Discussion of the Verse of Smoke, with advice to this man to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
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The questioner : May I ask, my master, to conclude our session with an explanation of the Verse of Smoke?
The Shaykh : My brother, the Verse of Smoke occurred in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him). The smoke afflicted the polytheists, and they feigned faith, then they returned to disbelief and tyranny as they were before. Therefore, the verse is very explicit that it refers to people to whom the Messenger was sent directly, and they disbelieved in him. Because in some of the verses that came, it says:[Ad-Dukhan 44:12-13], a clear Messenger came to them...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No... not as he imagines.[Ad-Dukhan 44:13] And he is our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers. So our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) tested the polytheists by sending smoke to them, and hunger afflicted them, and it was like fog so they could not see what was in front of them, until they ate the old, discarded leather thrown in the road. This is an allusion to the severity of what? The trial they were afflicted with. Because when the leather is moist and soft, one might lick a little of it.
The questioner : Swallow it.
The Shaykh : Swallow it and chew it to the end. But if it is what? Old and has become like stone, then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) afflicted them with that. Therefore...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, no... .
The questioner : ... No, no...
The Shaykh : Do not say: No...
The questioner : Do not fabricate against Allah!
The Shaykh : No... I am not speaking...
The questioner : They say that smoke came upon them.
The Shaykh : You should improve your speech and be polite with your companion. I am holding myself back, holding my nerves. Where do you get from saying you fabricate against Allah every hour...
The questioner : How do you say that... the smoke.
The Shaykh : I am not fabricating against Allah... the one who fabricates against Allah is the one who says...
The questioner : ... even the smoke...
The Shaykh : Okay, I have been asking you for an hour and you have not answered me. Have you read "Sahih al-Bukhari"?
The questioner : I am telling you that it is not there... the smoke.
The Shaykh : It is there, what do you think?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Or a goat, even if it flew? Is the book of al-Bukhari lost or is it present?
The questioner : It is present and it is not lost.
The Shaykh : Okay, what do you think...?
The questioner : ... the smoke. No, I am not going back to it. This is my return, I am not going back to it.
The Shaykh : Enough.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Wrap up the matter, my master. The matter has been exposed!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I advise you, for the sake of Allah, to retract this claim. It is better for you in this world, let alone the Hereafter. This is a claim that people before you made, and they met with the consequences of their affair. And "the Mahdi of Sudan," if you are ignorant of the Mahdi of India whose name is "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad al-Qadiyani," I do not think you are ignorant of the Mahdi of Sudan who claimed Mahdism before you. Therefore, repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and leave these illusions in which you argue with people and waste their time without knowledge. You do not know, perhaps, the prayer of the Messenger (peace be upon him). I say: perhaps you do not know it. And if you say: No, I know it, then we put you to the test. Are you ready?! You say: I am a follower, the words are easy, but the application and action is the hard part. You say: I am a follower, I am not an innovator. Stand up so we can see. Show us the prayer of the Messenger that you pray five times a day. Let us see if you are truthful in your claim. If you are truthful; here, raise it a little and we will follow you. Perhaps you are truthful in what is revealed to you, which you claim. But if you are not truthful in the simplest thing, how do you hope for people to believe you in a greater claim? If a person cannot carry this cup, can he carry a pound?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : He cannot. If you are not a follower in the simplest matters that many Muslims share in knowing, how can we say: You are a follower in this long and extensive claim? Do you know the prayer of the Messenger (peace be upon him)?
The questioner : (Peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : I do not think you do, and I hope you will correct me, or rather refute me. What do you think? Stand up and show us now how the Messenger used to pray? This is what you say: I am a follower and I am not an innovator! Fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and that is enough.
Another questioner : I want to ask him a question, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : Is he a Messenger?
The Shaykh : No, my dear, he is not the Messenger of Allah, nor is he a Prophet. Rather, he is one of the greatest scholars of the Muslims, indeed he is the greatest scholar of the Muslims in his time. And this man fears Allah. I advise him between me and him. We are accountable to Allah for this session. You are deluded, I say what is said about you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : You are deluded, so fear Allah in your claim. You are not a scholar. You do not know how to recite the Qur'an that was revealed to you, O man. What is this claim...?
Another questioner : I am asking him about the rules of tajwid, O Professor.
The Shaykh : We are telling him: Prayer is obligatory, five prayers in every day and night...
Another questioner : ... Do you see? I am telling you: You... from the perspective of advice in religion.
The Shaykh : But.
Another questioner : Do you see?
Another questioner : Because this is a disease called "Schizophrenia," which is the splitting of personality. Meaning, one time you claim you are a Messenger and a Prophet, and another time, certainly, and your brother testifies to me that you can hide inside. And this is what I do not know as splitting of personality.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : Because your speech, we came, everyone came from the farthest parts of the world to hear your speech. Your speech is yours. I, as a student in the Faculty of Medicine, entered a hospital, the department of mental illnesses. And there was one from Germany. I asked him, and it was my share that he was this patient. I said to him: What is wrong with you, my brother? What do you have? If he says to me: I was with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Of course, you do not send blessings upon him when he is mentioned. I am reminding you of this, Professor.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : No, we did not hear you.
The questioner : You did not hear me.
Another questioner : We need to hear you, it is necessary.
The Shaykh : He prays in his heart, my master!!
Another questioner : ... He says to me: And his companion was me and him. Look at this madman saying it. His companion's name is "Rog," and I was with him doing... meaning we were making a tent, we were glorifying Allah on the sea.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
Another questioner : I looked, but I only asked what is his situation? Or was he with one of our Muslim group who entered this... messed up a little, they put him in the hospital, and he said to him: I am a Muslim and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and so on, and this became what he sees... and you...
