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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) a strange and unusual story. She said: "A woman came to me with her two daughters, asking for something, because she was poor. She found nothing with me except a single date. There was not a single date in any of the houses of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)! So I gave it to her. She split it between her two daughters into two halves, giving one daughter half the date and the other daughter the other half, and she did not eat anything of it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Aisha, and she informed him, because it was a strange and unusual story. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever is tested with any of these daughters and treats them well, they will be a shield for him from the Fire من ابتلي بشيء من هؤلاء البنات فأحسن إليهن كن له ستراً من النار
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Whoever is tested من ابتلي
: The meaning here is not the trial of evil, but rather whoever is decreed, as Allah the Exalted said:
And We test you with evil and with good as trial وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً
[Al-Anbya 21:35]
meaning whoever is decreed to have two daughters and treats them well, they will be a shield for him from the Fire on the Day of Resurrection. This means that Allah the Exalted will protect him from the Fire by his kindness to the daughters, because a daughter is weak and cannot earn a living, for it is the man who earns. Allah the Exalted said:
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَبِمَا أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ
[An-Nisa 4:34]
, so it is the man who spends on the family and earns.
Source alathar.net

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