How to reconcile the hadith (Every prophet has companions . . .) with the hadith ( . . and a prophet will come with no one with him . . . .) .
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. My book revolves around this hadith.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The book revolves around this hadith, but this leads me to a secondary question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : There is a hadith that every prophet has companions.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes, very well. How do we reconcile it with the hadith that a prophet will come with no one with him?
The Shaykh : This is an easy matter. May Allah bless you!
The questioner : Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : There is no general statement that has not been specified!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : General and specific, you mean!
The questioner : Specific.
The Shaykh : Ah, you mean as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 1:170 .
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : They said: And who refuses, O Messenger of Allah? He said:Sahih al-Bukhari 7280 You know, even if we do not believe in this example now, but for the sake of approximation, do you know that many of the later Muslim scholars, like al-Nawawi and his like, do not affirm the generality of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Very well, did they disbelieve in this hadith? The answer is no, but they specified it. Did they hit the mark or miss? That is not the place, because it is well known that our methodology is that this hadith is on its generality, and that as the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah explains in his great book *Iqtida' Sirat al-Mustaqim wa Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim*, that such a generality cannot be specified because of the frequency with which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated it to the ears of the Companions on every special occasion in the *Khutbat al-Hajah* (Sermon of Need) with which he would open his sermons, saying in this sermon: And every innovation is misguidance. This which is repeated in this general form cannot be subject to specification, and he does not mention the specifier despite the frequency of the repetition. But even so, it was found among the Muslim scholars that some said this is a general statement that is specified, and they came to prove the specifier Sahih Muslim 1017a and so on. So even though they erred in this claim, it is not possible to imagine that they did not believe in the depths of their souls that such a universal statement can be subject to specification. And therefore, the question regarding the previous answer is that this prophet has no followers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that one has some followers, but perhaps he does not have *hawariyyun* (companions). This is rare, so he says such a hadith specifies that hadith. And I say this means, in terms of jurisprudence, but the reality is that our methodology requires us to remember the hadith about which you started the question, because I do not remember it now due to the many hadiths that circulate in my mind. Do you, or the brother al-Walid, or any of the attendees, remember the source of the hadith!
The questioner : For a prophet, his *hawariyyun*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, I was asked about itThe student : I did not verify it and I did not trace the hadith.
The Shaykh : Ah, do you remember?
The questioner : One of the brothers.
The Shaykh : You are on...
The questioner : In the hadith that there is no prophet except that Allah sent with him the *hawariyyun* and his companions, and so on in this text.
The Shaykh: This.
The questioner : This is in *Sahih Muslim*, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : This is so that the hadith...
The questioner : ... Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.
The Shaykh : Yes, I have it with .
The questioner : 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this what you mean?
The questioner : In *Muslim*.
The Shaykh : In *Muslim*, it is, yes.
The questioner : In the hadithSahih Muslim 2415a .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner :Sahih Muslim 2415a .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What, our Shaykh, how does this differ?
The questioner : How does it differ?
The questioner : Because "every prophet has *hawariyyun*" this came in the singular *hawari* not the plural *hawariyyun*, the *hawari* of al-Zubayr, and he spoke about the individuals.
The Shaykh : No, the problem is valid in any case?
The questioner : Even the problem that is raised...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no *hawari*. The important thing, after the hadith is authentic, is the answer I mentioned earlier, and Allah knows best!
The questioner : And it is specification?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Of course, specification takes the place of exception!
The Shaykh : That is it, that is it.
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, I have a question.
The Shaykh : A moment, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : Because the brother Husayn was the one who was going to ask, so we took the time from him, so I apologize to him?
The Shaykh : No, it is your right!
The questioner: May Allah honor you.
The Shaykh : As for these brothers, we always live with them, especially the one next to me, he does not miss an opportunity!
The questioner : As Allah willed.
The Shaykh : And he does not letThe Shaykh : breathe except with good!
The questioner : What Allah willed, and by AllahThe Shaykh : He honored us, I mean.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : We were hoping, I mean, or actually, what is in my mind, I said if I could getThe Shaykh : for one hour!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Yes, every prophet has a *hawari*, and the *hawari* of al-Zubayr is in *al-Bukhari*
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : *al-Tirmidhi* from Jabir, and *al-Tirmidhi* and al-Hakim from 'Ali, authentic.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, after the *hawari*.
The questioner : The *hawari*.
The questioner : *Hawari* means a group.
The questioner : *Hawariyyan*.
The questioner : *Hawariyyan*.
