Explanation of the Book of the Heart—01a
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muslimah narrated to us, saying: Al-Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us from his father from Sahl, who said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: A place the width of a whip in Paradise...
The Shaykh : A whip, or a voice?
The reciter: A whip
The Shaykh : With a ta?
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have a voice, and what do you have?
The reciter: The hadith of Ibn Umar: "Be in the world as if you were a stranger"
The Shaykh : before Him
The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muslimah narrated to us, a place the width of a voice with a ta
The Shaykh : A voice?
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did he not speak about it?
The reciter: No, he did not speak about it. He said: A place the width of a voice in Paradise is better than the world and all that it contains, and a morning with a lam
The Shaykh : Who is this?
The reciter: Al-Qastallani
The Shaykh : The well-known phrase is "a place the width of a whip in Paradise." This is the well-known wording. However, if the wording "voice" is authentic, then the intended meaning, may Allah know best, is the extent of the voice, meaning the distance the voice reaches. But it must be clarified. As for the whip, it is well known. A whip, a place the width of a whip means like a stick, approximately one meter, which is better than the world and all that it contains. The entire world is not the world you are living in, nor the world that people are living in at their time. The world is from its beginning to its end, including its wealth, sons, palaces, ships, and other things. A whip in Paradise, its place, is better than the world and all that it contains.
The Shaykh : A whip, or a voice?
The reciter: A whip
The Shaykh : With a ta?
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have a voice, and what do you have?
The reciter: The hadith of Ibn Umar: "Be in the world as if you were a stranger"
The Shaykh : before Him
The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muslimah narrated to us, a place the width of a voice with a ta
The Shaykh : A voice?
The Reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did he not speak about it?
The reciter: No, he did not speak about it. He said: A place the width of a voice in Paradise is better than the world and all that it contains, and a morning with a lam
The Shaykh : Who is this?
The reciter: Al-Qastallani
The Shaykh : The well-known phrase is "a place the width of a whip in Paradise." This is the well-known wording. However, if the wording "voice" is authentic, then the intended meaning, may Allah know best, is the extent of the voice, meaning the distance the voice reaches. But it must be clarified. As for the whip, it is well known. A whip, a place the width of a whip means like a stick, approximately one meter, which is better than the world and all that it contains. The entire world is not the world you are living in, nor the world that people are living in at their time. The world is from its beginning to its end, including its wealth, sons, palaces, ships, and other things. A whip in Paradise, its place, is better than the world and all that it contains.