Continuation: What is the meaning of the phrase: “May Allah make your eye content with it”?
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The Shaykh : ... It settled in its place, but its meaning is that she held back her tears so she would not grieve. When people today say to someone who has arrived, “May Allah make your eye content with it,” they mean: bring you joy so that tears do not fall from the eye, because when the eye is cooled, tears do not fall from it. But what is the response to “May Allah make your eye content with it” among us? Among us, they say, “May your eye be content with your Prophet.” The response means, for example, if someone arrives to a person and says to him, “May your eye be content with your father,”
“May your eye be content with your son,” no one says “with the face of your Prophet,” and here the operative verb is omitted, and the implied meaning is “May Allah make your eye content with the face of your Prophet.” Some mention the operative verb and say, “May your eye be content with your Prophet.” I do not know what the response is among the Egyptians?!
The student: We do not use it at all.
The Shaykh : Strange, meaning, when someone arrives, you do not say “May Allah make your eye content with it”?
The students: They say, “Praise be to Allah for your safety.”
The Shaykh : And among the Lebanese?
The student: “Praise be to Allah for your safety,” “Congratulations on your safety.”
The Shaykh : And among the Algerians?
The student: The same thing.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, they do not say “May Allah make your eye content with it”? In any case, what is the connection between “May Allah make your eye content with your Prophet” and “May Allah make your eye content with the one who has arrived”? Each of them congratulates the one who has arrived and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is as if, when you congratulated him with the one whom Allah has reunited you with among your loved ones, you prayed for him that Allah would make your eye content with the reunion between you and your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Thus, he is greeted with the best. Yes.
“May your eye be content with your son,” no one says “with the face of your Prophet,” and here the operative verb is omitted, and the implied meaning is “May Allah make your eye content with the face of your Prophet.” Some mention the operative verb and say, “May your eye be content with your Prophet.” I do not know what the response is among the Egyptians?!
The student: We do not use it at all.
The Shaykh : Strange, meaning, when someone arrives, you do not say “May Allah make your eye content with it”?
The students: They say, “Praise be to Allah for your safety.”
The Shaykh : And among the Lebanese?
The student: “Praise be to Allah for your safety,” “Congratulations on your safety.”
The Shaykh : And among the Algerians?
The student: The same thing.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning, they do not say “May Allah make your eye content with it”? In any case, what is the connection between “May Allah make your eye content with your Prophet” and “May Allah make your eye content with the one who has arrived”? Each of them congratulates the one who has arrived and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is as if, when you congratulated him with the one whom Allah has reunited you with among your loved ones, you prayed for him that Allah would make your eye content with the reunion between you and your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Thus, he is greeted with the best. Yes.