The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "So look at how the evidence turned against them *** letter by letter, clear in its explanation"
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The Shaykh :"So look at how the evidence turned against them *** letter by letter, clear in its explanation"
Yes, the evidence has turned against them. The life of the martyrs is not like the life of this world. What is the evidence? That their wealth was distributed, their wives were married and made lawful, and worms are eating their bodies. How can their life be like the life of this world? So the argument you used and made your premise, which is the life of the martyrs, has turned against you. They were not alive with a worldly life. Likewise, the life of the prophets, which is a branch in your view, was not a worldly life. Thus, the evidence has turned against them. And I think the matter has also turned against you. Are you understanding well now? Good. They said that the life of the prophets is a branch of the life of the martyrs, because it is a case of a fortiori argument (qiyas al-awla), and it is known that the branch is dependent on the base. We say to them: The life of the martyrs is death. What is the evidence? The marriage of their wives after them, the waiting period of the women, the distribution of the wealth, and the earth eating the bodies. All of these are absent in the life of this world. Therefore, the death of the prophets is a reality, just as the death of the martyrs is a reality. And the life of the prophets is a life of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection), not a life of this world, just as the life of the martyrs is a life of the barzakh and not a life of this world. So the evidence has turned against them now. Yes.
What remains is that they argued that the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) are forbidden after him, and this indicates that he is alive; otherwise, his wives would have been lawful. Yes.
Yes, the evidence has turned against them. The life of the martyrs is not like the life of this world. What is the evidence? That their wealth was distributed, their wives were married and made lawful, and worms are eating their bodies. How can their life be like the life of this world? So the argument you used and made your premise, which is the life of the martyrs, has turned against you. They were not alive with a worldly life. Likewise, the life of the prophets, which is a branch in your view, was not a worldly life. Thus, the evidence has turned against them. And I think the matter has also turned against you. Are you understanding well now? Good. They said that the life of the prophets is a branch of the life of the martyrs, because it is a case of a fortiori argument (qiyas al-awla), and it is known that the branch is dependent on the base. We say to them: The life of the martyrs is death. What is the evidence? The marriage of their wives after them, the waiting period of the women, the distribution of the wealth, and the earth eating the bodies. All of these are absent in the life of this world. Therefore, the death of the prophets is a reality, just as the death of the martyrs is a reality. And the life of the prophets is a life of the barzakh (the interval between death and resurrection), not a life of this world, just as the life of the martyrs is a life of the barzakh and not a life of this world. So the evidence has turned against them now. Yes.
What remains is that they argued that the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) are forbidden after him, and this indicates that he is alive; otherwise, his wives would have been lawful. Yes.