Explanation of the Book of Fitnahs and Rulings-05b

The reciter: Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, and 'Asim ibn Muhammad narrated to us, and I heard my father say: Ibn 'Umar said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .

The Shaykh : The intended meaning of "the matter" here is that this matter is with Quraysh, meaning the matter of governance and leadership is with Quraysh. When Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was informed that a king from Qahtan would arise, he was angered (may Allah be pleased with him) and stood to preach to the people. He did this so that this hadith would not be used as a means to rebel against the caliphs and governors. A man from the worst of Allah's creation from Qahtan might come and say, "I am the king about whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke," thereby causing fitnah. This is one aspect. The other aspect is that he relied on a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which is what he (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated, saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: " meaning, He will cause him to fail and turn him back on his heels. Praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stipulated that it would be with Quraysh as long as they established the religion. Therefore, when this condition was not met by Quraysh, the kingship was taken from their hands and it became even with people who are not Arabs, such as the Turkish caliphate, which is not of the Arabs, because it was taken from their hands. This does not contradict what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us of, that a man from Qahtan will rule the people in the end times, driving them with his staff. When will this be? After the kingship is taken from Quraysh. And it was taken from the time of the last of the Abbasid caliphs. When? In 656 [AH]. From that time, the caliphate was taken from them and became for others. Why? Because they did not establish the religion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stipulated in the matter that it would be with Quraysh as long as they established the religion. However, Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was severe in his sermon and said: "As for what follows, it has reached me that some men among you are narrating hadiths that are not in the Book of Allah and are not transmitted from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)". As for his saying "not in the Book of Allah," is his statement true or not? It is true. And his saying "not transmitted" is according to his knowledge; this is according to his knowledge, so he says "not transmitted," even if the correct expression is "I do not know it to be transmitted," because it may have been transmitted. But sometimes a person is overcome by zeal until he utters such a statement. Just as 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) denied the cutting off of a woman's prayer and said: "You have likened us to donkeys and dogs". We say this means it is not befitting, as long as it is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that we liken you to donkeys and dogs. But if one reflects, one finds that there is no contradiction between what she was veiled by and what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal, which is established in Sahih Muslim. For what she was veiled by was that she sleeps across in front of him while he is praying, and the hadith of Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal is about passing by, and there is a difference between them. But as I told you, sometimes with intense zeal, a person imagines a thing to be other than what it is. Similarly, Mu'awiyah, Mu'awiyah was one of the most cunning of men, meaning he is considered among the cunning of the Arabs. The correct thing to say about such a statement is "I do not know it to be transmitted from the Messenger of Allah," because he did not have knowledge of everything that came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "And those are your ignorant ones, so beware of the hopes that mislead their people". This is according to his knowledge (may Allah be pleased with him). Perhaps at that time this hadith had spread; it may have spread on the tongues of people who did not want the truth but wanted to rebel against the imams, against Mu'awiyah and his governors. And Allah knows the secrets. Now, if someone were to ask, why was the matter with Quraysh as long as they established the religion? We say because the message was with them, so they were the most deserving of the caliphate, but with the condition of what? With the condition of establishing the religion.