The ruling on cursing time and whether there is a hadith: (The world is cursed)?
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The ruling on cursing time and whether there is a hadith: (The world is cursed) ?]
Your Eminence! Is there a contradiction between the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Do not curse time, for I am time) and his saying in another hadith: (The world is cursed, and cursed is everything in it.
) to the end of the hadith?
First: The second hadith you mentioned is subject to scrutiny regarding its authenticity from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And even if it is authentic, this does not contradict the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Do not curse time) because this is a statement of fact, whereas cursing implies blame, fault-finding, and reproach toward the one being cursed.And the meaning of it being a statement of fact: That there is no good in the world, neither in it nor in what is in it, except the remembrance of Allah and what is associated with it, or a scholar or a student of knowledge. There is a difference between a statement of fact and a volitional act. Cursing involves a volitional act of blame and disparagement of the one being cursed, whereas a statement of fact is a report about the state of a person or the state of a thing.As Lot (peace be upon him) said: ((THIS IS A HARD DAY)) [Hud:77] , he did not intend to curse this day or disparage it, but he intended to report that it was a severe day for him. Therefore, one must distinguish between volitional acts of disparagement and blame and mere statements of fact, and this depends on the intention of the person.But the general understanding of the one who says: May Allah not bless this day,And the saying of the one who says: May Allah not bless the hour that brought you. This is generally intended as cursing. So let the wise person pay attention to the subtle differences.
Your Eminence! Is there a contradiction between the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Do not curse time, for I am time) and his saying in another hadith: (The world is cursed, and cursed is everything in it.
) to the end of the hadith?
First: The second hadith you mentioned is subject to scrutiny regarding its authenticity from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And even if it is authentic, this does not contradict the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): (Do not curse time) because this is a statement of fact, whereas cursing implies blame, fault-finding, and reproach toward the one being cursed.And the meaning of it being a statement of fact: That there is no good in the world, neither in it nor in what is in it, except the remembrance of Allah and what is associated with it, or a scholar or a student of knowledge. There is a difference between a statement of fact and a volitional act. Cursing involves a volitional act of blame and disparagement of the one being cursed, whereas a statement of fact is a report about the state of a person or the state of a thing.As Lot (peace be upon him) said: ((THIS IS A HARD DAY)) [Hud:77] , he did not intend to curse this day or disparage it, but he intended to report that it was a severe day for him. Therefore, one must distinguish between volitional acts of disparagement and blame and mere statements of fact, and this depends on the intention of the person.But the general understanding of the one who says: May Allah not bless this day,And the saying of the one who says: May Allah not bless the hour that brought you. This is generally intended as cursing. So let the wise person pay attention to the subtle differences.