What is the meaning of the hadith in which Allah is described as hurrah?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The doubt is that we say, praise be to Allah, we follow the apparent meaning of the hadithSahih Muslim 2687a but the one who worships Allah while sitting does not fall under this hadith.
The questioner : The intended meaning is walking.
The Shaykh : He walks on his feet.
The questioner : He walks to where?
The Shaykh : He walks to worship Allah. He walked from his house to the mosque, that is walking. He circumambulated the House, that is walking. He walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah, that is walking.
The questioner : That is to say, we hold that this hadith is restricted to the worship that involves walking only.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we take the apparent wording exactly. We take the apparent text. Some people, specifically regarding this hadith, and they are from the people of the Sunnah and the community, but in my opinion, what is more fitting and safer, and more fitting to the methodology of the Salaf, is to take it on its apparent meaning, and praise be to Allah, and we say that whoever draws near to this, whoever draws near to, look, this is general, to any act of devotion, then Allah draws near to him[Al-Baqarah 2:186].
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The doubt is that we say, praise be to Allah, we follow the apparent meaning of the hadith
and he who walks towards Me I rush towards him
من أتاني يمشي أتيته هرولةThe questioner : The intended meaning is walking.
The Shaykh : He walks on his feet.
The questioner : He walks to where?
The Shaykh : He walks to worship Allah. He walked from his house to the mosque, that is walking. He circumambulated the House, that is walking. He walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah, that is walking.
The questioner : That is to say, we hold that this hadith is restricted to the worship that involves walking only.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we take the apparent wording exactly. We take the apparent text. Some people, specifically regarding this hadith, and they are from the people of the Sunnah and the community, but in my opinion, what is more fitting and safer, and more fitting to the methodology of the Salaf, is to take it on its apparent meaning, and praise be to Allah, and we say that whoever draws near to this, whoever draws near to, look, this is general, to any act of devotion, then Allah draws near to him