And I will be sincere to Allah, then to His Messenger*** and to His Book and the laws of faith, if my Lord wills, this will be by His power*** or if He does not will, the matter belongs to the Most Merciful (Linking the oath with the will of Allah)
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The Shaykh :"And I will be sincere" In my opinion: And I will be sincere to Allah, is that how you all understand it?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning I will be sincere to Allah. If the verse had been: "And I will be sincere to Allah, then to His Messenger, His Book, and the laws of faith," if the verse had been like that, it would have been correct. "And I will be sincere to Allah" would match the wording of the hadith:. However, in the copies we have in hand, it says: "And I will be sincere to Allah," so the meaning is "I will be sincere to Him," and it is in the accusative case with the preposition omitted.
"If my Lord wills, this will be by His power*** if He does not will"
And the reader read: "or if He does not will," right?
The student: Or.
The Shaykh : Or, in any case, both meanings are correct.
"*** or if He does not will, the matter belongs to the Most Merciful"
And praise be to Allah that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said "if my Lord wills," because if his first oath had not been linked with the will of Allah, it would have been a blunder. This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding Sulayman:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3856Sahih (Darussalam). And when a person swears an oath regarding something, he should link his oath with the will of Allah to facilitate the matter. For this reason, he said:
"If my Lord wills, this will be by His power*** if He does not will"
And the second version is: "or if He does not will", "the matter belongs to the Most Merciful"
There are two versions, because if Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) wills to guide His servant, that is by His grace and power. Or if He does not will, to whom does the matter belong? It belongs to Him (Mighty and Majestic). So we ask Allah to guide us and you to His straight path. Yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning I will be sincere to Allah. If the verse had been: "And I will be sincere to Allah, then to His Messenger, His Book, and the laws of faith," if the verse had been like that, it would have been correct. "And I will be sincere to Allah" would match the wording of the hadith:
Religion is sincere advice for the sake of Allah
الدين النصيحة لله"If my Lord wills, this will be by His power*** if He does not will"
And the reader read: "or if He does not will," right?
The student: Or.
The Shaykh : Or, in any case, both meanings are correct.
"*** or if He does not will, the matter belongs to the Most Merciful"
And praise be to Allah that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said "if my Lord wills," because if his first oath had not been linked with the will of Allah, it would have been a blunder. This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding Sulayman:
If he had said: 'If Allah wills,' he would not have broken his vow, and this would have been a means to help him to get what he wanted.
لو قال إن شاء الله لم يحنث، وكان دركا لحاجته"If my Lord wills, this will be by His power*** if He does not will"
And the second version is: "or if He does not will", "the matter belongs to the Most Merciful"
There are two versions, because if Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) wills to guide His servant, that is by His grace and power. Or if He does not will, to whom does the matter belong? It belongs to Him (Mighty and Majestic). So we ask Allah to guide us and you to His straight path. Yes.