What is the meaning of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying regarding the wind: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of what You have commanded it to do... [the hadith]"?
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The questioner : Oh Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... from its evil, the crops... We said that it is what You have commanded it to do.
The Shaykh : Yes, even its evil is commanded.
The questioner : ... two categories...
The Shaykh : How can we not say that it is commanded to do evil and commanded to do good? If there is benefit in it, it is commanded to do good; and if there is harm in it, it is commanded to do evil.
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Yes, the evil of what it is commanded to do includes destruction, such as destroying houses and trees and the like. Yes.
The questioner : ... its evil and the evil of what it is commanded to do...
The Shaykh : It is such that if there is evil in it, it is commanded to do it. And we may say that the evil resulting from its own nature may be mitigated by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so that Allah the Exalted has protected us from the evil of what it is commanded to do. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... from its evil, the crops... We said that it is what You have commanded it to do.
The Shaykh : Yes, even its evil is commanded.
The questioner : ... two categories...
The Shaykh : How can we not say that it is commanded to do evil and commanded to do good? If there is benefit in it, it is commanded to do good; and if there is harm in it, it is commanded to do evil.
The questioner :
from its evil and the evil of what it is commanded to do
من شرها وشر ما أمرت بهThe Shaykh : Yes, the evil of what it is commanded to do includes destruction, such as destroying houses and trees and the like. Yes.
The questioner : ... its evil and the evil of what it is commanded to do...
The Shaykh : It is such that if there is evil in it, it is commanded to do it. And we may say that the evil resulting from its own nature may be mitigated by Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so that Allah the Exalted has protected us from the evil of what it is commanded to do. Yes.