Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted, “Say: The Spirit is from the command of my Lord,” and we find that some scholars have defined the spirit; is this permissible?
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The questioner : Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Isra 17:85] and we find that some scholars have defined the spirit; is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Those who defined it did not define it by its essence; for example, they did not say it is from dust, nor did they say it is from blood, nor did they say it is from clay, nor did they say it is from anything at all. Rather, they defined it by its attributes according to what came in the Book and the Sunnah. So the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 1454Sahih (Darussalam) makes it clear that the thing that is seen is followed by the gaze, and his saying: also indicates that it is a body. So they describe it only by what came in the Book and the Sunnah, whereas saying what its essence is made of, that is what they do not say. Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh: Who informed about the Jewish burial, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the Jews? And does it relate to the hadith, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord
قل الروح من أمر ربيThe Shaykh : Those who defined it did not define it by its essence; for example, they did not say it is from dust, nor did they say it is from blood, nor did they say it is from clay, nor did they say it is from anything at all. Rather, they defined it by its attributes according to what came in the Book and the Sunnah. So the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
When the soul is taken, the sight follows it.
إن الروح إذا قبضت تبعها البصرThe angels descend with a shroud from Paradise and embalming from Paradise, and they take it and place it in that shroud.
إن الملائكة تنزل مع كفن من الجنة ، وحنوط من الجنة ،ويلأخذوها ويجعلوها في ذلك الكفنThe questioner : O Shaykh: Who informed about the Jewish burial, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the Jews? And does it relate to the hadith, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.