Benefits of the Hadith: ( ... He said: When he stands up for prayer in the middle of the night, "O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth, and to You belongs all praise. You are the One who sustains...
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The Shaykh : All this praise of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is a form of seeking nearness to Allah through this praise, because describing the One being supplicated to with perfection is a cause for the answer to be granted, so this is a form of seeking nearness to Allah through a means.
It also contains the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asks his Lord to forgive him what he has done before and after, and what he has kept secret and what he has made public. In this is a refutation of those who say that the Messenger does not sin, which contradicts the Qur'anic and Prophetic texts. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Fath 48:2]
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : They should use it as evidence, but we say that this distortion is refuted by the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):[Muhammad 47:19] However, the difference between him and the Ummah is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) does not sin in a way that undermines prophethood, such as lying, betrayal, or deception, and he does not sin in a way that undermines honor and manliness, such as zina, sodomy, or the like. Nor does he remain upon a sin; rather, it is necessary that he be alerted and it be made clear to him. As for others, they are not protected from this. In any case, shirk (associating partners with Allah) is, above all else, something he cannot commit in any way, neither minor nor major, because shirk is the greatest of sins, and the minor of it is more severe than major sins. For this reason, we used it as evidence for the invalidity of the story attributed to Adam and Eve, in which Satan came to them and said, "Name your child 'Abd al-Harith," and they refused to obey him, so the fetus came out dead. Then she became pregnant again, and he came to them and threatened them, saying, "You will obey me, or I will make it have the horns of a gazelle, which will come out of your belly and split it open." So they named him 'Abd al-Harith. This story is one of the most invalid stories; it is a lie and forbidden, and it is not permissible for anyone to speak of it except to clarify its weakness. Because if Adam (peace be upon him) had committed this great sin, where he believed that Satan could create the horns of a gazelle in what was in her belly and split it open, and then named him 'Abd al-Harith, if it were assumed that he did that, it would have been greater than his eating from the tree from which he was forbidden to eat. And it would have been more deserving of him to excuse himself from intercession for the creation on the Day of Resurrection. He would have excused himself with what? By saying that he ate from the tree. If such a great sin had occurred from him, he would have been more deserving of excusing himself with it. The result is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does sin, without doubt, but he is prohibited from the five categories we mentioned: shirk absolutely, second? What undermines prophethood, such as lying and deception, and the third.
The student: Honor.
The Shaykh : What undermines honor and noble morals, and the fourth.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He does not remain upon it, whereas as for others, all of this may occur from them.
Allah is the Greatest.
The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings and bestow favor upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih, in the Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and its Shortening.
The Shaykh : We did not take it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : We took this.
The student: It was narrated to us...
The Shaykh : It was narrated to us by Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdami. We pray, we read from here whether we stopped at it or not, because everything before this we have read, and there is no problem with it.
... A long hadith from Ali.
The reader: How much? Which page?
The student: Seven hundred and eighty.
The reader: This one?
...
The reciter: n
The Shaykh : The reader, Taha, and what?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did we stop at?
The student: The hadith... we have not read it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We have not read it, did we stop at it?
The student: The hadith "It was narrated to us by Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna," we have not read it.
The Shaykh : We read it, and you said, "O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil," we read this.
The reader: When, O Shaykh, was this read?
The Shaykh : Because you did not come... tonight, and the brother Taha read. What do you have now?
The reader: I have Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdami.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is what we want.
The reader: Who?
The Shaykh : That is it.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings and bestow favor upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said.
It also contains the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asks his Lord to forgive him what he has done before and after, and what he has kept secret and what he has made public. In this is a refutation of those who say that the Messenger does not sin, which contradicts the Qur'anic and Prophetic texts. Allah the Exalted said:
That Allah may forgive for you what preceded of your sin and what will follow
لِيَغفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَما تَأَخَّرَThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : They should use it as evidence, but we say that this distortion is refuted by the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):
and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows of your movement and your resting place.
وَاستَغفِر لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلمُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُم وَمَثواكُمThe student: Honor.
The Shaykh : What undermines honor and noble morals, and the fourth.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He does not remain upon it, whereas as for others, all of this may occur from them.
Allah is the Greatest.
The reader: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings and bestow favor upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih, in the Book of the Prayer of the Traveler and its Shortening.
The Shaykh : We did not take it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : We took this.
The student: It was narrated to us...
The Shaykh : It was narrated to us by Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdami. We pray, we read from here whether we stopped at it or not, because everything before this we have read, and there is no problem with it.
... A long hadith from Ali.
The reader: How much? Which page?
The student: Seven hundred and eighty.
The reader: This one?
...
The reciter: n
The Shaykh : The reader, Taha, and what?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did we stop at?
The student: The hadith... we have not read it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : We have not read it, did we stop at it?
The student: The hadith "It was narrated to us by Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna," we have not read it.
The Shaykh : We read it, and you said, "O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil," we read this.
The reader: When, O Shaykh, was this read?
The Shaykh : Because you did not come... tonight, and the brother Taha read. What do you have now?
The reader: I have Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdami.
The Shaykh : Okay, this is what we want.
The reader: Who?
The Shaykh : That is it.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings and bestow favor upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) said.