The Shaykh asked the students to research the degrees of Paradise and reconcile the texts regarding them
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The Shaykh : In any case, we want verification now. Everything you mentioned lacks verification. Ashraf, this is your commitment, yes. Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Alright, let him verify it for us. Write down Ashraf 'Abd al-Maqsud, yes.
One of its conditions.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : About a hundred.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes... this is a problem now, because he says its degrees are a hundred, which on the surface means they do not exceed a hundred.
The student: He said this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: He said this statement.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: He said it just as you said.
The Shaykh : And what did he say?
The student: ... two degrees, so the first meaning... I said, O Messenger of Allah, should I not inform the people...
The Shaykh : Yes, that there are a hundred degrees in Paradise.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict, but the statement that there are a hundred degrees in Paradise does not indicate that the degrees of Paradise are exactly a hundred; there are a hundred in it, there are a hundred. The important thing, O Khalid, is to let him verify it. It is not just a hundred degrees; then also explain the authenticity of the hadiths, yes. Do not collect hadiths and leave them unverified. May Allah help you. You have until next week, if Allah wills, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the Gates of Paradise:
Its gates are truly eight, they came *** in the text, and they are for the one of excellence
The gate of jihad, and that is the highest, and the *** gate of fasting is called the gate of al-Rayyan
And for every righteous effort there is a gate, and the *** one of effort enters from it in safety "
The Shaykh : Why do you lean on the haa? Whenever the haa comes, you lean on it. From it he enters, yes.
The reader: " And for every righteous effort there is a gate, and the *** one of effort enters from it in safety
And the man will be called from its gates *** collectively, if he fulfilled the adornment of faith
Among them is Abu Bakr, the truthful one, *** the caliph of the one sent with the Qur'an "
The Shaykh : This is what the author mentioned; it is explicit, and there are hadiths narrated by al-Bukhari and others. And his saying: " Among them is Abu Bakr " is because Abu Bakr asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: meaning that a person is called from one gate, there is no necessity, meaning there is no problem, he can be called, Riyad as-Salihin 1216 May Allah be pleased with him.
But it is said: Does not the Muslim pray, fast, perform Hajj, strive in the path of Allah, and give charity? So how is it said: whoever is among the people of fasting, whoever is among the people of jihad, whoever is among the people of charity, whoever is among whom?
It is said: whoever’s most and best deed is fasting, for example, is called from the gate of fasting, and if he has another righteous deed, he has a gate, if he gives charity. And whoever’s most and best deed is charity is called from the gate of charity, even if he has fasting and prayer. And whoever is the most and best in prayer among people is called from the gate of prayer, yes, yes. Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, he mentioned it in Fath al-Bari. I reviewed it. I reviewed it, but I do not remember in which chapter. And al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), as you know... in the first hadith, then you return to the numbers of the ends (at-taraafid) and follow it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Okay, take it as research... yes, it may be equal, but equality in every aspect may be rare.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? The deadline is until next week, yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The urging to perform these rights, like also when a person performs wudu' and perfects the wudu', and says: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the eight gates of Paradise are opened for him and he enters from whichever he wishes. This is of that type.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, whoever does a righteous deed that he deserves, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the measure between the gates of it:
Seventy years between every two of *** them is measured by counting and calculation
This is the hadith of Luqayt, known as the *** long report, and this is of great status
And upon it is all majesty and awe, *** and for you is what it contains of knowledge "
The Shaykh : And for you
The reader: " And upon it is all majesty and awe, *** and for you is what it contains of knowledge "
The Shaykh : This hadith, we want from the brother Khalid.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict. Verify it by chain, because people differ on its authenticity, yes.
The reader: " Chapter: On the measure between the two leaves of one of its gates
But between them is a journey of forty *** narrated by the ink of the ummah, al-Shaybani
In the Musnad as marfu', and it is for Muslim *** as mawquf, and as marfu' by a second aspect
And it was narrated that its estimate is three *** days "
The Shaykh : It was narrated, it was narrated, and it was narrated
The reader: " And it was narrated that its estimate is three "
The Shaykh : Its estimate, its estimate with the damma.
The reader: " And it was narrated that its estimate is three *** days, but with the one of knowledge
I mean al-Bukhari, the one of satisfaction, he is a denier *** "
The Shaykh : Denier
The reader: " I mean al-Bukhari, the one of satisfaction, he is a denier *** and the hadith of its narrator is one of denial "
The Shaykh : You must lean on the haa.
Now, in the estimate between the two gates, there are three athar. The first athar: the hadith of Luqayt that between them is what? Seventy years. And the second: between them is a journey of forty. And the third: between them is a journey of three days. The last one is munkar. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said that it is a munkar hadith, and its companion has munkar narrations.
So this is dropped. It is dropped and does not compete with the two previous hadiths.
What remains is looking at the estimate of forty and the estimate of seventy. The difference between them is approximately? Huh?
The student: Thirty.
The Shaykh : Approximately half. From seventy to forty is approximately half. So how to reconcile?
