It is mentioned in some narrations that one descends with it for seventy autumns, even if the word is a sin. Does he descend with it?
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The questioner : It is mentioned in some narrations that one descends with it for seventy autumns, even if the word is a sin. Does he descend with it for seventy autumns?
The Shaykh : No, it does not mean every word, because a person might say a word, for example, without giving it any thought. For instance, suppose it is mockery of Allah or the religion, or of the people of good, and he does not care about it, and it becomes disbelief, and it may be disbelief.
The questioner : The generality of the hadith.
The Shaykh : No, he did not say every word; he said "the word," not every word.
The questioner : Is it possible that the intended meaning of his sayingJami` at-Tirmidhi 342Sahih (Darussalam) is the rising of the summer and the rising of the winter?
The Shaykh : No, that would be if he said "the two easts" between this and that.
The Shaykh : No, it does not mean every word, because a person might say a word, for example, without giving it any thought. For instance, suppose it is mockery of Allah or the religion, or of the people of good, and he does not care about it, and it becomes disbelief, and it may be disbelief.
The questioner : The generality of the hadith.
The Shaykh : No, he did not say every word; he said "the word," not every word.
The questioner : Is it possible that the intended meaning of his saying
What is between the east and the west
ما بين المشرق والمغربThe Shaykh : No, that would be if he said "the two easts" between this and that.