What is the advice to Allah and the Messenger mentioned in the hadith of Tamim al-Dari? And how do Allah and the Messenger need advice?
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Eid Abbasi : Among the questions related to the same topic, it says: Advice regarding the Muslims and the general public is known, but what is the advice to Allah and the Messenger in the previous hadith? And how do Allah and the Messenger need advice?
The Shaykh : This is like His saying - Exalted is He - :[Muhammad 47:7] ; so does our Lord need our support of Him? Of course, He does not need our support of Him to overcome His enemies, for He is as He said: , but the intended meaning here of supporting Allah - Mighty and Majestic - so that we deserve the support of Allah is supporting His religion. The meaning here regarding the advice to Allah is the same: the advice means for the rulings of Allah and the commands of Allah, so one follows them with all sincerity. To the extent that you follow what Allah has prescribed, to that extent you are advising Allah. So advising Allah and advising the Messenger differs from advising a Muslim to another Muslim. And this, in fact, opens up a very important research topic for us, and perhaps this will come to us in the next lesson - if Allah wills - in the hadith: Mishkat al-Masabih 1528 to the end of the hadith. So Allah here says: ; here the illness attributed to Allah - Mighty and Majestic - is not the illness attributed to a human being who actually gets sick. As for Allah - Mighty and Majestic - who gives health to whom He wills and sends illness to whom He wills, He does not get sick; because if He were to get sick, He would not be a God and not the Lord of the worlds.
Likewise here, so some attributes differ in their implications and objectives regarding what they are attributed to. So when advice in this hadith is attributed to Allah and to His Messenger; its meaning is different from the meaning of advice attributed to the Muslims. So the advising of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - here, the intended meaning is following His rulings and His Shari'ah. And likewise, advising His Messenger - peace be upon him - is following his Sunnah, not contradicting him, and honoring and revering him within the limits that the noble Shari'ah has brought.
So advising Allah and advising the Book of Allah and the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him - all of that returns to advice other than the advice of some of us to each other. Giving advice from us to each other is specific among us. As for advising Allah - Mighty and Majestic - and advising His Book and advising His Messenger; that is only by acting upon what Allah has prescribed and what His Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - has established for us.
The Shaykh : This is like His saying - Exalted is He - :
if you support Allah
إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَAnd Allah is dominant over His affair
وَاللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِOn the day of resurrection God most high will say, “Son of Adam, I was sick and you did not visit me.” He will reply, “My Lord, how could I visit Thee when Thou art the Lord of the universe?”
إن الله - عز وجل - يقول يوم القيامة لعبدٍ من عباده : عبدي ، مرِضْتُ فلم تعُدْني . قال : يا رب ، كيف أعودُك وأنت ربُّ العالمين ؟!I was sick and you did not visit me
مرضْتُ فلم تعُدْنيLikewise here, so some attributes differ in their implications and objectives regarding what they are attributed to. So when advice in this hadith is attributed to Allah and to His Messenger; its meaning is different from the meaning of advice attributed to the Muslims. So the advising of Allah - Mighty and Majestic - here, the intended meaning is following His rulings and His Shari'ah. And likewise, advising His Messenger - peace be upon him - is following his Sunnah, not contradicting him, and honoring and revering him within the limits that the noble Shari'ah has brought.
So advising Allah and advising the Book of Allah and the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him - all of that returns to advice other than the advice of some of us to each other. Giving advice from us to each other is specific among us. As for advising Allah - Mighty and Majestic - and advising His Book and advising His Messenger; that is only by acting upon what Allah has prescribed and what His Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - has established for us.
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