Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-01b
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The reciter: Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to us, Hisham informed us that Ibn Jurayj informed them, saying: Ibrahim ibn Maysarah informed me, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Sahih al-Bukhari 885.
The Shaykh : But the fact that Ibn Abbas did not know it, others did know it.
And in this is evidence that no matter how much knowledge a person attains, some rulings may remain hidden from him. And nothing is more amazing than the story of the plague, for who was the one who knew it exclusively, to the exclusion of all the Companions? It was Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf. When the Commander of the Faithful, Umar, traveled to Sham and was on the way, he was told that the plague had broken out there. So he stopped and consulted the Companions, and no one knew of anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding it except Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, who came and informed him.
Ibn `Abbas mentioned the statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding the taking of a bath on Friday and then I asked him whether the Prophet (p.b.u.h) had ordered perfume or (hair) oil to be used if they could be found in one's house. He (Ibn `Abbas) replied that he did not know about it.
أنه ذكر قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في الغسل يوم الجمعة، فقلت لابن عباس: أيمس طيباً أو دهناً إن كان عند أهله؟ فقال : لا أعلمهThe Shaykh : But the fact that Ibn Abbas did not know it, others did know it.
And in this is evidence that no matter how much knowledge a person attains, some rulings may remain hidden from him. And nothing is more amazing than the story of the plague, for who was the one who knew it exclusively, to the exclusion of all the Companions? It was Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf. When the Commander of the Faithful, Umar, traveled to Sham and was on the way, he was told that the plague had broken out there. So he stopped and consulted the Companions, and no one knew of anything from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding it except Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, who came and informed him.