Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-10b
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The reciter: Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 1039.
The Shaykh : Yes, no one knows when the rain will come except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
And this is not contradicted by the conjectures of the astronomers that rain will fall within 24 hours, because according to observation, there is much error in this. Secondly, they know this not as knowledge of the unseen, but as tangible knowledge, because the weather, by the permission of Allah, becomes ready for the formation of clouds and rain. So what is the basis of their report? It is based on a tangible matter, not on knowledge of the unseen. Therefore, they cannot say that it will rain after a month or two months, or a year or two years. No one knows when the rain will come except Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). Then Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said in the verse:. Even if they knew that rain would descend, they would not know that it is beneficial rain, because rain may be beneficial rain that saves from hardship, or it may not be, as came in the authentic hadith: . And regarding His saying: , I have two versions: "keys" (mufatihat) and "key" (miftah). "Keys" is the one that matches the verse where Allah mentioned it: [Luqman 31:34].
In this hadith narrated by Ibn Umar, the mention of the Hour is omitted, and two things are mentioned whose meanings are the same or similar. Thus, in this hadith, what is established in the Qur'an is omitted and a similar thing is repeated. So let us look:Sahih al-Bukhari 1039, this means [Luqman 31:34], and it is replaced with "No one knows when the Hour will stand except Allah." Sahih al-Bukhari 1039 This is before creation, but after creation, the angels in charge of the wombs know it. Similarly, in the present time, the rays they direct at the pregnant woman's belly allow them to know whether the child is male or female. Sahih al-Bukhari 1039 This is also true. A person may estimate that he will do such and such tomorrow, but does he know that it will happen? No, this is in his estimation, and it may happen or it may not. Sahih al-Bukhari 4627 This is also true. No one knows where he will die. Will he die in the street? In his house? In the mosque? In the desert? In another country? No one knows this. How many people have died in a land far from their homeland, without even deciding to go there, let alone die there? And if he does not know in which land he will die, then a fortiori, he does not know at what time he will die. Because if he does not know the land in which he will die, even though he can travel to it, then a fortiori, he does not know when he will die. Perhaps a person reaches a state where the one saying "he will not last until sunset," then Allah grants him healing, and this is something observed. And how many people, when they are at the peak of health and vitality, death comes to them and they die.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1039 This is true. No one knows when the rain will come, but as we told you a moment ago, Allah (Exalted is He) may inform the servants through tangible matters of the nearness of the rain's descent and the indication of the quantity, but only by way of conjecture and estimation.
"No soul knows in which land it will die." We mentioned previously a strange story that supports this. Who remembers it? Abdullah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... This hadith or its meaning. In any case, the story is close to this. It is that when the pilgrims returned from Makkah and descended in the valleys of the mountains around Makkah, they descended at the end of the night, then they tightened their belts and walked. This man had his sick mother with him, and he was nursing her and preparing a place for her on his mount. So he lagged behind the group. Then he finished preparing the place for his mother and walked, and he lost the path. The sun rose high and he did not know where the path was. Then he saw a Bedouin tent, so he went to them and asked them where the path to Najd was. They said, "The path to Najd is far, but descend and rest until we show you the path." So he descended, and from the moment he placed his mother on the ground, Allah took his soul. This is a land he had not dreamed of, nor did he come to it intentionally, but only due to being lost. So this confirms the noble verse; it is a real matter. And many things now, the accidents that happen on the roads and a person dies from the moment of the accident, did he estimate that he would die in this place? No, because a person may estimate that he will die in a city or village or the like, and yet he dies in the land that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) willed. And similarly, the time, as I told you a moment ago, sometimes... a person is ill and it is said he will not last until sunset or until sunrise, and then he is cured and healed. Yes, yes. Yes, Salim.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar. And whoever's death is in a land, he will not die in any other land... because in my mind, it is anomalous, because none of the narrations that Muslim cited contain this. Then it is far-fetched that in the era of the Companions, there would be someone who climbs houses to steal or commit betrayal. Therefore, you must verify it.
Keys of the unseen knowledge are five which nobody knows but Allah . . . nobody knows what will happen tomorrow; nobody knows what is in the womb; nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow; nobody knows at what place he will die; and nobody knows when it will rain.
مفتاح الغيب خمس لا يعلمها إلا الله، لا يعلم أحد ما يكون في غد، ولا يعلم أحد ما يكون في الأرحام، ولا تعلم نفس ماذا تكسب غدًا، وما تدري نفس بأي أرض تموت، وما يدري أحد متى يجيء المطرThe Shaykh : Yes, no one knows when the rain will come except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
And this is not contradicted by the conjectures of the astronomers that rain will fall within 24 hours, because according to observation, there is much error in this. Secondly, they know this not as knowledge of the unseen, but as tangible knowledge, because the weather, by the permission of Allah, becomes ready for the formation of clouds and rain. So what is the basis of their report? It is based on a tangible matter, not on knowledge of the unseen. Therefore, they cannot say that it will rain after a month or two months, or a year or two years. No one knows when the rain will come except Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). Then Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said in the verse:
He sends down the rain.
ينزل الغيثIt is not the custom that you do not rain, but the custom is that you rain and the earth does not grow anything.
ليس السنة ألا تمطروا ولكن السنة أتمطروا ولا تنبت الأرض شيئاThe keys of the unseen.
مفاتح الغيبIndeed, Allah [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs
إن الله عنده علم الساعة وينزل الغيث ويعلم ما في الأرحامIn this hadith narrated by Ibn Umar, the mention of the Hour is omitted, and two things are mentioned whose meanings are the same or similar. Thus, in this hadith, what is established in the Qur'an is omitted and a similar thing is repeated. So let us look:
nobody knows what will happen tomorrow
لا يعلم أحد ما يكون في غدno soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow
ولا تعلم نفس ماذا تكسب غداnobody knows what is in the womb
ولا يعلم أحد ما يكون في الأرحامnobody knows what he will gain tomorrow
ولا تعلم نفس ماذا تكسب غداno soul knows in what land it will die
وما تدري نفس بأي أرض تموتand nobody knows when it will rain
وما يدري أحد متى يجيء المطر"No soul knows in which land it will die." We mentioned previously a strange story that supports this. Who remembers it? Abdullah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... This hadith or its meaning. In any case, the story is close to this. It is that when the pilgrims returned from Makkah and descended in the valleys of the mountains around Makkah, they descended at the end of the night, then they tightened their belts and walked. This man had his sick mother with him, and he was nursing her and preparing a place for her on his mount. So he lagged behind the group. Then he finished preparing the place for his mother and walked, and he lost the path. The sun rose high and he did not know where the path was. Then he saw a Bedouin tent, so he went to them and asked them where the path to Najd was. They said, "The path to Najd is far, but descend and rest until we show you the path." So he descended, and from the moment he placed his mother on the ground, Allah took his soul. This is a land he had not dreamed of, nor did he come to it intentionally, but only due to being lost. So this confirms the noble verse; it is a real matter. And many things now, the accidents that happen on the roads and a person dies from the moment of the accident, did he estimate that he would die in this place? No, because a person may estimate that he will die in a city or village or the like, and yet he dies in the land that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) willed. And similarly, the time, as I told you a moment ago, sometimes... a person is ill and it is said he will not last until sunset or until sunrise, and then he is cured and healed. Yes, yes. Yes, Salim.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar. And whoever's death is in a land, he will not die in any other land... because in my mind, it is anomalous, because none of the narrations that Muslim cited contain this. Then it is far-fetched that in the era of the Companions, there would be someone who climbs houses to steal or commit betrayal. Therefore, you must verify it.