What is the authenticity of the hadith (Indeed, Allah restrains by authority what He does not restrain by the Qur'an) and what is its meaning?
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The questioner : The Shaykh, what is the meaning of this hadith and how authentic is it: ?
The Shaykh : Yes, I do not recall anything about its authenticity right now, but its meaning is that some people are not reformed except by the strength of authority, while others are reformed by the Qur'an; when they read the Qur'an, they take heed and benefit. And some people are wicked and are not reformed except by authority. This is indicated by the fact that if a fornicator commits fornication, what is done to him? He is flogged. We do not say: we bring him, read the Qur'an to him, and warn him against fornication and the like. We flog him because this deters him and others like him from returning to it. So the meaning is correct: that Allah the Exalted restrains by authority what He does not restrain by the Qur'an. But the wording of the hadith does not come to my mind right now. Yes.
Indeed, Allah restrains by authority what He does not restrain by the Qur'an
إن الله ليزع بالسلطان ما لا يزع بالقرآنThe Shaykh : Yes, I do not recall anything about its authenticity right now, but its meaning is that some people are not reformed except by the strength of authority, while others are reformed by the Qur'an; when they read the Qur'an, they take heed and benefit. And some people are wicked and are not reformed except by authority. This is indicated by the fact that if a fornicator commits fornication, what is done to him? He is flogged. We do not say: we bring him, read the Qur'an to him, and warn him against fornication and the like. We flog him because this deters him and others like him from returning to it. So the meaning is correct: that Allah the Exalted restrains by authority what He does not restrain by the Qur'an. But the wording of the hadith does not come to my mind right now. Yes.