What is your response to those who excused al-Busiri for his apostasy?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, Shaykh. We found, O Shaykh, an answer from some of the scholars regarding al-Busiri’s statement in the Burdah, in his saying:
"O most noble of creation, to whom shall I take refuge *** other than You when the general calamity befalls".
He says that the intended meaning is intercession on the Day of Resurrection. Is this sound?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : He says: The second verse clarifies it.
The Shaykh :"If You are not taking".
The questioner :"If You are not taking my hand"
The Shaykh :"on the Day of Return, my hand, as a favor".
The questioner :"Otherwise, say: O slip of the foot", because he said: "the general calamity", meaning it encompasses all people.
The Shaykh : When the general calamity befalls, which encompasses all people.
The questioner : That is, O Shaykh, he says: On the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh : Who said this?
The questioner : He attributed it to Yusuf al-Rifai.
The Shaykh : I thought he was one of the imams of the da'wah.
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All of this is the rambling of this man, O men.
The questioner : Meaning, it is not sound?
The Shaykh : It is wrong, wrong. This is... the speech of the Lord of the Worlds, which we know contains nothing but truth. We said this is distortion.
"To whom shall I take refuge other than You when the general calamity befalls" means in this world, and in the Hereafter he said:
"If You are not taking my hand on the Day of Return *** as a favor".
The word "as a favor": Does the Messenger possess the power to pardon people on the Day of Resurrection? Yes? He does not possess it, but in this man’s view, he does possess it. "Otherwise, say: O slip of the foot". Then, what does he say in the final verse?
"For from Your generosity are the world and its sister *** and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen"... .
The questioner : Some people appreciated this, but the first one, as for the second...
The Shaykh : O my brother, if they appreciated it, is there any goodness after disbelief?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I do not say, tell him what I told you about him. Say: We have descended with you to the lowest limits and broken the ladder of ascent. Yes? How do you answer his saying:
"For from Your generosity are the world and its sister *** and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen" How do you answer? Meaning, even if we assume that the previous two verses contain nothing, it is not possible to answer the third verse. It is not possible to answer for a person whose intention is known; the final verse clarifies the meaning of the first two verses. Yes.
"O most noble of creation, to whom shall I take refuge *** other than You when the general calamity befalls".
He says that the intended meaning is intercession on the Day of Resurrection. Is this sound?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : He says: The second verse clarifies it.
The Shaykh :"If You are not taking".
The questioner :"If You are not taking my hand"
The Shaykh :"on the Day of Return, my hand, as a favor".
The questioner :"Otherwise, say: O slip of the foot", because he said: "the general calamity", meaning it encompasses all people.
The Shaykh : When the general calamity befalls, which encompasses all people.
The questioner : That is, O Shaykh, he says: On the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh : Who said this?
The questioner : He attributed it to Yusuf al-Rifai.
The Shaykh : I thought he was one of the imams of the da'wah.
The questioner : No, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : All of this is the rambling of this man, O men.
The questioner : Meaning, it is not sound?
The Shaykh : It is wrong, wrong. This is... the speech of the Lord of the Worlds, which we know contains nothing but truth. We said this is distortion.
"To whom shall I take refuge other than You when the general calamity befalls" means in this world, and in the Hereafter he said:
"If You are not taking my hand on the Day of Return *** as a favor".
The word "as a favor": Does the Messenger possess the power to pardon people on the Day of Resurrection? Yes? He does not possess it, but in this man’s view, he does possess it. "Otherwise, say: O slip of the foot". Then, what does he say in the final verse?
"For from Your generosity are the world and its sister *** and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen"... .
The questioner : Some people appreciated this, but the first one, as for the second...
The Shaykh : O my brother, if they appreciated it, is there any goodness after disbelief?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I do not say, tell him what I told you about him. Say: We have descended with you to the lowest limits and broken the ladder of ascent. Yes? How do you answer his saying:
"For from Your generosity are the world and its sister *** and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen" How do you answer? Meaning, even if we assume that the previous two verses contain nothing, it is not possible to answer the third verse. It is not possible to answer for a person whose intention is known; the final verse clarifies the meaning of the first two verses. Yes.