Is it taken from the hadith that removing one's shoes for another person is not considered an insult?
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The questioner : Helping him remove his shoe or slipper is not considered ... an insult or ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, okay. What do you say?
The questioner : We mentioned ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : We mentioned the right of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning he says in this hadith that there is evidence that removing one's shoes from a person is not considered humiliation for the one who removes them? That is the meaning of his statement.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this absolute?
The questioner : No, it is not.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is not ... .
The Shaykh : It is not absolute; it is not absolute. There is no doubt that serving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even in this matter, is considered an honor, a virtue, and an elevation. But if a person humbles himself to another person to this extent for a worldly purpose, there is no doubt that it is blameworthy, if it is for a worldly purpose. However, if it is for a benefit, for example, if we suppose that this person did it for a man of knowledge in front of a priest from the wicked Christians or others, to show him that Muslims honor the people of knowledge among them, and the disbeliever becomes angry, then this is good, just as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not spit except that it would fall into the hand of one of them, and he would wipe his face and chest with it. They did not do this in the usual course of things, but they wanted the messenger of Quraysh to go to Quraysh amazed. And indeed, that is what happened. When he went to Quraysh, he said, "O people, I entered upon the kings, Kisra, Caesar, and the Negus, and I did not see anyone whom his companions honor as the companions of Muhammad honor Muhammad. If they honor him to this extent, when he speaks they are silent, no one speaks or utters a word, and when he spits, the spit falls into the hand of one of them and he wipes his face and chest with it, and when he performs ablution, they almost fight over his ablution. They almost fight over his ablution. There is no doubt that this angers the disbelievers when they see the Muslims honoring their leaders in knowledge or their leaders in authority. This honor angers them. And everything, O brothers, that angers the disbelievers, you have a reward with Allah for it. Everything that angers them, you have a reward with Allah for it, Mighty and Majestic. Yes, because Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Fath 48:29], and He said: [At-Tawbah 9:120]. Yes, indeed.
The student: The Christians ... ?
The Shaykh : What are the Christians? They are disbelievers.[Al-Ma'idah 5:73] Look, this sentence is affirmed with three affirmations by the lam, and a quantifier is implied. Yes.
The questioner : ... three.
The Shaykh : What? Yes, he went, then this brother added "Rudfa," yes?
The questioner : ... counts as three.
The Shaykh : Come on, read.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay. What do you say?
The questioner : We mentioned ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : We mentioned the right of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning he says in this hadith that there is evidence that removing one's shoes from a person is not considered humiliation for the one who removes them? That is the meaning of his statement.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is this absolute?
The questioner : No, it is not.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is not ... .
The Shaykh : It is not absolute; it is not absolute. There is no doubt that serving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even in this matter, is considered an honor, a virtue, and an elevation. But if a person humbles himself to another person to this extent for a worldly purpose, there is no doubt that it is blameworthy, if it is for a worldly purpose. However, if it is for a benefit, for example, if we suppose that this person did it for a man of knowledge in front of a priest from the wicked Christians or others, to show him that Muslims honor the people of knowledge among them, and the disbeliever becomes angry, then this is good, just as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not spit except that it would fall into the hand of one of them, and he would wipe his face and chest with it. They did not do this in the usual course of things, but they wanted the messenger of Quraysh to go to Quraysh amazed. And indeed, that is what happened. When he went to Quraysh, he said, "O people, I entered upon the kings, Kisra, Caesar, and the Negus, and I did not see anyone whom his companions honor as the companions of Muhammad honor Muhammad. If they honor him to this extent, when he speaks they are silent, no one speaks or utters a word, and when he spits, the spit falls into the hand of one of them and he wipes his face and chest with it, and when he performs ablution, they almost fight over his ablution. They almost fight over his ablution. There is no doubt that this angers the disbelievers when they see the Muslims honoring their leaders in knowledge or their leaders in authority. This honor angers them. And everything, O brothers, that angers the disbelievers, you have a reward with Allah for it. Everything that angers them, you have a reward with Allah for it, Mighty and Majestic. Yes, because Allah the Exalted said:
delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers
يُعجِبُ الزُّرّاعَ لِيَغيظَ بِهِمُ الكُفّارَnor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
وَلا يَطَئونَ مَوطِئًا يَغيظُ الكُفّارَ وَلا يَنالونَ مِن عَدُوٍّ نَيلًا إِلّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِ عَمَلٌ صالِحٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُضيعُ أَجرَ المُحسِنينَThe student: The Christians ... ?
The Shaykh : What are the Christians? They are disbelievers.
They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three."
لَقَد كَفَرَ الَّذينَ قالوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثالِثُ ثَلاثَةٍThe questioner : ... three.
The Shaykh : What? Yes, he went, then this brother added "Rudfa," yes?
The questioner : ... counts as three.
The Shaykh : Come on, read.