. . . Given his advanced age, meaning in the tenth year of the Hijrah, how old was he?

The Shaykh : ... Given his advanced age, meaning in the tenth year of the Hijrah, how old was he?

The questioner : Sixty-two and some months, meaning sixty-three.

The Shaykh : Yes, his age was sixty-three, meaning approximately over sixty-two. He stood among the people praying a long, long, long prayer until some of them were unable to stand and were overcome by faintness due to the length of the standing. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying this great prayer, which is a sign in the Shari'ah, because there is no parallel for it. There is no parallel for it in the Shari'ah, just as there is no parallel for the eclipse in ordinary days. So it is a legal sign for a cosmic sign. This is a great opportunity if we were to use our reason and understand. Why did the Messenger turn from the ordinary prayer to this one?
So that we know that it is a sign for a sign.
So he began to pray among the people. And it appears, and Allah knows best, that Asma' came after the clearing had begun, or that she came before the total eclipse ended. Because if it is a total eclipse, it must become clear and appear, meaning the earth is as if it were night. I experienced one of the years, in 1973, when there was a total eclipse, a total one, and the stars could be seen in the daytime. And it became dark; the people lit the lamps in the houses because it became dark. So Allah is capable of all things. The important thing is that it appears she was either before the eclipse was complete or after it had begun to clear.
She combined speech and action. And "Glory be to Allah" is a word that does not invalidate the prayer, because it is prescribed dhikr in the prayer, not the speech of humans.
These are two gestures: the first for hearing, and the second meaning yes. How is "yes" done?

The questioner : By shaking the head.

The Shaykh : By shaking the head, meaning yes. Good. Meaning she stood and prayed. "Tajallani" means it became like a covering over me, meaning it covered her once. Due to the faintness that happened to her.
etc. When he finished, he gave a sermon. And he used to begin his sermons with praise and eulogy. Praise (al-hamd) is describing the Praiseworthy with perfection, and eulogy (al-thana') is repeating this description. And whoever interprets praise as eulogy has been lax in his interpretation, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What? .
... And it also indicates that praise is not eulogy, his saying: And the conjunction implies difference.
Then he said: He saw Paradise and the Fire with his own eyes. And he saw a cluster in Paradise and moved forward to reach it, but he did not do so, he did not reach it. He said: But Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not will for him to take anything from it. And he saw the Fire, and in it were people being punished, until he feared that he would be affected by its heat, so he retreated, (peace and blessings be upon him). He moved back.
He saw in it 'Amr ibn Luhay al-Khuza'i dragging his intestines in the Fire, meaning his intestines, because he was the first to introduce shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the sa'ibah (sacrifices for idols) to the Arabs.
And he saw in it a woman being punished for a cat she had locked up until it died; she did not feed it nor release it to eat from the creatures of the earth.
And he saw in it the man with the branded mark who steals from the pilgrims with his branded mark. A thief, a robber, who steals from the pilgrims with the branded mark. When he passed by the pilgrims, by their belongings, he hooked them with the branded mark. If the owner of the goods noticed him, he would say, "By Allah, the branded mark held it." And if he did not notice him, he walked away. A trick, but he is punished with the branded mark in the Fire. We ask Allah for safety. He saw something strange. It is said in a narration of Ahmad: Because he saw Paradise and the Fire and the people being punished in it. It is difficult. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was greatly affected and stood and gave a great, eloquent sermon until he said: .
He says: Close: There are two versions: "close" and "close" without the tanwin. Meaning did she say: like the trial of the Dajjal
Or did she say: close to it.
The trial of the Dajjal is a byword, because from the creation of Adam until the Hour, there is no trial more severe than the trial of the Dajjal. And whoever wants to know that should read the hadiths narrated about it.
In the graves, there is also a great trial. A person has only hours with his family in this world. He is alone with his deed, and two angels come to him whom he has never seen before, and they sit him down and question him. This is a great trial. We ask Allah for steadfastness for us and for you. A great trial, of the most severe of trials. And they ask him about a matter settled in the heart, not the limbs, which a person can rectify in the apparent deed before people. But he is asked about an inner matter whose place is the heart: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet? The non-believer, even if he has memorized it by heart, is not granted success in answering. And the believer is granted success in answering. He says: My Lord is Allah, my Prophet is Muhammad, and my religion is Islam. O Allah, make us among those who answer with this answer. This is the correct answer by which a person is saved.
And he says in the hadith: Meaning Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) May Allah's prayers and peace be upon him . With clear proofs: With the clear verses indicating his truth and that he is truly the Messenger of Allah. And guidance: knowledge. And we were in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, so Allah bestowed upon us this religion. So we became scholars and we were leaders of the world in knowledge, politics, and other matters, until we lagged behind due to not holding fast to this religion. And we are now a lagging nation. We are not even in the middle. We are lagging because we delayed in holding fast to our religion. We ask Allah to make us steadfast upon it.
He says: We responded to his call. We believed in his reports. We followed his footsteps, (peace and blessings be upon him). Sleep well. And this sleep, how quickly it passes, then the Hour will stand. Because a person in sleep and in death also, time passes quickly, at a tremendous speed. The people of the cave remained in their cave for three hundred years and added nine. And when they awoke, . And the one whom Allah kept dead for a hundred years, He said to him: How long did you remain? . So how if he sleeps in the grave and a door to Paradise is opened for him, and he comes from its spirit and its bliss? The ages and times and millions of years will pass for him as if they were moments.
Indeed, this is for emphasis, a lightened form of the heavy form, as evidenced by the fact that the letter lam came after it. .
The one who displays Islam and conceals disbelief. The doubter. We ask Allah to protect us and you from doubt and hypocrisy. And this answer can be from the hypocrite or from the doubter. He says faith did not enter his heart. He heard the people saying: Allah is our Lord, Muhammad is our Messenger, and Islam is our religion, so he said it. But faith did not reach his heart. We seek refuge in Allah. .
The important thing is that this is a great hadith with many benefits. And if you see fit to appoint one of you to collect its various parts and chains, and then we discuss it as Allah wills, that is good. So who will volunteer? Yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Good, then it is on you. Since it is collected for you, it is not collected for others. Collect the chains and make the main one your main one. Your main one in this is the longest context in al-Bukhari or Muslim. And the rest of the narrations, attach them to the middle of them, like some of the scholars did with the hadith of Jabir in the Farewell Pilgrimage. Did you understand?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : At the earliest possible time.