The seventy thousand, with each one accompanied by seventy thousand: do they enter with them holding hands?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. As for the seventy thousand, with each one accompanied by seventy thousand, I do not know how to explain this hadith that passed before us, regarding each of the seventy thousand.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Seventy thousand.
The Shaykh : Well, the explanation is that the number increased, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : It says that they are holding hands, meaning with one another.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not possible for anyone other than these people, other than those who are attached to them, other than those who are attached to them.
The questioner : They enter after them.
The Shaykh : They enter after them, yes. The important point is that the seven hundred thousand who are holding hands are the seventy thousand, or only seven hundred thousand, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Seventy thousand.
The Shaykh : Well, the explanation is that the number increased, praise be to Allah.
The questioner : It says that they are holding hands, meaning with one another.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not possible for anyone other than these people, other than those who are attached to them, other than those who are attached to them.
The questioner : They enter after them.
The Shaykh : They enter after them, yes. The important point is that the seven hundred thousand who are holding hands are the seventy thousand, or only seven hundred thousand, yes.