The questioner : That every prophet has a *hawariyyan* and the *hawari* of al-Zubayr
The questioner : Yes, but it remains...
The questioner : It remains that the problem is valid?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... The problem, I did not include this hadith in *Haqqiyyat al-Intisar* with the hadith I referred to a moment ago, and I will put it in the footnote and explain?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : And your answer, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The book revolves around this hadith, but this leads me to a secondary question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : There is a hadith that every prophet has companions.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes, very well. How do we reconcile it with the hadith that a prophet will come with no one with him?
The Shaykh : This is an easy matter. May Allah bless you!
The questioner : Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : There is no general statement that has not been specified!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : General and specific, you mean!
The questioner : Specific.
The Shaykh : Ah, you mean as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
All of you will enter Paradise except those who refuse.
كلكم يدخل الجنة إلا من أبىThe questioner :
Except for the one who refuses
إلا من أبىThe Shaykh : They said: And who refuses, O Messenger of Allah? He said:
Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me is the one who refuses (to enter it).
من أطاعني فقد دخل الجنة و من عصاني فقد أبيEvery innovation is misguidance.
كل بدعة ضلالةHe who sets a good precedent in Islam
من سن في الإسلام سنة حسنةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that one has some followers, but perhaps he does not have *hawariyyun* (companions). This is rare, so he says such a hadith specifies that hadith. And I say this means, in terms of jurisprudence, but the reality is that our methodology requires us to remember the hadith about which you started the question, because I do not remember it now due to the many hadiths that circulate in my mind. Do you, or the brother al-Walid, or any of the attendees, remember the source of the hadith!
The questioner : For a prophet, his *hawariyyun*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, I was asked about itThe student : I did not verify it and I did not trace the hadith.
The Shaykh : Ah, do you remember?
The questioner : One of the brothers.
The Shaykh : You are on...
The questioner : In the hadith that there is no prophet except that Allah sent with him the *hawariyyun* and his companions, and so on in this text.
The Shaykh: This.
The questioner : This is in *Sahih Muslim*, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : This is so that the hadith...
The questioner : ... Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.
The Shaykh : Yes, I have it with
There is no prophet except that it was obligatory upon him to guide
ما من نبي إلا و كان حق عليه أن يدلThe questioner : 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this what you mean?
The questioner : In *Muslim*.
The Shaykh : In *Muslim*, it is, yes.
The questioner : In the hadith
for every Prophet there is a helper and my helper is Zubair.
أن لكل نبي حواري وحواري الزبيرThe Shaykh : How?
The questioner :
for every Prophet there is a helper and my helper is Zubair.
وحواري زبير إن لكل نبي حواري و حواري الزبيرThe Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What, our Shaykh, how does this differ?
The questioner : How does it differ?
The questioner : Because "every prophet has *hawariyyun*" this came in the singular *hawari* not the plural *hawariyyun*, the *hawari* of al-Zubayr, and he spoke about the individuals.
The Shaykh : No, the problem is valid in any case?
The questioner : Even the problem that is raised...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no *hawari*. The important thing, after the hadith is authentic, is the answer I mentioned earlier, and Allah knows best!
The questioner : And it is specification?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Of course, specification takes the place of exception!
The Shaykh : That is it, that is it.
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, I have a question.
The Shaykh : A moment, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : Because the brother Husayn was the one who was going to ask, so we took the time from him, so I apologize to him?
The Shaykh : No, it is your right!
The questioner: May Allah honor you.
The Shaykh : As for these brothers, we always live with them, especially the one next to me, he does not miss an opportunity!
The questioner : As Allah willed.
The Shaykh : And he does not letThe Shaykh : breathe except with good!
The questioner : What Allah willed, and by AllahThe Shaykh : He honored us, I mean.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.
The questioner : We were hoping, I mean, or actually, what is in my mind, I said if I could getThe Shaykh : for one hour!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Yes, every prophet has a *hawari*, and the *hawari* of al-Zubayr is in *al-Bukhari*
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : *al-Tirmidhi* from Jabir, and *al-Tirmidhi* and al-Hakim from 'Ali, authentic.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, after the *hawari*.
The questioner : The *hawari*.
The questioner : *Hawari* means a group.
The questioner : *Hawariyyan*.
The questioner : *Hawariyyan*.
The questioner : That every prophet has a *hawariyyan* and the *hawari* of al-Zubayr
The questioner : Yes, but it remains...
The questioner : It remains that the problem is valid?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... The problem, I did not include this hadith in *Haqqiyyat al-Intisar* with the hadith I referred to a moment ago, and I will put it in the footnote and explain?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : And your answer, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
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