Another questioner : ... .
Another questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : My brother, the Verse of Smoke occurred in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him). The smoke afflicted the polytheists, and they feigned faith, then they returned to disbelief and tyranny as they were before. Therefore, the verse is very explicit that it refers to people to whom the Messenger was sent directly, and they disbelieved in him. Because in some of the verses that came, it says:
(12) [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers." (13) How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ * أَنَّى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَى وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No... not as he imagines.
there had come to them a clear Messenger.
جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُبِينٌThe questioner : Swallow it.
The Shaykh : Swallow it and chew it to the end. But if it is what? Old and has become like stone, then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) afflicted them with that. Therefore...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, no... .
The questioner : ... No, no...
The Shaykh : Do not say: No...
The questioner : Do not fabricate against Allah!
The Shaykh : No... I am not speaking...
The questioner : They say that smoke came upon them.
The Shaykh : You should improve your speech and be polite with your companion. I am holding myself back, holding my nerves. Where do you get from saying you fabricate against Allah every hour...
The questioner : How do you say that... the smoke.
The Shaykh : I am not fabricating against Allah... the one who fabricates against Allah is the one who says...
The questioner : ... even the smoke...
The Shaykh : Okay, I have been asking you for an hour and you have not answered me. Have you read "Sahih al-Bukhari"?
The questioner : I am telling you that it is not there... the smoke.
The Shaykh : It is there, what do you think?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Or a goat, even if it flew? Is the book of al-Bukhari lost or is it present?
The questioner : It is present and it is not lost.
The Shaykh : Okay, what do you think...?
The questioner : ... the smoke. No, I am not going back to it. This is my return, I am not going back to it.
The Shaykh : Enough.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Wrap up the matter, my master. The matter has been exposed!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I advise you, for the sake of Allah, to retract this claim. It is better for you in this world, let alone the Hereafter. This is a claim that people before you made, and they met with the consequences of their affair. And "the Mahdi of Sudan," if you are ignorant of the Mahdi of India whose name is "Mirza Ghulam Ahmad al-Qadiyani," I do not think you are ignorant of the Mahdi of Sudan who claimed Mahdism before you. Therefore, repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and leave these illusions in which you argue with people and waste their time without knowledge. You do not know, perhaps, the prayer of the Messenger (peace be upon him). I say: perhaps you do not know it. And if you say: No, I know it, then we put you to the test. Are you ready?! You say: I am a follower, the words are easy, but the application and action is the hard part. You say: I am a follower, I am not an innovator. Stand up so we can see. Show us the prayer of the Messenger that you pray five times a day. Let us see if you are truthful in your claim. If you are truthful; here, raise it a little and we will follow you. Perhaps you are truthful in what is revealed to you, which you claim. But if you are not truthful in the simplest thing, how do you hope for people to believe you in a greater claim? If a person cannot carry this cup, can he carry a pound?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : He cannot. If you are not a follower in the simplest matters that many Muslims share in knowing, how can we say: You are a follower in this long and extensive claim? Do you know the prayer of the Messenger (peace be upon him)?
The questioner : (Peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : I do not think you do, and I hope you will correct me, or rather refute me. What do you think? Stand up and show us now how the Messenger used to pray? This is what you say: I am a follower and I am not an innovator! Fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and that is enough.
Another questioner : I want to ask him a question, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : Is he a Messenger?
The Shaykh : No, my dear, he is not the Messenger of Allah, nor is he a Prophet. Rather, he is one of the greatest scholars of the Muslims, indeed he is the greatest scholar of the Muslims in his time. And this man fears Allah. I advise him between me and him. We are accountable to Allah for this session. You are deluded, I say what is said about you.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : You are deluded, so fear Allah in your claim. You are not a scholar. You do not know how to recite the Qur'an that was revealed to you, O man. What is this claim...?
Another questioner : I am asking him about the rules of tajwid, O Professor.
The Shaykh : We are telling him: Prayer is obligatory, five prayers in every day and night...
Another questioner : ... Do you see? I am telling you: You... from the perspective of advice in religion.
The Shaykh : But.
Another questioner : Do you see?
Another questioner : Because this is a disease called "Schizophrenia," which is the splitting of personality. Meaning, one time you claim you are a Messenger and a Prophet, and another time, certainly, and your brother testifies to me that you can hide inside. And this is what I do not know as splitting of personality.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : Because your speech, we came, everyone came from the farthest parts of the world to hear your speech. Your speech is yours. I, as a student in the Faculty of Medicine, entered a hospital, the department of mental illnesses. And there was one from Germany. I asked him, and it was my share that he was this patient. I said to him: What is wrong with you, my brother? What do you have? If he says to me: I was with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Of course, you do not send blessings upon him when he is mentioned. I am reminding you of this, Professor.
The questioner : ... .
Another questioner : No, we did not hear you.
The questioner : You did not hear me.
Another questioner : We need to hear you, it is necessary.
The Shaykh : He prays in his heart, my master!!
Another questioner : ... He says to me: And his companion was me and him. Look at this madman saying it. His companion's name is "Rog," and I was with him doing... meaning we were making a tent, we were glorifying Allah on the sea.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
Another questioner : I looked, but I only asked what is his situation? Or was he with one of our Muslim group who entered this... messed up a little, they put him in the hospital, and he said to him: I am a Muslim and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and so on, and this became what he sees... and you...
Another questioner : ... .
Another questioner: Go ahead.
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