleased, on this occasion, with what I read regarding some of the ascetics and Sufis, and I will not lengthen it; for their stories are many and strange; they claimed that one of them went out traveling, wandering the earth without provisions, and his situation reached the point where he nearly died of hunger, so a village appeared to him in the distance, and he went to it, and the day was Friday, and he, by his claim, had gone out relying on Allah—and not as the one who relies on Allah as indicated by the Sunnah—; so in order not to break, by his claim, his alleged reliance, he did not show himself to the public in the mosque, but he hid himself under the pulpit so that no one would notice him, but in his heart he was telling himself that perhaps someone would notice him, and so the preacher delivered his sermon while he had not prayed with the congregation, perhaps believing that he was a traveler, and the traveler is not required to pray Friday, not today, the point of the story is the lesson, so after the imam finished the sermon and the prayer and the people began to leave in groups and individually from the doors of the mosque; until the man felt that the mosque was nearly empty of people, and at that time the doors are closed to remain alone in the mosque with no food or drink or anything, so he had no choice but to clear his throat to establish his presence to those present, so some people turned and found him transformed as if he were a chick from hunger and thirst, so they took him and helped him, and asked him finally: Who are you, O man? He said: I am an ascetic relying on Allah. They said: How are you relying on Allah when you nearly died? And if you were relying on Allah, you would not have coughed and you would not have alerted the people until you died by your own sin.
This is an example of what such a hadith leads to: “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish,” this is a hadith with no basis.
Yes.
I read in a small book a hadith that says: “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish”; is this hadith authentic? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish” is a hadith widely circulated on some tongues, but—regrettably—it is one of those hadiths that has no basis in the Sunnah; therefore, it is not permissible to narrate it or attribute it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the first place, and then this broad, common meaning is not valid or established in any way in the Shari'ah of Islam.
“Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish,” I wish to sit in the corner of my house, and not work in my profession or trade, and seek sustenance from my Lord to send it down from the sky to me; because I am taking from the Qur'an for this, who says this? This is false speech, and it is likely from the fabrication of those lazy Sufis who are created to sit and stay in the—what are they called, the ribats, or what?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The ribats, the ribats, they stay in them and wait for Allah's sustenance from whoever brings it to them from the people, knowing that this is not the nature of the Muslim; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised all the Muslims to high ambition and self-dignity, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him)
The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one which expends, and the lower one is the one which asks.
اليد العليا خيرٌ من اليد السفلى ، واليد العليا هي المعطية ، واليد السفلى هي الآخذةAnd I am pleased, on this occasion, with what I read regarding some of the ascetics and Sufis, and I will not lengthen it; for their stories are many and strange; they claimed that one of them went out traveling, wandering the earth without provisions, and his situation reached the point where he nearly died of hunger, so a village appeared to him in the distance, and he went to it, and the day was Friday, and he, by his claim, had gone out relying on Allah—and not as the one who relies on Allah as indicated by the Sunnah—; so in order not to break, by his claim, his alleged reliance, he did not show himself to the public in the mosque, but he hid himself under the pulpit so that no one would notice him, but in his heart he was telling himself that perhaps someone would notice him, and so the preacher delivered his sermon while he had not prayed with the congregation, perhaps believing that he was a traveler, and the traveler is not required to pray Friday, not today, the point of the story is the lesson, so after the imam finished the sermon and the prayer and the people began to leave in groups and individually from the doors of the mosque; until the man felt that the mosque was nearly empty of people, and at that time the doors are closed to remain alone in the mosque with no food or drink or anything, so he had no choice but to clear his throat to establish his presence to those present, so some people turned and found him transformed as if he were a chick from hunger and thirst, so they took him and helped him, and asked him finally: Who are you, O man? He said: I am an ascetic relying on Allah. They said: How are you relying on Allah when you nearly died? And if you were relying on Allah, you would not have coughed and you would not have alerted the people until you died by your own sin.
This is an example of what such a hadith leads to: “Take from the Qur'an whatever you wish for whatever you wish,” this is a hadith with no basis.
Yes.
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