Explanation of the Book of Tawhid-07a

The reciter: Sa'id ibn Sulayman narrated to us from Ibn al-Mubarak from Musa ibn 'Utbah from Salim from 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: .

The Shaykh : We have previously mentioned in the chapter on oaths that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to swear by this frequently, and he used to swear by the phrase: frequently. Who is meant by 'Abdullah here? 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar. What is the evidence? Salim. This is an example of how one can identify an ambiguous narrator by his students or his teachers. Regarding the phrase: "No, by the Turner of hearts," is this an affirmation or a negation? That is, if he did not swear, is the question one, everyone? Is it a negation of the oath or an affirmation? What do we do with it? It is for emphasis. We passed over this recently and gave examples of this in 'aqidah, other than in hadith, where the negating "la" enters the oath, and the intended meaning is affirmation, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted: . The correct view is that this is for attention and emphasis, contrary to those who said regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: that it is for negation, and the meaning is that there is no truth to what you claim of denying the resurrection, or "I do not swear" because the matter does not require an oath. But the correct view is what we established first, that it is for emphasis and attention.