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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did David (peace be upon him) kill [Goliath] with a stone?

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The questioner: Let me say the following now.

The Shaykh: Muhammad, start speaking, yes.

The questioner: The stone with which David killed Goliath, was it a weapon or not?

The Shaykh: The stone.

The questioner: The one with which David killed Goliath.

The Shaykh: Where did you see the word "stone"?

The questioner: What?

The Shaykh: Where did you see it?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: In the Qur'an, that
David killed Goliath و قتل داود جالوت
[Al-Baqarah 2:251]
But where did you get the stone from?

The questioner: From ... .

The Shaykh: It is the first thing you put in your mind, put it in your mind again.

Another questioner: Also in the politics.

The Shaykh: If ... there is an authentic hadith that Goliath was killed by a stone thrown by David, this would be a prophetic miracle, my dear, like when the Messenger threw sand in the eyes of the polytheists, do you know this story? It is not like that, so that was one of the causes of Allah's victory for the believers. So this miracle is like that, but this miracle is authentic and that one about David's stone is not authentic. But if we assume it is authentic, it is a miracle, and its exact counterpart is what is authentic that when 'Isa (peace be upon him) comes and descends in Damascus, then travels to Bayt al-Maqdis, the Dajjal comes and besieges him, besieging 'Isa and the believers with him in Bayt al-Maqdis. Then 'Isa (peace be upon him) comes out after ordering the opening of the gate of Bayt al-Maqdis when they are besieged in it, and he throws a spear at the Dajjal, and the Dajjal melts as salt melts in water. This is not every spear that does this operation, meaning that this is a miracle. I think I have made the answer clear to you. Please go ahead.
Ali Hasan: It is historically known that he killed him with a sword.

The Shaykh: I do not remember, in any case.
Hali Hasan: He was killed with a sword, even to the point that it was named "the Sword of Goliath," the sword that killed its owner.

The Shaykh : It is possible, yes.
Source www.al-albany.com

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