What is your comment on their saying: (from the blessing of the Shaykh)?
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The questioner : In a final observation, O Shaykh, they say, "We seek your blessing" or "We have lost your blessing." How is the blessing to be...
The Shaykh : Are we going to let him vent his feelings on you now? He will answer you, because if he is right, he will defend his point of view, and if he is wrong, he will correct his mistake.
The questioner : By Allah, there is no doubt that...
The Shaykh : Because this issue is related to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Do you want to know how...? The Syrian expression...
The questioner : I want to know the meaning of blessing. What does blessing mean?
The questioner : Lasting good. Blessing is lasting good.
The Shaykh : Do you have an answer, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman?
The questioner : I have an answer, but I did not know how to answer. However, the summary of the speech is that the blessing you received is your adherence to the Book and the Sunnah and following the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is from the blessing of the Qur'an and from the blessing of the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). That is the blessing intended here.
The Shaykh : Did you like this answer?
The questioner : I liked it, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Do not forget that the Companions, from their blessing, when they were unable to cross the Euphrates River, they prayed two rak'ahs and walked across the river without their sandals getting wet.
The questioner : We do not go beyond the blessing of a person, which originates from the person himself.
The questioner : This is correct, established, and correct.
The questioner : I ask our Shaykh, I do not know. I know it is established and correct.
The questioner : What is your comment, O Shaykh, on the blessing from a person, or that a person is a blessing? The minds of the common people are like this; these are among the things they spread.
The Shaykh : This, in Arabic expression, has a deleted modifier, and I ask the village...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And let me draw his attention to it, because on an occasion I forgot what the word was. I said that this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), so I brought it to you. Is it permissible for one to say, "Spring caused the grass to grow," and we extended the examples? What is the word you said that was shirk, and then we said, "No, this has an acceptable meaning in the Shari'ah," like "Spring caused the grass to grow," like "The food satisfied me," like "The water quenched me"? Is that correct? Do you remember this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But you did not mention the word you said when this discussion happened. This is important now. Here, the topic that took place that time will benefit you: blessing.The Shaykh : It is not his self, just like the hadith of the blind man exactly.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The later scholars say that the blind man, by seeking nearness to Allah through the self of the Prophet, regained his sight. No, it was by the supplication of the Prophet and the intercession of the Prophet, and so on. So the blessing of the Prophet is his supplication and his guidance of the people and his direction of them. The blessing of the Companions, the blessing, the blessing, and so on, of those who came after them, and they try to follow their path and their calling, as you explained to me recently, and you asked if I liked it, and I said, "Some of it." The other part is that you should remember this linguistic fact that there is a deleted modifier here: blessing.The Shaykh : It means supplication.The Shaykh : His reform, his direction of the people, and the like, not that...The Shaykh : ...that he is a sacred personality and he is other than humans. No, you are a disbeliever in that, are you not? And I am with you. Do not be afraid of the word "disbelief," because this is disbelief, not from the meaning of disbelief. So if the problem is removed, it is correct, is it not?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, yes.
The Shaykh : Are we going to let him vent his feelings on you now? He will answer you, because if he is right, he will defend his point of view, and if he is wrong, he will correct his mistake.
The questioner : By Allah, there is no doubt that...
The Shaykh : Because this issue is related to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Do you want to know how...? The Syrian expression...
The questioner : I want to know the meaning of blessing. What does blessing mean?
The questioner : Lasting good. Blessing is lasting good.
The Shaykh : Do you have an answer, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman?
The questioner : I have an answer, but I did not know how to answer. However, the summary of the speech is that the blessing you received is your adherence to the Book and the Sunnah and following the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is from the blessing of the Qur'an and from the blessing of the guidance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). That is the blessing intended here.
The Shaykh : Did you like this answer?
The questioner : I liked it, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Do not forget that the Companions, from their blessing, when they were unable to cross the Euphrates River, they prayed two rak'ahs and walked across the river without their sandals getting wet.
The questioner : We do not go beyond the blessing of a person, which originates from the person himself.
The questioner : This is correct, established, and correct.
The questioner : I ask our Shaykh, I do not know. I know it is established and correct.
The questioner : What is your comment, O Shaykh, on the blessing from a person, or that a person is a blessing? The minds of the common people are like this; these are among the things they spread.
The Shaykh : This, in Arabic expression, has a deleted modifier, and I ask the village...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And let me draw his attention to it, because on an occasion I forgot what the word was. I said that this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), so I brought it to you. Is it permissible for one to say, "Spring caused the grass to grow," and we extended the examples? What is the word you said that was shirk, and then we said, "No, this has an acceptable meaning in the Shari'ah," like "Spring caused the grass to grow," like "The food satisfied me," like "The water quenched me"? Is that correct? Do you remember this?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But you did not mention the word you said when this discussion happened. This is important now. Here, the topic that took place that time will benefit you: blessing.The Shaykh : It is not his self, just like the hadith of the blind man exactly.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The later scholars say that the blind man, by seeking nearness to Allah through the self of the Prophet, regained his sight. No, it was by the supplication of the Prophet and the intercession of the Prophet, and so on. So the blessing of the Prophet is his supplication and his guidance of the people and his direction of them. The blessing of the Companions, the blessing, the blessing, and so on, of those who came after them, and they try to follow their path and their calling, as you explained to me recently, and you asked if I liked it, and I said, "Some of it." The other part is that you should remember this linguistic fact that there is a deleted modifier here: blessing.The Shaykh : It means supplication.The Shaykh : His reform, his direction of the people, and the like, not that...The Shaykh : ...that he is a sacred personality and he is other than humans. No, you are a disbeliever in that, are you not? And I am with you. Do not be afraid of the word "disbelief," because this is disbelief, not from the meaning of disbelief. So if the problem is removed, it is correct, is it not?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, yes.
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