The meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when his son Ibrahim passed away: “Indeed, he has a nurse in Paradise”
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The meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when his son Ibrahim passed away: “Indeed, he has a nurse in Paradise”
It is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from the hadith of al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when Ibrahim passed away: “Indeed, he has a nurse in Paradise”. So how is this hadith to be understood?
Ibrahim is the son of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and he was the son of Maryam the Copt,Meaning: who was from the offspring of a concubine, not from the offspring of a wife. He passed away during the period of breastfeeding, before he was weaned, at about sixteen months of age. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed that he has a nurse in Paradise,Meaning: that this child is in Paradise, and that he has someone to breastfeed him.
As for how that is, we do not know; because this is among the matters of the unseen; and regarding the matters of the unseen, we must believe in their meaning, and we must refrain from asking about their modality,And we do not ask: How? We believe that Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has a nurse in Paradise. As for how that is? It is not for us to ask; because we know that the Companions about whom the Messenger said this statement were more eager for knowledge than we are,And yet they did not say: How, O Messenger of Allah? How can he have a nurse in Paradise when he has died?! So we say as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Ibrahim has a nurse in Paradise; but we do not know how that is.
؟The questioner: Without figurative interpretation! The Shaykh: Never, we say it this way.
It is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from the hadith of al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when Ibrahim passed away: “Indeed, he has a nurse in Paradise”. So how is this hadith to be understood?
Ibrahim is the son of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and he was the son of Maryam the Copt,Meaning: who was from the offspring of a concubine, not from the offspring of a wife. He passed away during the period of breastfeeding, before he was weaned, at about sixteen months of age. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) informed that he has a nurse in Paradise,Meaning: that this child is in Paradise, and that he has someone to breastfeed him.
As for how that is, we do not know; because this is among the matters of the unseen; and regarding the matters of the unseen, we must believe in their meaning, and we must refrain from asking about their modality,And we do not ask: How? We believe that Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) has a nurse in Paradise. As for how that is? It is not for us to ask; because we know that the Companions about whom the Messenger said this statement were more eager for knowledge than we are,And yet they did not say: How, O Messenger of Allah? How can he have a nurse in Paradise when he has died?! So we say as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Ibrahim has a nurse in Paradise; but we do not know how that is.
؟The questioner: Without figurative interpretation! The Shaykh: Never, we say it this way.