Is it true that Musa placed the coal in his mouth, or not?
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The Shaykh : Okay, this one is asking, he says: Is it true that Musa placed the coal in his mouth, or not? And is it true that the spider wove over the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion in the cave, or not?
But he brought it in verse form, and I told you yesterday that we have drowned in seas of verse. Yes, but even so, we thank the brothers for this verse. If you wish, we can listen to it. Let him recite it to us. There is no harm. Okay.
He says: O Shaykh, peace be upon you. Then he said words containing praise, which we do not want. This is a trick. He says: There is also a second poem.
In any case, we answer the question. The claim that Musa (peace be upon him) took the coal and placed it in his mouth because Pharaoh tested him with it has no basis. It is one of the Isra'iliyyat that are neither affirmed nor denied, because there is no text in our Shari'ah affirming or denying this story. So we suspend judgment; we neither affirm it nor deny it. As for the spider weaving over the cave where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed when they emigrated from Makkah to al-Madinah, which is a cave in Mount Thawr, that story is invalid and has no basis. If the hiding of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the concealment of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion from Quraysh had been through this web, it would not have been strange and would not have been among the striking signs of Allah. But the strange thing, and what is among the striking signs of Allah, is that Quraysh stood at the cave and Abu Bakr said: There is no web that prevents sight, there is nothing in it. But Allah the Exalted veiled the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion from the eyes of these transgressing people. The correct view is that there was no spider web, nor a dove falling on a tree at the mouth of the cave, nor anything else. It was a sign from the signs of Allah: Allah veiled the eyes of these polytheists from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion.
But he brought it in verse form, and I told you yesterday that we have drowned in seas of verse. Yes, but even so, we thank the brothers for this verse. If you wish, we can listen to it. Let him recite it to us. There is no harm. Okay.
He says: O Shaykh, peace be upon you. Then he said words containing praise, which we do not want. This is a trick. He says: There is also a second poem.
In any case, we answer the question. The claim that Musa (peace be upon him) took the coal and placed it in his mouth because Pharaoh tested him with it has no basis. It is one of the Isra'iliyyat that are neither affirmed nor denied, because there is no text in our Shari'ah affirming or denying this story. So we suspend judgment; we neither affirm it nor deny it. As for the spider weaving over the cave where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed when they emigrated from Makkah to al-Madinah, which is a cave in Mount Thawr, that story is invalid and has no basis. If the hiding of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the concealment of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companion from Quraysh had been through this web, it would not have been strange and would not have been among the striking signs of Allah. But the strange thing, and what is among the striking signs of Allah, is that Quraysh stood at the cave and Abu Bakr said: