What is the ruling on what Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) did by drinking poison?
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The questioner: He says ... he drank the poison.
The Shaykh: It was Uthman, this is Khalid ibn al-Walid.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh: Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is correct.
Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: This boldness in the action that Khalid ibn al-Walid undertook was not based on prior experience, but rather on his trust in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is one of the extraordinary matters that are not to be measured by, nor is it permissible to take it as a principle to be built upon. People are at opposite extremes regarding this story of Khalid and the poison; some deny it, although it is established from him with a sound chain, and others make it a principle for this kind of misguidance that we have just invalidated. Neither these nor those have hit the mark. The story of Khalid ibn al-Walid swallowing the poison is like the story of al-‘Ala’ al-Hadrami walking on the sea water until he reached the other shore, and that was sufficient to bring the polytheists and disbelievers there to Islam when they saw such a miracle. Matters that occur contrary to the known general laws are matters contrary to the rule, and what is contrary to the rule is not to be taken as a rule.
The Shaykh: It was Uthman, this is Khalid ibn al-Walid.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh: Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is correct.
Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: This boldness in the action that Khalid ibn al-Walid undertook was not based on prior experience, but rather on his trust in Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is one of the extraordinary matters that are not to be measured by, nor is it permissible to take it as a principle to be built upon. People are at opposite extremes regarding this story of Khalid and the poison; some deny it, although it is established from him with a sound chain, and others make it a principle for this kind of misguidance that we have just invalidated. Neither these nor those have hit the mark. The story of Khalid ibn al-Walid swallowing the poison is like the story of al-‘Ala’ al-Hadrami walking on the sea water until he reached the other shore, and that was sufficient to bring the polytheists and disbelievers there to Islam when they saw such a miracle. Matters that occur contrary to the known general laws are matters contrary to the rule, and what is contrary to the rule is not to be taken as a rule.
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