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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person through you, that is better for you than red camels" (idukun) meaning they are trampling or treading

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The Shaykh :
for by Allah, if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you, it would be better for you فوالله لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
Good, and what is its grammatical parsing, O 'Abd al-Rahman?
The student: It is a predicate (khabar).

The Shaykh : A report
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, no, the question is for one person, for 'Abd al-Rahman, yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Okay, one, two, three... Say it, O Ahmad.
The student : The predicate of "inna" (indeed)

The Shaykh : The predicate of "in" (in), where is the "in"?
The student: Because (li-anna).

The Shaykh : Because "anna" (that), leave it as "in" (in), the predicate of "li-anna" (because) is with us, "anna" (that) has passed us by... "li-anna" (because) with a shaddah (doubled letter), yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No.
The student: The answer to the condition

The Shaykh : ... Because this "anna" (that) is not "in" (in) and the answer to the condition...
The student: Li-in (if).

The Shaykh : No, no, "anna" (that) is not "li-in" (if), yes.
The student: I do, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Predicate (khabar).

The Shaykh : Predicate, what?
The student: Subject (mubtada')...

The Shaykh : Subject, and "qawl" (statement) and "khayr" (good).
The student: Predicate (khabar).

The Shaykh : Its parallel is His saying, Exalted is He:
But to fast is best for you وأن تصوموا خير لكم
[Al-Baqarah 2:184]
meaning "and your fasting is better for you," this is
If Allah guides لئن يهدي الله
"if Allah guides one person through you, that is better for you than red camels."
Okay, His saying:
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you لأن يهدي الله بك رجلاً واحدا
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
Is the intended meaning here guidance of success (tawfiq) or guidance of indication (dalalah)?
The student: Success

The Shaykh : Or both?
The student: Both.

The Shaykh : Both, both, yes. But if guidance of success (tawfiq) occurs, then guidance of indication (dalalah) has occurred, but not the reverse.
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you, it would be better for you than (a great number of) red camels. لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من حمر النعم
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
"Himr" (red) is the plural of "ahmar" (red), and "himar" (with a dammah) is the plural of "himar" (donkey), the plural of "himar" (donkey). For this reason, if a reader recited "better for you than himr (red) camels," we would say to him, "You are wrong." Camels are not "himr" (red); "himr" (red) are donkeys, and camels are camels. Here, camels are camels. "Red camels" means red camels, and they are mentioned because they are desirable among the Arabs, being the best of camels in their estimation, in the position of what we say among us about cars, the Cadillac, yes.
The student: There is something higher than that.

The Shaykh : Or higher than that? I do not know, usually their types are... For example, we say "red camels" are the highest type of vehicles among the Arabs. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made it a parable for it.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Horses.

The Shaykh : No, for riding... Camels are better. Okay, His saying here:
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you لئن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحداً
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
Does He mean guidance from disbelief to Islam, or does it encompass all guidance?
The student: It encompasses.

The Shaykh : He is now addressing a group to whom he is calling them to Islam. So do we say that the situation necessitates strong specification? Does the current situation necessitate specification, and that if a man, for example, is guided through his hands in a simple branch issue of religion, does he obtain this reward?
The student: No.

The Shaykh : Ah, Allah knows best. It does not occur due to the context, because the direction here is to a group of disbelievers to whom he is calling them to Islam, calling them to Islam.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, because for disbelievers, it is said "guidance"
Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people. إن الله لا يهدي القوم الكافرين
[Al-Ma'idah 5:67]

The student: He did not intend generalization.

The Shaykh : We do not know. We are now discussing the topic. Do we say we take the generality
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you لئن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا
Sahih al-Bukhari 3701
, meaning any guidance is absolute guidance, absolute? Or do we take the context because it is directed to a group to whom he is calling them to Islam? Allah knows best. In any case, there is no doubt that a person is commanded to call people to the religion of Allah, its foundation and its branches, and that if Allah guides a man through his hands, he has a great reward and much good, yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : This does not appear. The matter is possible, but, if Allah wills, we hope it to be general for all good. We hope it to be general for all good.
The student: O Shaykh, this matter, if it leads to good...

The Shaykh : Yes, he is not deprived of the reward, but is this better than red camels?
The student: No, I mean the one who leads to good, meaning... that it is less, meaning in reward, this.

The Shaykh : Allah knows best.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : By Allah, O brothers.
The student: ...

The Shaykh :
And the space occupied by the whip of one of you in Paradise is better than the world and what is on it. لموضع سوط أحدكم في الجنة خير من الدنيا وما فيها
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1664Sahih (Darussalam)
This is without doubt. The discussion is about the indication of the hadith, the indication of the hadith. Do we say that the context necessitates specification because it was directed to a group to whom he is calling them to Islam, or is it general? Allah knows best what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intended, but we hope it to be general. We love it to be general.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes
Source alathar.net

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