The reconciliation between them is to say: the journey differs. So the journey of loaded camels is not like the journey of fast mail. It is forty years considering, huh? the fast journey, and seventy years considering the slow journey. This is if the hadith of Luqayt is authentic. But if it is not authentic, the reliance is on what Imam Ahmad narrated as marfu', and Muslim extracted it as mawquf. But Ibn al-Qayyim says: it is marfu' by a second aspect. What is the second aspect? That it is marfu' in ruling, because such a thing is not said by opinion, yes.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ... we say that between the two gates... is like between the two leaves of one gate
The Shaykh : What we have: But between them.
The student: Yes...
The Shaykh : He did not say: its two leaves. The important thing is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The statement of Ibn al-Qayyim. But if it is between its two leaves, the matter is clear and not difficult, because the width of the gate would be forty, the width of the gate, and what is between the two gates is seventy. But the discussion is on the Nunniyyah. For this reason he said:
" But between them is a journey " as if this is a correction from his saying: " Seventy years between every two "
... forty in the narration of Imam Ahmad and Muslim.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this also needs reconciliation, and the brother verifies it, yes? Yes, you help him, O Khalid, you help each other, yes, yes, and how?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It seems the supervisor, O Mazen, says: he has a previous research.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Give it to him, and take it from him, okay, yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It appears it is not.
The student: ... the hadith after it...
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, so the hadith is clear.
The student: The hadiths
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, even Ibn al-Qayyim, since we returned to the translation, it is like what he said, its two leaves, and at that time there is no problem. What remains for us now, may Allah make it easy for you, the research is on the hadith of Luqayt: is it authentic or not authentic? Yes. May Allah guide us among those He has guided, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the key of the gate of Paradise:
This and opening the gate is not possible *** except with a key with teeth
Its key is the testimony of sincerity and tawhid, *** that is the testimony of faith ".
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
The reader: " Its teeth are the deeds, and they are the laws of *** Islam, and the key "
The Shaykh : ... the key
The reader: " Its teeth are the deeds, and they are the laws of *** Islam, and the key with the teeth
Do not neglect this example, for how much *** of resolving problems is in it for the one of knowledge "
The Shaykh : When he mentioned its gates, may Allah have mercy on him, he mentioned the key of these gates. The key of Paradise is La ilaha illa Allah. So the Murji'ah said: The key of Paradise is La ilaha illa Allah, and deeds have no entry into that. And the Salaf said: The key does not open except with teeth, and its teeth are the laws of faith. So whoever comes with prayer, zakah, fasting, Hajj, and the laws of Islam, it is opened for him. And whoever does not, it is not.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Alright, let him verify it for us. Write down Ashraf 'Abd al-Maqsud, yes.
One of its conditions.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : About a hundred.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes... this is a problem now, because he says its degrees are a hundred, which on the surface means they do not exceed a hundred.
The student: He said this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: He said this statement.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: He said it just as you said.
The Shaykh : And what did he say?
The student: ... two degrees, so the first meaning... I said, O Messenger of Allah, should I not inform the people...
The Shaykh : Yes, that there are a hundred degrees in Paradise.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict, but the statement that there are a hundred degrees in Paradise does not indicate that the degrees of Paradise are exactly a hundred; there are a hundred in it, there are a hundred. The important thing, O Khalid, is to let him verify it. It is not just a hundred degrees; then also explain the authenticity of the hadiths, yes. Do not collect hadiths and leave them unverified. May Allah help you. You have until next week, if Allah wills, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the Gates of Paradise:
Its gates are truly eight, they came *** in the text, and they are for the one of excellence
The gate of jihad, and that is the highest, and the *** gate of fasting is called the gate of al-Rayyan
And for every righteous effort there is a gate, and the *** one of effort enters from it in safety "
The Shaykh : Why do you lean on the haa? Whenever the haa comes, you lean on it. From it he enters, yes.
The reader: " And for every righteous effort there is a gate, and the *** one of effort enters from it in safety
And the man will be called from its gates *** collectively, if he fulfilled the adornment of faith
Among them is Abu Bakr, the truthful one, *** the caliph of the one sent with the Qur'an "
The Shaykh : This is what the author mentioned; it is explicit, and there are hadiths narrated by al-Bukhari and others. And his saying: " Among them is Abu Bakr " is because Abu Bakr asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said:
O Messenger of Allah, is there any necessity for the one who is called from one of these gates?
يا رسول الله، ما على من دعي من باب من هذه الأبواب من ضرورةWill anybody be called from all of those gates?" He replied, "Yes, and I hope that you will be one of them."
فهل يدعى أحد من جميع تلك الأبواب؟ قال: نعم، وأرجو أن تكون منهمBut it is said: Does not the Muslim pray, fast, perform Hajj, strive in the path of Allah, and give charity? So how is it said: whoever is among the people of fasting, whoever is among the people of jihad, whoever is among the people of charity, whoever is among whom?
