What is the fiqh of the hadith: “A group will continue to lag behind the first row until Allah delays them,” and what is the ruling on the addition of “in the Fire”?
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The questioner: What is the fiqh of the hadith: Sunan Abi Dawud 679Sahih (Al-Albani)?
The Shaykh: Does He leave them behind or delay them?
The questioner: Here, in the sources, it is “He leaves them behind.”
The Shaykh: That is a sound answer. It occurs to me that the meaning of this hadith is that the intention is not merely lagging behind.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Rather, the lagging behind is accompanied by an intention, like the story of that man who used to lag behind and pray in the last row to look at some of the women.
The questioner: The women.
The Shaykh: So, from here, he (peace be upon him) said: regarding the men, and regarding the women, so Allah delays them.
The questioner: By their specific identities—for example—they might be hypocrites seeking to plot against the Muslims, as you mentioned, for example, with a specific intention.
The Shaykh: Yes, and something else occurs to me, which is that what was mentioned is not in this narration:.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, we mention a narration without the phrase:.
The Shaykh: This is the narration of Muslim.
The questioner: This.
The Shaykh: It is the narration of Muslim without the addition.
The questioner: I mean, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh: That is the narration of, it is valuable, my brother, it is valuable.
The questioner: Is that it?
The Shaykh: It is valuable...
The questioner: Even though this question, our Shaykh, opens the door for hadith criticism of this addition in terms of the chains and...
The Shaykh: No, I have it here in the Sahih, scratch that, it is in Sahih Abu Dawud.
The questioner: Six hundred and eighty-two, did you see the removal of the shock, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner: Removal of the shock?!
The Shaykh: No, I did not see it.
The questioner: Yes, he brought it down.
The Shaykh: No!!
The questioner: He brought it down and wrote bad words in it.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner: Yes, by Allah, he said what did he write? He said: “And some of them asked the Shaykh, and some of them asked the Shaykh about this book, so he said it is probably printed in the Holy City. A lie. The Shaykh does not say that. The Shaykh’s statement was: It is printed, but you may find it at the Islamic University, considering that its library is grand and large and big, our Shaykh!!
The Shaykh: By Allah, my brother, we do not know what to say.
The questioner: He said, and this answer from him makes me think something and I hope my suspicions about it are wrong, and so on. Look at the treachery, I seek refuge in Allah.
Another questioner: This one has transgressed and been arrogant, and now Abu Malik, our Shaykh, is invoking every curse upon him, meaning it is like that, meaning the man is harmful, we seek refuge in Allah. We have reached the commentary of al-Safarini, which is the best thing.
The questioner: Al-Safarini did not finish, did he not meet with him from the beginning?
Another questioner: ... but some matters became difficult.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah!
The Shaykh: Because I have it like this, Sahih Abu Dawud, the text is above... The hadith is authentic, its chain is not authentic.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Then comes the hadith which is in “Sahih Muslim”: Let us look now at the explanation or the long commentary, this requires tracking, I will remind you tomorrow, if Allah wills.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Because initially, the chain of Abu Dawud is not authentic.
The questioner : Strange.
The Shaykh: It contains Ikrimah ibn 'Ammar.
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh: Yes, so if it is only from this chain, this addition would be anomalous at least, or denounced.
the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire.
لا يزال قوم يتأخَّرون عن الصَّفِّ الأول حتى يخلفهم الله في النارThe Shaykh: Does He leave them behind or delay them?
The questioner: Here, in the sources, it is “He leaves them behind.”
The Shaykh: That is a sound answer. It occurs to me that the meaning of this hadith is that the intention is not merely lagging behind.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Rather, the lagging behind is accompanied by an intention, like the story of that man who used to lag behind and pray in the last row to look at some of the women.
The questioner: The women.
The Shaykh: So, from here, he (peace be upon him) said:
And the worst of them is the last of them
وشرُّها آخرهاAnd the best of them is the last of them
وخيرها آخرهاThe questioner: By their specific identities—for example—they might be hypocrites seeking to plot against the Muslims, as you mentioned, for example, with a specific intention.
The Shaykh: Yes, and something else occurs to me, which is that what was mentioned is not in this narration:
A group will continue
لا يزال قومThe questioner: Our Shaykh, we mention a narration without the phrase:
in the Fire
في النارThe Shaykh: This is the narration of Muslim.
The questioner: This.
The Shaykh: It is the narration of Muslim without the addition.
The questioner: I mean, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh: That is the narration of
until Allah leaves them behind in the Fire
حتى يخلفهم في النارThe questioner: Is that it?
The Shaykh: It is valuable...
The questioner: Even though this question, our Shaykh, opens the door for hadith criticism of this addition in terms of the chains and...
The Shaykh: No, I have it here in the Sahih, scratch that, it is in Sahih Abu Dawud.
The questioner: Six hundred and eighty-two, did you see the removal of the shock, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner: Removal of the shock?!
The Shaykh: No, I did not see it.
The questioner: Yes, he brought it down.
The Shaykh: No!!
The questioner: He brought it down and wrote bad words in it.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner: Yes, by Allah, he said what did he write? He said: “And some of them asked the Shaykh, and some of them asked the Shaykh about this book, so he said it is probably printed in the Holy City. A lie. The Shaykh does not say that. The Shaykh’s statement was: It is printed, but you may find it at the Islamic University, considering that its library is grand and large and big, our Shaykh!!
The Shaykh: By Allah, my brother, we do not know what to say.
The questioner: He said, and this answer from him makes me think something and I hope my suspicions about it are wrong, and so on. Look at the treachery, I seek refuge in Allah.
Another questioner: This one has transgressed and been arrogant, and now Abu Malik, our Shaykh, is invoking every curse upon him, meaning it is like that, meaning the man is harmful, we seek refuge in Allah. We have reached the commentary of al-Safarini, which is the best thing.
The questioner: Al-Safarini did not finish, did he not meet with him from the beginning?
Another questioner: ... but some matters became difficult.
The questioner: Glory be to Allah!
The Shaykh: Because I have it like this, Sahih Abu Dawud, the text is above...
until Allah delays them in the Fire
حتى يؤخِّرَهم لله في النارThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Then comes the hadith which is in “Sahih Muslim”:
until Allah delays them
حتَّى يؤخِّرَهم اللهThe questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Because initially, the chain of Abu Dawud is not authentic.
The questioner : Strange.
The Shaykh: It contains Ikrimah ibn 'Ammar.
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh: Yes, so if it is only from this chain, this addition would be anomalous at least, or denounced.
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