Fatawa of the Makkah Haram-1412-03b
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The questioner : He says: We heard a rumor about you that on the night of the fifteenth, yes, the fifteenth is correct, of Ramadan this year, there will be lightning that will destroy a group of people. Yes, and it was said that the newspapers published this about you. What is the truth of that? Please tell us about it.
The Shaykh : I say: How much lies are attributed to us, and we did not say this. Rather, we wrote a statement to refute this news because it contains a hadith narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is a hadith that is not valid. It deafens them, meaning they hear what they hear and their hearing is removed. Meaning, and he raises his voice with that. Then he also mentioned other things, and we wrote a statement in this that this hadith is a lie and is not valid from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
First, that in its chain of narration there is one who is accused of lying, and there is one who is unknown, and such a thing is not permissible to rely upon in this unseen matter.
And second, that reality refutes it. The one we experienced in the year 1977, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1990, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1404, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1406, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. And in the year 1414, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing will come to us, if Allah wills.
The questioner : This is...
The Shaykh : Be patient, one more after, and let's see what the second one is, lightning.
This says a person says on Saturday, the Shaykh was asked about a person who took out the television and what? with his need.
The questioner : Yes, in the last lesson.
The Shaykh : Yes, this man, this was in a past lesson, he took out the television, then his brother tried to return it, so I gave him a ruling that he should buy a video player to show useful things. So on that day, some of the attendees said to me that it is not possible to have a video player without a television. It is said, yes, and it is not possible to show a video except on a television screen. But is it that if the television is found in the house, he must turn it on to channels, or is it not necessary? It is not necessary to turn it on to the video that you chose, or to turn it on to the channels. Yes.
The Shaykh : I say: How much lies are attributed to us, and we did not say this. Rather, we wrote a statement to refute this news because it contains a hadith narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is a hadith that is not valid.
That if it is the night of Friday coinciding with the fifteenth of Ramadan, then a sound will occur from the sky by which seventy thousand will be destroyed and seventy thousand will be deafened.
أنه إذا كان ليلة الجمعة موافقا للخامس عشر من رمضان فإنه يحدث صوت من السماء يهلك به سبعون ألفا ويصم به سبعون ألفاThey said: Who is safe from this, O Messenger of Allah? He said: The one who stays in his house, prays, and remembers Allah.
قالوا فمن السالم من هذا يا رسول الله قال : الذي يبقى في بيته يصلي ويذكر اللهFirst, that in its chain of narration there is one who is accused of lying, and there is one who is unknown, and such a thing is not permissible to rely upon in this unseen matter.
And second, that reality refutes it. The one we experienced in the year 1977, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1990, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1404, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. In the year 1406, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing came to us. And in the year 1414, the night of the middle of the month was a Friday night, and nothing will come to us, if Allah wills.
The questioner : This is...
The Shaykh : Be patient, one more after, and let's see what the second one is, lightning.
This says a person says on Saturday, the Shaykh was asked about a person who took out the television and what? with his need.
The questioner : Yes, in the last lesson.
The Shaykh : Yes, this man, this was in a past lesson, he took out the television, then his brother tried to return it, so I gave him a ruling that he should buy a video player to show useful things. So on that day, some of the attendees said to me that it is not possible to have a video player without a television. It is said, yes, and it is not possible to show a video except on a television screen. But is it that if the television is found in the house, he must turn it on to channels, or is it not necessary? It is not necessary to turn it on to the video that you chose, or to turn it on to the channels. Yes.