Reconciling the hadith "Whoever is able to die in al-Madinah, let him die there" with another hadith: "A man died in al-Madinah, having been born there, and the Messenger of Allah
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The questioner : Reconciling the hadith: and the hadith: Have you graded it as good, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : There is no contradiction. Reconciliation comes after establishing the contradiction. We say there is no contradiction. Show me the contradiction so that I can remove it?
The questioner : Do you mean the recommendation of dying in al-Madinah and the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) urging, and then wishing that that man had not died in his place of birth?
The Shaykh : When you read the first hadith:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 48:47 does it mean merely dying, as you understand it, or does it mean settling in al-Madinah until death?
The questioner : Settling in al-Madinah until death.
The Shaykh : Ah, so the intention is not death itself, but what precedes death, which is settling in al-Madinah. In this way, we begin to remove the alleged contradiction by asking: Did the man in the second hadith settle in al-Madinah or not?
The questioner : No, he did not settle there.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The hadith is about al-Madinah!
The Shaykh : The second hadith is about the man!
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : He was born in al-Madinah, so he is a settler in al-Madinah.
The Shaykh : Look now at the difference between the two hadiths, a reverse difference. The first hadith, we understood, means settling in al-Madinah until death. But a man who flew by plane from his foreign country and landed in al-Madinah...
Whoever is able to die in al-Madinah, let him die there
من استطاع أن يموت في المدينة فليمتA man died in al-Madinah, having been born there, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed over him and said, "I wish he had died somewhere other than his place of birth." A man asked, "Why, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "If he dies as a stranger, a path is measured for him from his place of birth to the end of his trace in Paradise"
توفي رجل بالمدينة وقد ولد فيها فصلى عليه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال ليته مات في غير مولده فقال رجل ولم يا رسول الله قال إنه إذا مات غريبا فقيس له من مولده إلى منقطع أثره في الجنةThe Shaykh : There is no contradiction. Reconciliation comes after establishing the contradiction. We say there is no contradiction. Show me the contradiction so that I can remove it?
The questioner : Do you mean the recommendation of dying in al-Madinah and the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) urging, and then wishing that that man had not died in his place of birth?
The Shaykh : When you read the first hadith:
Whoever among you is able to die in al-Madinah, let him do so
من استطاع منكم أن يموت في المدينة فليفعلThe questioner : Settling in al-Madinah until death.
The Shaykh : Ah, so the intention is not death itself, but what precedes death, which is settling in al-Madinah. In this way, we begin to remove the alleged contradiction by asking: Did the man in the second hadith settle in al-Madinah or not?
The questioner : No, he did not settle there.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The hadith is about al-Madinah!
The Shaykh : The second hadith is about the man!
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : He was born in al-Madinah, so he is a settler in al-Madinah.
The Shaykh : Look now at the difference between the two hadiths, a reverse difference. The first hadith, we understood, means settling in al-Madinah until death. But a man who flew by plane from his foreign country and landed in al-Madinah...