What is the meaning of his saying: “I will surely make your eye content with it”?
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The questioner : What is the meaning of his saying: “I will surely make your eye content with it”?
The Shaykh : This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) loved that his uncle would submit and say: “There is no god but Allah.” And the meaning of “I will make your eye content with it” is: I will restrain it from weeping, because it is derived from *qurr* (coolness). The meaning of “his eye was content” is not that it settled in its place, but rather that it held back its tears so that it would not grieve. And when people say today to one who arrives: “May Allah make your eye content,” its meaning is: He will bring you joy so that tears do not fall from the eye, because when the eye cools, tears do not fall from it. But the response to “May Allah make your eye content” for us is...
The Shaykh : This is because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) loved that his uncle would submit and say: “There is no god but Allah.” And the meaning of “I will make your eye content with it” is: I will restrain it from weeping, because it is derived from *qurr* (coolness). The meaning of “his eye was content” is not that it settled in its place, but rather that it held back its tears so that it would not grieve. And when people say today to one who arrives: “May Allah make your eye content,” its meaning is: He will bring you joy so that tears do not fall from the eye, because when the eye cools, tears do not fall from it. But the response to “May Allah make your eye content” for us is...