Clarifying the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So that I may warn you thereby, and whoever it reaches,” and detailing the ruling on the excuse of ignorance based on this verse.
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The Shaykh : So?
The questioner : Summarize the question and the explanation for us.
The Shaykh : So this is your answer, which has not benefited us at all. If the matter returns to me, I am with you now. The intended meaning of the verse is: whoever the Qur'an reached, both in wording and meaning, not in wording without its meaning. For all the non-Arabs, the Qur'an has reached them, and among the non-Arabs are those who memorize the Qur'an from beginning to end more than many of the Arabs, with recitation and melody as mentioned in the Sunnah, but they do not understand anything of it. So has the proof been established? I think you will say, if Allah wills, if Allah wills, if Allah wills: the proof has not been established, because its wording reached him but its meaning did not. In summary: if you know this reality, you will restrain much of the declaring of people as disbelievers and misguiding them, and you will strive with us to make these misguided people understand that they are in clear misguidance. This is sufficient for you: that your effort and striving is to make these misguided people understand, not to declare them disbelievers, nor even to ask whether they are disbelievers or not! Turn away from them and turn to them by making them understand that they are not on the guidance of their Lord, and that the guidance of Allah is such and such and such. If you do that, you will be successful, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Good, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is standing permissible or not permissible?
The questioner : We are not speaking.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : We are not speaking about standing. Do you have an errand, meaning work?
The Shaykh : An errand inside the house. I don't know if this is an errand or not!
The questioner : Let's just finish the discussion!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Sitting or standing?
The questioner : No, no, it's all one!
The Shaykh : It's all one, good.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah! Have you not heard any of my lectures on this hadith?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : !
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on you, as he (peace be upon him) said: Do you know what the meaning of “saw me” is?
The questioner : Sleep.
The Shaykh : Yes, but he saw the Messenger, meaning he saw a person in a dream and was told this is the Messenger of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are often asked for fatwas and asked to interpret dreams. The dreamer says to me: I saw the Messenger as a dignified, composed old man with a white beard on which light is apparent. So I say to him: You did not see the Messenger. What do you think of my answer? Is it correct?
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Good, the Messenger says:, and he says: I saw him?!
The questioner : Meaning he did not see him with his attributes.
The Shaykh : Ha ha, so: by the name Muhammad, or by his attributes?
The questioner : No, by his message.
The Shaykh : Do not guess, may Allah guide you. Do not guess by his attributes. Yes, what is wrong with you? What did you not like about the phrase “by his attributes”?
The questioner : Meaning its relationship to dreams. It does not relate to the dream!
The Shaykh : I am not answering your question. I am stating it for you so that you say I did not answer you. Did you ask me so that I would answer you? May Allah forgive you.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
The questioner : Summarize the question and the explanation for us.
The Shaykh : So this is your answer, which has not benefited us at all. If the matter returns to me, I am with you now. The intended meaning of the verse is: whoever the Qur'an reached, both in wording and meaning, not in wording without its meaning. For all the non-Arabs, the Qur'an has reached them, and among the non-Arabs are those who memorize the Qur'an from beginning to end more than many of the Arabs, with recitation and melody as mentioned in the Sunnah, but they do not understand anything of it. So has the proof been established? I think you will say, if Allah wills, if Allah wills, if Allah wills: the proof has not been established, because its wording reached him but its meaning did not. In summary: if you know this reality, you will restrain much of the declaring of people as disbelievers and misguiding them, and you will strive with us to make these misguided people understand that they are in clear misguidance. This is sufficient for you: that your effort and striving is to make these misguided people understand, not to declare them disbelievers, nor even to ask whether they are disbelievers or not! Turn away from them and turn to them by making them understand that they are not on the guidance of their Lord, and that the guidance of Allah is such and such and such. If you do that, you will be successful, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Good, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is standing permissible or not permissible?
The questioner : We are not speaking.
The Shaykh: Huh?
The questioner : We are not speaking about standing. Do you have an errand, meaning work?
The Shaykh : An errand inside the house. I don't know if this is an errand or not!
The questioner : Let's just finish the discussion!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Sitting or standing?
The questioner : No, no, it's all one!
The Shaykh : It's all one, good.
The questioner :
No Jew or Christian will hear of me and not believe in me, except
ما سَمِعَ بي يهوديٌّ ولا نصرانِيٌّ ولم يؤمِنْ بي إلاThe Shaykh : Glory be to Allah! Have you not heard any of my lectures on this hadith?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh :
Whoever hears of me
مَن سَمِعَ بيThe questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah have mercy on you, as he (peace be upon him) said:
Whoever saw me
مَن رآنِيThe questioner : Sleep.
The Shaykh : Yes, but he saw the Messenger, meaning he saw a person in a dream and was told this is the Messenger of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We are often asked for fatwas and asked to interpret dreams. The dreamer says to me: I saw the Messenger as a dignified, composed old man with a white beard on which light is apparent. So I say to him: You did not see the Messenger. What do you think of my answer? Is it correct?
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Good, the Messenger says:
Whoever saw me
من رآنيThe questioner : Meaning he did not see him with his attributes.
The Shaykh : Ha ha, so:
No man, Jew or Christian, hears of me
ما من رجلٍ يهودي أو نصراني يسمع بيof me
بيThe questioner : No, by his message.
The Shaykh : Do not guess, may Allah guide you. Do not guess by his attributes. Yes, what is wrong with you? What did you not like about the phrase “by his attributes”?
The questioner : Meaning its relationship to dreams. It does not relate to the dream!
The Shaykh : I am not answering your question. I am stating it for you so that you say I did not answer you. Did you ask me so that I would answer you? May Allah forgive you.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
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