The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-07a
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The reciter: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu Kuraib, and Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated it to us, saying: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us from al-A'mash from al-Musayyib ibn Rafi' from Warad, the freed slave of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, from al-Mughirah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), to the same effect. Abu Bakr and Abu Kuraib said in their narrations: He dictated it to al-Mughirah, and he wrote it to Mu'awiyah.
The Shaykh : We did not complete this hadith previously. It contains: "O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You have given, and no one who can give what You have withheld, and no one possessing might can avert Your might." We discussed power and its comprehensiveness. Power is the creation of an act without weakness, and strength is the creation of an act without weakness. The opposite of power is weakness, and the opposite of strength is weakness. Power is only attributed to one who has perception, while strength is attributed to one who has perception and to one who does not. For this reason, we say: this building is strong, but we do not say it is powerful or capable. However, for one who has perception, we say he is strong and we say he is powerful.
And His saying:Sahih al-Bukhari 6615 Unless it is understood to mean: there is no one who can prevent its continuation.
And His saying: "and no one who can give what You have withheld" means: no one can give what You have decreed to withhold. What Allah has decreed to withhold, no one will ever bring about. And "no one possessing might can avert Your might." "Might" here is in the active participle form, meaning the one who possesses might. Correct.
Might, fortune, and wealth mean: the one who possesses fortune and the one who possesses wealth, their wealth does not benefit them against Allah in any way.
It also contains a benefit from the hadith: the permissibility of dictating a hadith, as he said: "He dictated it to al-Mughirah."
It also contains: that the Salaf did not belittle themselves in clarifying the truth. For this reason, al-Mughirah wrote to Mu'awiyah, and both were Companions, because Mu'awiyah was the Commander of the Faithful and al-Mughirah was not, and yet he wrote to him with this dhikr.
The questioner : Did you not understand "might"...?
The Shaykh : "And no one possessing might can avert Your might" means: the might of the one who possesses might does not benefit him against Allah.
The Shaykh : We did not complete this hadith previously. It contains: "O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You have given, and no one who can give what You have withheld, and no one possessing might can avert Your might." We discussed power and its comprehensiveness. Power is the creation of an act without weakness, and strength is the creation of an act without weakness. The opposite of power is weakness, and the opposite of strength is weakness. Power is only attributed to one who has perception, while strength is attributed to one who has perception and to one who does not. For this reason, we say: this building is strong, but we do not say it is powerful or capable. However, for one who has perception, we say he is strong and we say he is powerful.
And His saying:
Narrated Warrad: (the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba) Muawiya wrote to Mughira. 'Write to me what you heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying after his prayer.' So Al-Mughira dictated to me and said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying after the prayer, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partner. O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the fortune of a man of means is useless before You (i.e., only good deeds are of value).
لا مانع لما أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت: لا مانع لما أعطيتAnd His saying: "and no one who can give what You have withheld" means: no one can give what You have decreed to withhold. What Allah has decreed to withhold, no one will ever bring about. And "no one possessing might can avert Your might." "Might" here is in the active participle form, meaning the one who possesses might. Correct.
Might, fortune, and wealth mean: the one who possesses fortune and the one who possesses wealth, their wealth does not benefit them against Allah in any way.
It also contains a benefit from the hadith: the permissibility of dictating a hadith, as he said: "He dictated it to al-Mughirah."
It also contains: that the Salaf did not belittle themselves in clarifying the truth. For this reason, al-Mughirah wrote to Mu'awiyah, and both were Companions, because Mu'awiyah was the Commander of the Faithful and al-Mughirah was not, and yet he wrote to him with this dhikr.
The questioner : Did you not understand "might"...?
The Shaykh : "And no one possessing might can avert Your might" means: the might of the one who possesses might does not benefit him against Allah.