The reason for expressing extreme closeness with the sandal strap rather than anything else
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Your Eminence! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Paradise is closer to one of you than the strap of his sandal, and the Fire is likewise) What is the lesson in expressing closeness with sandals or the sandal strap,And he did not say, for example: with the inner garment or the outer garment?
It appears—may Allah know best—that this is a common proverb among the Arabs,And listen to the saying of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him):
We all wake up in our homes, and death is closer than the strap of one's sandal
and this is something used as a proverb, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) followed this common usage among the Arabs, and may Allah know best.
It appears—may Allah know best—that this is a common proverb among the Arabs,And listen to the saying of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him):
We all wake up in our homes, and death is closer than the strap of one's sandal
and this is something used as a proverb, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) followed this common usage among the Arabs, and may Allah know best.