What is the meaning of "I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created"?
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The questioner : The second question: What is the meaning of Sunan Abi Dawud 3898Sahih (Al-Albani)?
The Shaykh : "I seek refuge" means "I take hold" or "I hold fast" to the perfect words of Allah. The perfect words of Allah are those that encompass justice and truth, as the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:115] The word "words" here can refer to the cosmic, decreed words or the legislative words. A person seeks refuge in the legislative words of Allah through the Qur'an, for example, by seeking refuge in Surat al-Falaq and Surat al-Nas. One also seeks refuge in the cosmic words, which are that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) protects him with His cosmic words from the accursed Shaytan.
And His saying:[Al-Falaq 113:2] includes the self, for the self is among what Allah has created, and it has evils, as came in the Khutbat al-Hajah: Sunan Ibn Majah 1893Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
The questioner : The third question: What are the causes?
The Shaykh : We do not leave but one question until it goes around; we are afraid. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you.
Another questioner: Raise your voice.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Some people, some of the common folk, when they are told that free mixing or shaking hands with their female relatives who are not mahrams is wrong, they bring up a doubt and say:
The Shaykh : Be patient, O Muhammad, I have placed it.
I take refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He created
أعوذ بكلمات الله التامات من شر ما خلقThe Shaykh : "I seek refuge" means "I take hold" or "I hold fast" to the perfect words of Allah. The perfect words of Allah are those that encompass justice and truth, as the Exalted said:
And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقاً وَعَدْلاًAnd His saying:
From the evil of that which He created
من شر ما خلقWe seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds
أعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالناThe questioner : The third question: What are the causes?
The Shaykh : We do not leave but one question until it goes around; we are afraid. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you.
Another questioner: Raise your voice.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Some people, some of the common folk, when they are told that free mixing or shaking hands with their female relatives who are not mahrams is wrong, they bring up a doubt and say:
The Shaykh : Be patient, O Muhammad, I have placed it.