Explanation of the Hadith: (The seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning or punishment)

The Shaykh : Only seventy thousand enter Paradise without reckoning, of course, and without punishment. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said one day while in the mosque: Then he entered the chamber and left the people after delivering this hadith to them. They began to speculate and guess, wondering who these people are and how fortunate they are. One person said: "These are the Muhajirun who left their lands, wealth, and children and migrated from Makkah to al-Madinah." Another said: "No, these are the Ansar who supported the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in times of hardship." A third said: "No, neither you nor you; these are our children who will come after us, who will believe in our Prophet but not see him." They were making these guesses when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon them with profound wisdom and a magnificent style in admonishing the people. He said to them: "They are those..." Here is the point: What does "do not seek ruqyah" mean? A person does not come to the Shaykh and say, "O Shaykh, please press me, perform ruqyah on me." No, rather he calls upon Allah himself, and Allah responds to the call of the distressed when they call upon Him. As for turning to the Shaykh, he places an intermediary between himself and his Lord. Although this intermediary is not shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not blameworthy, it is not praiseworthy; it is rather dispraised. It does not require the Shaykh toThe Shaykh : O Shaykh, please, cast a spell on me, perform ruqyah on me. No, rather, he is calling upon Allah directly, and Allah answers the call of the distressed one when he calls upon Him. As for resorting to the Shaykh, placing an intermediary between him and his Lord, even though this intermediary is not shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not blameworthy, it is not praiseworthy; it is blameworthy and not required of him.The Shaykh : that he should perform ruqyah on you. They never seek ruqyah from anyone; they place their reliance on Allah after taking the prescribed means, such as the amulets mentioned in the authentic Sunnah, and so on. Cauterization: the Arabs have known the medicine of cauterization from ancient times to the present day. In fact, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) praised cauterization as an Arab medical method and mentioned it in some hadiths... Yes?

The questioner : That is, in this way

The Shaykh : ... Cauterization?

The questioner : No, no. He mentioned that the treatment is in three things: cutting with a cupping horn, cauterization with fire, and reciting the Qur'an, or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said... Yes

The Shaykh : No, no, he mentioned that treatment is in three things: cupping, cauterization with fire, and reciting the Qur'an, or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said... Yes.

Another questioner : A drink of honey.

The Shaykh : Yes, a drink of honey, correct. The point is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke highly of cauterization as a treatment, but he said at the end of the hadith: Why? Because it is torment by fire, and none is tormented by fire except the Lord of the Fire. Therefore, in the time of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), some of the Shi'ah exaggerated in his status and believed in him a kind of divinity, and they apostatized from their religion because of that. So he ordered them to be burned with fire. When the news of this reached 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, he said: If I had known that, I would have prevented him from tormenting them with fire, because I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: So, because cauterization involves torment by fire, he prohibited it, even though it has a benefit for treating some diseases. He said: Superstition is known to you, and it is pessimism. And unfortunately, it is widespread among Muslims because of their ignorance of their religion and their return to the old pre-Islamic age of ignorance, because they have not been cultured with the correct culture of Islam.