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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to say, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “If it were not for me, I would have been in the lowest abyss,” that one may say: “If it were not for me, so-and-so would not have been saved”?

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The questioner:
Were it not for me, he would have been in the bottom-most depth لولا أنا لكان في الدرك الأسفل
Sahih al-Bukhari 6208
,
If it were not for me لولا أنا
from his uncle
he would have been in the bottom-most depth لكان في الدرك الأسفل
Sahih al-Bukhari 6208
Is it used here, meaning?

The Shaykh: What do you mean by “used”?

The questioner: The saying of the Prophet - (peace and blessings be upon him) :
Were it not for me, he would have been in the bottom-most depth لولا أنا لكان في الدرك الأسفل
Sahih al-Bukhari 6208
from his uncle or from his grandfather.

The Shaykh: Yes, what is it used for?

The questioner: Is it permissible for a person to use it here, for example, saying “If it were not for me, so-and-so would not have been saved,” instead of saying, for example, “If it were not for Allah, then for me,” or something like that?

The Shaykh: If he was the Messenger - (peace be upon him) .
- Perhaps the car needs to pass -

The questioner: This one needs to go back, needs to go back.
Source www.al-albany.com

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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