Explanation of the Book of Tawhid-08a

The reciter: 'Umar ibn Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, saying: Al-A'mash narrated to us from Shaqiq from 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: .

The Shaykh : This hadith affirms the jealousy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Jealousy is not defined more clearly than by its own term; jealousy is jealousy. A person may feel jealous, but it has effects, namely anger. No one is more jealous than Allah (Mighty and Majestic); for that reason, He has forbidden all obscenities. It is established in an authentic hadith regarding the story of the eclipse prayer that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , meaning that Allah feels intense jealousy for which there is no parallel when His male servant commits zina or His female servant commits zina. In this is evidence of the greatness of zina in the sight of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) feels intense jealousy regarding it. Yes, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) loves it when His servants praise Him and extol Him, for He is worthy of that (Glorified and Exalted is He) to be praised and extolled. Therefore, this is obligatory, and it is part of His perfection (Mighty and Majestic) that He loves to be praised with what He is worthy of, even though we cannot encompass His praise. Then, who does the benefit of this praise return to? To us, to the servant who praises Allah. He loves this because it benefits the servant. He loves this because He is worthy of being extolled. The wording of the hadith that we have here does not mention the soul; so what is the point of the heading? Perhaps it has another route in which the soul is mentioned, and al-Bukhari here abbreviated it. This is a habit of al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), and it is a strange habit: he mentions the heading and then brings the hadith with a wording that does not mention the heading, in order to encourage the student to seek out the hadith. If the intended meaning of the heading were present in the hadith, the dish would be cooked and a person could eat it with ease. But if it is not so, he searches and uses his mind: how is this? Where is the corroboration for the heading? If one has extensive knowledge of hadith, one knows that al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) indicated another wording in the hadith in which the soul is mentioned, and he uses this frequently (may Allah have mercy on him). But sometimes he indicates it with a wording that suits the heading, yet the hadith is not according to his condition, because his condition in the Sahih is strong and strict, so it is not according to his condition. But if we were asked: if it is not according to his condition, is there an indication from al-Bukhari of its authenticity? The apparent view is yes, that there is an indication from al-Bukhari of its authenticity. But not every authentic hadith in al-Bukhari is according to his condition (may Allah have mercy on him). It may be that in the Sahih itself, what suits the heading is present in the Sahih, but he did not mention it in this context, in order for you to search in the Sahih. Return to the Sahih, search in the Sahih before this chapter or after it, and you will find it.