It is said: whoever’s most and best deed is fasting, for example, is called from the gate of fasting, and if he has another righteous deed, he has a gate, if he gives charity. And whoever’s most and best deed is charity is called from the gate of charity, even if he has fasting and prayer. And whoever is the most and best in prayer among people is called from the gate of prayer, yes, yes. Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, he mentioned it in Fath al-Bari. I reviewed it. I reviewed it, but I do not remember in which chapter. And al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), as you know... in the first hadith, then you return to the numbers of the ends (at-taraafid) and follow it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Okay, take it as research... yes, it may be equal, but equality in every aspect may be rare.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh? The deadline is until next week, yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The urging to perform these rights, like also when a person performs wudu' and perfects the wudu', and says: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the eight gates of Paradise are opened for him and he enters from whichever he wishes. This is of that type.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : By Allah, whoever does a righteous deed that he deserves, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the measure between the gates of it:
Seventy years between every two of *** them is measured by counting and calculation
This is the hadith of Luqayt, known as the *** long report, and this is of great status
And upon it is all majesty and awe, *** and for you is what it contains of knowledge "
The Shaykh : And for you
The reader: " And upon it is all majesty and awe, *** and for you is what it contains of knowledge "
The Shaykh : This hadith, we want from the brother Khalid.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It does not contradict. Verify it by chain, because people differ on its authenticity, yes.
The reader: " Chapter: On the measure between the two leaves of one of its gates
But between them is a journey of forty *** narrated by the ink of the ummah, al-Shaybani
In the Musnad as marfu', and it is for Muslim *** as mawquf, and as marfu' by a second aspect
And it was narrated that its estimate is three *** days "
The Shaykh : It was narrated, it was narrated, and it was narrated
The reader: " And it was narrated that its estimate is three "
The Shaykh : Its estimate, its estimate with the damma.
The reader: " And it was narrated that its estimate is three *** days, but with the one of knowledge
I mean al-Bukhari, the one of satisfaction, he is a denier *** "
The Shaykh : Denier
The reader: " I mean al-Bukhari, the one of satisfaction, he is a denier *** and the hadith of its narrator is one of denial "
The Shaykh : You must lean on the haa.
Now, in the estimate between the two gates, there are three athar. The first athar: the hadith of Luqayt that between them is what? Seventy years. And the second: between them is a journey of forty. And the third: between them is a journey of three days. The last one is munkar. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said that it is a munkar hadith, and its companion has munkar narrations.
So this is dropped. It is dropped and does not compete with the two previous hadiths.
What remains is looking at the estimate of forty and the estimate of seventy. The difference between them is approximately? Huh?
The student: Thirty.
The Shaykh : Approximately half. From seventy to forty is approximately half. So how to reconcile?
The reconciliation between them is to say: the journey differs. So the journey of loaded camels is not like the journey of fast mail. It is forty years considering, huh? the fast journey, and seventy years considering the slow journey. This is if the hadith of Luqayt is authentic. But if it is not authentic, the reliance is on what Imam Ahmad narrated as marfu', and Muslim extracted it as mawquf. But Ibn al-Qayyim says: it is marfu' by a second aspect. What is the second aspect? That it is marfu' in ruling, because such a thing is not said by opinion, yes.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ... we say that between the two gates... is like between the two leaves of one gate
The Shaykh : What we have: But between them.
The student: Yes...
The Shaykh : He did not say: its two leaves. The important thing is the statement of Ibn al-Qayyim.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : The statement of Ibn al-Qayyim. But if it is between its two leaves, the matter is clear and not difficult, because the width of the gate would be forty, the width of the gate, and what is between the two gates is seventy. But the discussion is on the Nunniyyah. For this reason he said:
" But between them is a journey " as if this is a correction from his saying: " Seventy years between every two "
... forty in the narration of Imam Ahmad and Muslim.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, this also needs reconciliation, and the brother verifies it, yes? Yes, you help him, O Khalid, you help each other, yes, yes, and how?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It seems the supervisor, O Mazen, says: he has a previous research.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Give it to him, and take it from him, okay, yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : It appears it is not.
The student: ... the hadith after it...
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, so the hadith is clear.
The student: The hadiths
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, even Ibn al-Qayyim, since we returned to the translation, it is like what he said, its two leaves, and at that time there is no problem. What remains for us now, may Allah make it easy for you, the research is on the hadith of Luqayt: is it authentic or not authentic? Yes. May Allah guide us among those He has guided, yes.
The reader: " Chapter on the key of the gate of Paradise:
This and opening the gate is not possible *** except with a key with teeth
Its key is the testimony of sincerity and tawhid, *** that is the testimony of faith ".
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
The reader: " Its teeth are the deeds, and they are the laws of *** Islam, and the key "
The Shaykh : ... the key
The reader: " Its teeth are the deeds, and they are the laws of *** Islam, and the key with the teeth
Do not neglect this example, for how much *** of resolving problems is in it for the one of knowledge "
The Shaykh : When he mentioned its gates, may Allah have mercy on him, he mentioned the key of these gates. The key of Paradise is La ilaha illa Allah. So the Murji'ah said: The key of Paradise is La ilaha illa Allah, and deeds have no entry into that. And the Salaf said: The key does not open except with teeth, and its teeth are the laws of faith. So whoever comes with prayer, zakah, fasting, Hajj, and the laws of Islam, it is opened for him. And whoever does not, it is not.