Does the hadith (I have left with you two things by which you will never go astray after me)
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The questioner : Yes, there is a point remaining. Is it permissible to interpret this hadith as meaning that the People of the House as a whole do not agree on misguidance, but rather that some of them must be upon the truth? In other words, does this hadith indicate that, as some scholars have mentioned?
The Shaykh : It does not ascend to that meaning. However, if you understand the previous meaning, it excludes those who do not act according to the Book and the Sunnah and those who do not know them. He intends by it the scholars among them and the righteous among them, and that is all. As for...
The questioner : Here, Ibn Taymiyyah says that all of his family, the People of the House, do not agree on misguidance?
The Shaykh : Like all Muslims agreeing on misguidance?
The questioner : No, may Allah forbid it.
The Shaykh : My Ummah does not agree on misguidance. Their status in this regard is the same as the Ummah's; they are a group from the Ummah. Yes.
The questioner : In the same meaning, there is a hadith from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), in which he asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) single you out for something that he did not give to us? He said: Except for something in my bag?
The questioner : There is also a hadith where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said:Sahih Muslim 206a This indicates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) does not benefit the People of the House if they are not upon his way and his path...
The Shaykh : This is correct. There are many hadiths in this regard. Yes, and others.
The Shaykh : It does not ascend to that meaning. However, if you understand the previous meaning, it excludes those who do not act according to the Book and the Sunnah and those who do not know them. He intends by it the scholars among them and the righteous among them, and that is all. As for...
The questioner : Here, Ibn Taymiyyah says that all of his family, the People of the House, do not agree on misguidance?
The Shaykh : Like all Muslims agreeing on misguidance?
The questioner : No, may Allah forbid it.
The Shaykh : My Ummah does not agree on misguidance. Their status in this regard is the same as the Ummah's; they are a group from the Ummah. Yes.
The questioner : In the same meaning, there is a hadith from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), in which he asked: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) single you out for something that he did not give to us? He said: Except for something in my bag?
The questioner : There is also a hadith where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said:
0 Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, ask me whatever you like, but I cannot avail you at all against Allah.
يا فاطمة سليني من مالي ما شئت لا أغني عنك من الله شيئاThe Shaykh : This is correct. There are many hadiths in this regard. Yes, and others.
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