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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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He said, and not the plague, if Allah wills. What is the reason for saying "if Allah wills"?

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The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : It appears that this is an insertion by the narrator, and for this reason, in my view, the phrase "He said, and not the plague, if Allah wills" comes before it.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : What appears to me from the narrator, especially in the copy I have, is the addition of "He said, no." The first hadith is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, which is categorical and contains no exception:
plague and the Dajjal shall not penetrate into it لا يدخلها الطاعون ولا الدجال
Sahih Muslim 1379
It also appears that his statement "and it does not approach it" does not preclude the meaning being "so it does not enter it," similar to his saying:
And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed ولا تقربها ما ظهر منها وما بطن
[Al-An'am 6:151]
Or it can be said that the absence of its approach is more emphatic than the absence of its entry, meaning its meaning is that it does not draw near to it, nor do they draw near.
Source alathar.net

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