(Explaining that the intellect has no access to the soul, how the soul is returned to them when they are greeted, and that this is not a return of obligation, so they are not rewarded for it) Is it in their intellects
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The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, may Allah have mercy on him, the author, may Allah have mercy on him, explained that the matter of the soul is one in which the intellect has no access, because its matter is too great for intellects to comprehend. For this reason, he said:
"Is it in their intellects that the soul is *** in the highest companion, residing in the gardens
and is returned at times of greeting to him *** by his followers in all times"
This means that the soul of the Prophet, the soul of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), is in the highest of the highest, as he used to say when he was dying, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him:Sahih al-Bukhari 4437 And yet, when someone greets him, Allah returns this soul from the highest of the highest to its place in the grave in an instant, because the matter of the soul is great and cannot be compared to the matter of the dense body; its matter is great and the intellect cannot comprehend it at all.
"Is it in their intellects that the soul is *** in the highest companion, residing in the gardens
and is returned at times of greeting to him *** by his followers in all times"
This means that the soul of the Prophet, the soul of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), is in the highest of the highest, as he used to say when he was dying, may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him:
