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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: Those about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said

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The Shaykh : Those about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A group from my Ummah will always remain upon the truth, supported, and those who oppose them or abandon them will not harm them until the Hour stands لا تزال طائفة من أمتي على الحق منصورة لا يضرهم من خالفهم ولا من خذلهم حتى تقوم الساعة
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His statement:
will always remain لا تزال
: This is from the verbs of continuity. How many verbs of continuity are there? Four, and they are: fati'a, anfaka, baraha, and zala, when negation or something similar to it enters them.
Now, he says:
and a section of my people will continue to hold to the truth لا تزال طائفة من أمتي على الحق
Sunan Abi Dawud 4252Sahih (Al-Albani)
, meaning: they continue upon the truth.
And this group is not limited by number, place, or time. It may be in a place where they are supported in some matters of the religion, and in another place another group is supported. With the combination of the two groups, the religion remains, supported and victorious.
Now, he says:
will not harm them لا يضرهم
, and he did not say: "They will not be annoyed," but rather he said
and those who abandon them will not harm them ولا يضرهم
. Can annoyance occur, or not? It can occur, but it does not harm. And there is a difference between harm and annoyance. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said in the Qudsi Hadith:
you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me يا عبادي! إنكم لن تبلغوا ضري فتضروني
Sahih Muslim 2577a
. And He the Exalted and Majestic said:
Indeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
[Al-Ahzab 33:57]
The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr يؤذيني ابن آدم يسب الدهر وأنا الدهر
Sahih Muslim 2246b
Now.
Until the Hour is established حتى تقوم الساعة
: There is a problem with this, because it has been established in the authentic hadith that
The Hour (Resurrection) will not occur until 'Allah, Allah' is not said on earth. لا تقوم الساعة حتى لا يقال: الله الله
Sahih Muslim 148a
, meaning: until Islam is completely erased and no one remains who worships Allah forever. So how did he say "until the Hour stands"?
The scholars answered this with one of two answers:
Either the meaning is "until the approach of the Hour," and a thing may be referred to by what is near it if it is very close. It is as if when these supported ones die, the Hour will be very close.
Or it can be said: The meaning of "the Hour" is their Hour.
But the first opinion is more correct, because if he said:
they will not be harmed by those who forsake them until the Hour is established لا يضرهم من خذلهم حتى تقوم ساعتهم
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2192Sahih (Darussalam)
, their Hour may stand long before the final Hour. And the apparent meaning of the hadith is that this victory will extend to the end of the world. So the correct view is that the meaning is until the approach of the Hour.
Source alathar.net

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