What is the meaning of his statement: “There is nothing that I had not seen before that I did not see in my current position”?
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The questioner : The hadith of Aisha passed by us, in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in his sermon: How do we reconcile this with his (peace and blessings be upon him) seeing Paradise...?
The Shaykh : There is no contradiction at all. The two accounts are distinct; in each one, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw what he did not see in the other.
As for what follows, there is nothing that I did not see in my current position.
أما بعد فإنه ما من شيء إلا قد رأيته في مقامي هذاThe Shaykh : There is no contradiction at all. The two accounts are distinct; in each one, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw what he did not see in the other.