Continuation of the Explanation of the Hadith: (Then the first thing he asked me about was: What is his lineage among you? I said: He is of noble lineage among us. He said: Has anyone from you ever said this before him? I said: No. He said: Did any of his fathers ever rule? I said: No. He said: Do the nobles of the people follow him, or the weak ones? I said: Rather, the weak ones. He said: Do they increase or decrease? I said: Rather, they increase. He said: Does anyone of them turn away from the religion in anger after entering it? I said: No. He said: Did you suspect him of lying before he said what he said? I said: No. He said: Does he betray? I said: No. And we are in a period with him where we do not know what he will do in it. He said: And I was not able to find a word to insert anything into except this word. He said: Did you fight him? I said: Yes. He said: How was your fighting with him? I said: The war between us and him was balanced; we would strike them and they would strike us. He said: What does he command you? I said: He says: Worship Allah alone and do not associate anything with Him, and leave what your fathers used to say. And he commands us with prayer, charity, truthfulness, modesty, and maintaining family ties.)

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The first question he asked me about him was: 'What is his family status amongst you?' I replied, 'He belongs to a good (noble) family amongst us.' Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?' I replied, 'No.' He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?' I replied, 'No.' Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?' I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.' He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day by day)?' I replied, 'They are increasing.' He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?' I replied, 'No.' Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim (to be a Prophet)?' I replied, 'No. ' Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?' I replied, 'No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.' I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?' I replied, 'Yes.' Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?' I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.' Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?' I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.' Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family

ثم كان أول ما سألني عنه أن قال : كيف نسبه فيكم ؟ قلت : هو فينا ذو نسب ، قال : فهل قال هذا القول منكم أحد قط قبله ؟ قلت : لا . قال : فهل كان من آبائه من ملك ؟ قلت : لا قال : فأشراف الناس يتبعونه أم ضعفاؤهم ؟ فقلت : بل ضعفاؤهم . قال : أيزيدون أم ينقصون ؟ قلت : بل يزيدون . قال : فهل يرتد أحد منهم سخطة لدينه بعد أن يدخل فيه ؟ قلت : لا . قال : فهل كنتم تتهمونه بالكذب قبل أن يقول ما قال ؟ قلت : لا . قال : فهل يغدر ؟ قلت : لا ، ونحن منه في مدة لا ندري ما هو فاعل فيها ، قال : ولم تمكني كلمة أدخل فيها شيئا غير هذه الكلمة ، قال : فهل قاتلتموه ؟ قلت : نعم . قال : فكيف كان قتالكم إياه ؟ قلت : الحرب بيننا وبينه سجال ، ينال منا وننال منه . قال : ماذا يأمركم ؟ قلت : يقول : اعبدوا الله وحده ولا تشركوا به شيئا ، واتركوا ما يقول آباؤكم ، ويأمرنا بالصلاة والزكاة والصدق والعفاف والصلة . فقال للترجمان : قل له : سألتك عن نسبه فذكرت أنه فيكم ذو نسب ...

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The Shaykh : How many questions are these? Ten? Yes, let us return to them,

كان أول ما سأله عنه قال : كيف نسبه فيكم؟ فقال : هو فينا ذو نسب، قال : فهل هل قال هذا القول منكم أحد قط قبله؟ قلت : لا، قال : فهل كان من آبائه من ملك؟ ، قلت لا قال فأشراف الناس يتبعونه أم ضعفاؤهم؟، فقلت : بل ضعفاؤهم، قال : أيزيدون أم ينقصون قلت : بل يزيدون قال : فهل يرتد أحد منهم سخطةً لدينه بعد أن يدخل فيه؟ قلت : لا قال : فهل كنتم تتهمونه بالكذب قبل أن يقول ما قال؟ قلت : لا قال : فهل يغدر قلت لا

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This is all correct, but look at how the deception was,

We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.

ونحن منه في مدة لا ندري ما هو فاعل فيها

Sahih al-Bukhari 7

but he knew that the Messenger does not betray, but he came with this as a disguise, and for this reason he said:

I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?' I replied, 'Yes.' Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?' I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.' Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?' I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.'

لم تمكني كلمة أدخل فيها شيئًا غير هذه الكلمة، قال فهل قاتلتموه ؟ قلت: نعم قال فكيف كان قتالكم إياه ؟ قلت : الحرب بيننا وبينه سجال ينال منا وننال منه قال ماذا يأمركم ؟ قلت : يقول اعبدوا الله وحده ولا تشركوا به شيئًا واتركوا ما يقول آباؤكم ويأمرنا بالصلاة والزكاة والصدق والعفاف والصلة

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, how many are these?
The students: Eleven.

The Shaykh : Yes, eleven, yes, Allahu Akbar. These questions, in reality, indicate the man's intelligence; they indicate that he is an intelligent man and that he has strong reasoning. But did his intelligence benefit him? No, he is intelligent but not wise. If you wish, say he is intelligent but not sensible, for being sensible is one thing and intelligence is another. Subhan Allah,

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : He does not say the time has ended...
The morning has about, if Allah wills.

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