The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: << إنه من سليمان وإنه بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم >
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...is sufficient for them. Generosity with wealth means giving it lavishly. Generosity with wealth is also used to refer to the best of it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
Likewise, something that contains something important is described as generous, as seen in this description in the letter of Sulayman (peace be upon him).
It contains evidence that it is preferable for the writer to begin with his own name, saying: From so-and-so, before beginning with the name of the recipient or the one to whom it is written. Is this a matter of worship or a matter of custom?
The student: It is a matter of custom.
The Shaykh : It appears to be a matter of custom, but even so, the custom of the Salaf is preferable to the custom people have adopted today. People today have become accustomed to beginning with the recipient... To so-and-so, son of so-and-so. But the earlier custom is preferable, because when a person reads a letter, he reads it from the beginning. So if he reads: From so-and-so, he now knows what this is and the value of the letter, before he reads it all.
Furthermore, the natural order requires this, because a letter comes from [someone] to [someone], so it requires beginning with the one it comes from before the one it comes to.
So we say: It is preferable for a person to begin with his own name when he sends a letter to someone, because this is the established Sunnah.
Can it be taken from this letter that there is no need to mention the recipient, because it said: [Surat al-Naml: 30] and did not say: To the Queen of Saba?
The student: It may have been mentioned.
The Shaykh : But what is before us now.
The student: ......
The Shaykh : This is possible, or we say: If the evidence indicates the recipient, there is no need to mention him. For example, if you send this letter to a person, especially in a case like the story of Sulayman, where this bird brought it to its companion, there is a possibility that the letter might reach someone other than the recipient.
The purpose of specifying the recipient is what? It is to ensure it is identified and reaches him. Here, if the letter comes in this manner, it achieves the greatest identification. So we say: There is no need to mention it if the matter is achieved without it. But even so, mentioning it is preferable, especially if something depends on it in the future. If we assume that the companion to whom it was sent knew it and took it, but in the future we do not know to whom this address was directed, then mentioning it is undoubtedly preferable.
Also, this contains evidence for the recommendation of beginning letters with "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate," due to His saying: [Surat al-Naml: 30].
And fear the best of their wealth
واتق كرائم أموالهمLikewise, something that contains something important is described as generous, as seen in this description in the letter of Sulayman (peace be upon him).
It contains evidence that it is preferable for the writer to begin with his own name, saying: From so-and-so, before beginning with the name of the recipient or the one to whom it is written. Is this a matter of worship or a matter of custom?
The student: It is a matter of custom.
The Shaykh : It appears to be a matter of custom, but even so, the custom of the Salaf is preferable to the custom people have adopted today. People today have become accustomed to beginning with the recipient... To so-and-so, son of so-and-so. But the earlier custom is preferable, because when a person reads a letter, he reads it from the beginning. So if he reads: From so-and-so, he now knows what this is and the value of the letter, before he reads it all.
Furthermore, the natural order requires this, because a letter comes from [someone] to [someone], so it requires beginning with the one it comes from before the one it comes to.
So we say: It is preferable for a person to begin with his own name when he sends a letter to someone, because this is the established Sunnah.
Can it be taken from this letter that there is no need to mention the recipient, because it said:
Indeed, it is from Solomon
إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَThe student: It may have been mentioned.
The Shaykh : But what is before us now.
The student: ......
The Shaykh : This is possible, or we say: If the evidence indicates the recipient, there is no need to mention him. For example, if you send this letter to a person, especially in a case like the story of Sulayman, where this bird brought it to its companion, there is a possibility that the letter might reach someone other than the recipient.
The purpose of specifying the recipient is what? It is to ensure it is identified and reaches him. Here, if the letter comes in this manner, it achieves the greatest identification. So we say: There is no need to mention it if the matter is achieved without it. But even so, mentioning it is preferable, especially if something depends on it in the future. If we assume that the companion to whom it was sent knew it and took it, but in the future we do not know to whom this address was directed, then mentioning it is undoubtedly preferable.
Also, this contains evidence for the recommendation of beginning letters with "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate," due to His saying: