What is your comment on what was said in the interpretation of the hadith: “Where was our Lord before He created the heavens and the earth? He said: He was in a darkness (amaa) with air beneath it and air above it”?
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The questioner: This is a hadith here, a hadith that is a hadith: Abu Ubayd said: “His saying ‘in a darkness (amaa)’: in the speech of the Arabs.”
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: “In the speech of the Arabs, it is white clouds.” Al-Asma'i and others said: “It is elongated (mamdud), and al-Harith said” ... .
The Shaykh: What is it?
The questioner: “It is elongated (mamdud).”
The Shaykh: Elongated.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And al-Harith ibn Hamzah al-Yashkiri answered with a verse of poetry, to the end of it, saying: “He is in His height, having reached the clouds, which split from Him, saying: We are in our glory like the one with the white hair (al-'Asim).” Meaning he is speaking about the verse of poetry to the end of the speech. Then Abu Ubayd said after that: “And we only interpreted this hadith according to the reasonable speech of the Arabs, and we do not know how that darkness (amaa) was or what it reaches, and Allah knows best. And as for blindness (ama) in the eye, it is shortened (maqsur) and it is not the meaning of this hadith in any way.” So I had written a comment under the commentary on this, saying: “And this clarifies, meaning, Abu Ubayd's belief regarding our Lord - Blessed and Exalted is He - and it is a correct belief that He does not deny, meaning, the attributes of Allah - Mighty and Majestic.” And I cited the words of, which I think are the words of al-Shafi'i regarding the rising above the Throne (istiwa'), so I do not know what your opinion is, O my Shaykh?
The Shaykh: But this, as it is said, is dead and does not deserve this condolence. This hadith is not authentic.
The questioner: Yes, exactly. As for the point made by Abu Ubayd, meaning, if the hadith were authentic.
The Shaykh: It is in its proper place.
The questioner: It is in its proper place, may Allah honor you.
Where was our Lord before He created the heavens and the earth? He said: He was in a darkness (amaa) with air beneath it, and air above it
أين كان ربنا قبل أن يخلق السماوات والأرض ؟ فقال : كان في عماء تحته هواء ، وفوقه هواءThe Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner: “In the speech of the Arabs, it is white clouds.” Al-Asma'i and others said: “It is elongated (mamdud), and al-Harith said” ... .
The Shaykh: What is it?
The questioner: “It is elongated (mamdud).”
The Shaykh: Elongated.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: And al-Harith ibn Hamzah al-Yashkiri answered with a verse of poetry, to the end of it, saying: “He is in His height, having reached the clouds, which split from Him, saying: We are in our glory like the one with the white hair (al-'Asim).” Meaning he is speaking about the verse of poetry to the end of the speech. Then Abu Ubayd said after that: “And we only interpreted this hadith according to the reasonable speech of the Arabs, and we do not know how that darkness (amaa) was or what it reaches, and Allah knows best. And as for blindness (ama) in the eye, it is shortened (maqsur) and it is not the meaning of this hadith in any way.” So I had written a comment under the commentary on this, saying: “And this clarifies, meaning, Abu Ubayd's belief regarding our Lord - Blessed and Exalted is He - and it is a correct belief that He does not deny, meaning, the attributes of Allah - Mighty and Majestic.” And I cited the words of, which I think are the words of al-Shafi'i regarding the rising above the Throne (istiwa'), so I do not know what your opinion is, O my Shaykh?
The Shaykh: But this, as it is said, is dead and does not deserve this condolence. This hadith is not authentic.
The questioner: Yes, exactly. As for the point made by Abu Ubayd, meaning, if the hadith were authentic.
The Shaykh: It is in its proper place.
The questioner: It is in its proper place, may Allah honor you.
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