How to reconcile the virtue of Madinah with the virtue of Sham?
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The questioner : A questioner also asks and says: Hadiths have been narrated regarding the virtue of Madinah and the virtue of the Haram and the two Harams. Is there any type of contradiction between them and the hadiths narrated regarding the virtue of Sham? If so, what is the reconciliation between them?
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction, because the reality is that these hadiths have their own circumstances and specific times. The hadith in Sahih Muslim that applies to the Prophet’s Madinah is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 147 This time is not the time of Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2192Sahih (Darussalam) Sunan Abi Dawud 4252Sahih (Al-Albani) This occurs in one time and this in another. This is the method of reconciling hadiths that appear to contradict each other: each hadith is understood in a time, period, or manner that does not contradict the other manner. This is the answer: they differ by the difference in time.
The Shaykh : No, there is no contradiction, because the reality is that these hadiths have their own circumstances and specific times. The hadith in Sahih Muslim that applies to the Prophet’s Madinah is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
the faith would recede to Medina just as the serpent crawls back into its hole
إن الإسلام يأرز- أو - ليأرز إلى المدينة كما تأرز الحية إلى جحرهاWhen the inhabitants of Ash-Sham become corrupt, then there is no good in it for you.
إذا فسد أهل الشام فلا خير فيكمand a section of my people will continue to hold to the truth
ولا تزال طائفة من أمتي ...
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