What is your opinion of the one who says regarding the statement of the Exalted: << خالدين فيها إلا ما شآء ربك >> What is the duration of their permanence before entering it?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is your opinion of the statement of some scholars that the statement of the Exalted: [Hud 11:107] means the duration of their permanence before entering it?
The Shaykh : It is not apparent, meaning I considered the opinions, and the best ... is what I mentioned to you. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : When, what?
The questioner : It did not become clear to me ... .
The Shaykh : That is, its meaning is when He said:[Hud 11:107] a person might understand that they are eternal in it for the duration of this period, so the Exalted said: [Hud 11:108] then [Hud 11:107] also, to ward off what the one who supposes might think that there is in this something of injustice or the like, He said: [Hud 11:107]. Yes.
The questioner : We need more clarification.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This? And what is the problem until we explain the clear?
The questioner : The exception.
The Shaykh :[Hud 11:107]. [Hud 11:107] Meaning, why did this exception come? We say it came because a person might understand from His statement: the duration of permanence . The "ma" is a temporal particle, and the implied meaning is the duration of the permanence of the heavens and the earth. Let us suppose the duration of the permanence of the heavens and the earth is, for example, a hundred thousand million years. If the verse came like this: [Hud 11:107] meaning the duration of the permanence of the heavens and the earth, a person would understand from it that they are eternal in it, for example, how much? A hundred thousand million, we estimated this, and after that it ends either by their being taken out or by its destruction, do you understand? So when He said: [Hud 11:107] it means except for an additional duration that Allah willed. Clear? This is the closest thing, because this is about the future, not the past. Meaning, some people said: [Hud 11:107] meaning that the duration of their permanence in the world, in the grave, and on the Day of Resurrection, they have not entered it yet.
We say: This is not correct, because Allah is speaking about something in the future, not something in the past. That is enough, the time is over. May you understand, O 'Abd al-Hamid, is your name 'Abd al-Hamid? Ahmad, if Allah wills, you understand.
The questioner : Yes, a little, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : That is, in my opinion, if you do not understand, if you get closer to your brothers who are close, perhaps after today it might be more understandable, if Allah wills. I propose to every person who has difficulty in understanding that he move forward, I propose that he move forward. And the one who has good understanding, on the contrary? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, if Allah wills, good will come to everyone, if Allah wills.
The reader: " So from the testimony by name: the testimony for Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali, and the like of them whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) named.
And from the testimony by description: the testimony for every believer or pious person. And we testify to the Fire for every one who is testified to by the Book and the Sunnah by name or by description. So from the testimony by name: the testimony for Abu Lahab and 'Amr ibn Luhay al-Khuzai'i and the like of them. And from the testimony by description: the testimony for every disbeliever or one who associates partners with Allah, major shirk, or a hypocrite ".
And we believe in the trial of the grave.
except what your Lord should will
إلا ما شاء ربكThe Shaykh : It is not apparent, meaning I considered the opinions, and the best ... is what I mentioned to you. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : When, what?
The questioner : It did not become clear to me ... .
The Shaykh : That is, its meaning is when He said:
as long as the heavens and the earth endure
ما دامت السماوات الأرضa bestowal uninterrupted.
عطاء غير مجذوذIndeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
إن ربك فعال لما يريدIndeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
إن ربك فعال لما يريدThe questioner : We need more clarification.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This? And what is the problem until we explain the clear?
The questioner : The exception.
The Shaykh :
[They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will
خالدين فيها ما دامت السموات والأرض إلا ما شاء ربكexcept what your Lord should will
إلا ما شاء ربكabiding therein forever
خالدين فيهاAs long as the heavens and the earth remain
ما دامت السموات والأرضas long as the heavens and the earth endure
ما دامت السماوات والأرضexcept what your Lord should will
إلا ما شاء ربكexcept what your Lord should will
إلا ما شاء ربكWe say: This is not correct, because Allah is speaking about something in the future, not something in the past. That is enough, the time is over. May you understand, O 'Abd al-Hamid, is your name 'Abd al-Hamid? Ahmad, if Allah wills, you understand.
The questioner : Yes, a little, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : That is, in my opinion, if you do not understand, if you get closer to your brothers who are close, perhaps after today it might be more understandable, if Allah wills. I propose to every person who has difficulty in understanding that he move forward, I propose that he move forward. And the one who has good understanding, on the contrary? Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, if Allah wills, good will come to everyone, if Allah wills.
The reader: " So from the testimony by name: the testimony for Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali, and the like of them whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) named.
And from the testimony by description: the testimony for every believer or pious person. And we testify to the Fire for every one who is testified to by the Book and the Sunnah by name or by description. So from the testimony by name: the testimony for Abu Lahab and 'Amr ibn Luhay al-Khuzai'i and the like of them. And from the testimony by description: the testimony for every disbeliever or one who associates partners with Allah, major shirk, or a hypocrite ".
And we believe in the trial of the grave.