What is the ruling on the hadith: (Every Muslim man is on a frontier of the frontiers of Islam, fear Allah, fear Allah, that Islam not be attacked from his direction)?
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The Shaykh : I found it for you.
The questioner : Where?
The Shaykh : Now I will give it to you. What edition is the copy you have?
The questioner : The one edited by Abu Muhammad Salim ibn Ahmad al-Salafi.
The Shaykh : I have two copies.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I have two copies in any case. I will look up the chapter for you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because I checked it after you told me to check it for you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And I found that the chain of narration consists of trustworthy men, but it is mursal (missing the Companion link).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But now I will show you the place, if Allah wills.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It also contains athar (reports) that are mawquf (stopping at a Companion).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you not find these athar?
The questioner : I did not find them, I swear to Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then you did not check it.
The questioner : I swear to Allah, I mean the real checking, O Shaykh. I ... the chapter, and I did not find the hadith, but perhaps it was hidden from me or something.
The Shaykh : If it was hidden from you, there are texts with the same meaning, even if they are mawquf, and this should draw attention.
The questioner : It is the wording of a hadith, it is an athar, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, it tells you it is a marfu' (traced to the Prophet) hadith.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And now I found it. The edition I have. Is the book in front of you?
The questioner : The copy I have here was edited by Abu Muhammad Salim ibn Ahmad al-Salafi.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, the book is with you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is the book with you now?
The questioner : Yes, it is in front of me.
The Shaykh : Good, open to the introduction, in the name of Allah.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : The author's introduction.
The questioner : Good, you opened to it.
The Shaykh : Good, you have a section after something, about fifteen lines, and you heard from Ishaq.
The questioner : He says in his statement.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And those in authority among you.
The Shaykh : That is enough, stop. Now walk with me, turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The second page ends for me.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you find this text?
The questioner : And al-Hasan said.
The Shaykh : I am telling you he said - peace be upon him - :Sunan Abi Dawud 664Sahih (Al-Albani) , are the hadiths numbered in your copy?
The questioner : Yes, they are numbered.
The Shaykh : It is good.
The questioner : Seven, number seven.
The Shaykh : What is number seven?
The questioner : And he said - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - :Sunan Abi Dawud 664Sahih (Al-Albani) .
The Shaykh : This is number seven.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, wait, jump to number twelve.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The questioner : Abu Usamah al-Rafai narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Good, turn a page.
The questioner : He said: Abu Bakr, meaning Ibn Iyadh, narrated to us. Read.
The Shaykh : No, but is Abu Bakr ibn Iyadh above or below?
The questioner : It is in the same number twelve, it says: Abu Usamah al-Rafai narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, walk with me. I am telling you, turn a page.
The questioner : Asim narrated from ... from Abdullah.
The Shaykh : Do you have a hadith on the second page: Allah gave the example of a straight path, did you see it?
The questioner : Wait, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is a long hadith.
The questioner : It does not have a number, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It does not have a number, it has no number in your copy?
The Shaykh : No, no, I do not have the printed one numbered. It is a long hadith, half a page, the last one, it starts with: So I was told.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Read the beginning of the hadith.
The questioner : It says at the beginning of the hadith, O Shaykh, it says: .
The Shaykh : No, O Shaykh, this does not have Abu Hisham al-Rafai.
The questioner : And Abu al-Sha'tha narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Read the text of the hadith for me.
The questioner : ... Yes, it says: We were sitting with the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - , so he drew a line, and said: .
The Shaykh : Turn a page.
The questioner : To his right and to his left.
The Shaykh : Turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2859Sahih (Darussalam) , and a second wording: Mishkat al-Masabih 191, 192No basis for this wording، see Hadīth 192 instead, Hasan (Zubair `Aliza'i) .
The questioner : This is from the saying of the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - .
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, after the hadith you read: "We were sitting with the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - " there are two or three hadiths.
The questioner : Yes, "The Messenger of Allah drew a line with his hand".
The Shaykh : I am telling you, after it, there are two or three hadiths.
The questioner : Wait, yes, yes, yes, .
The Shaykh : Good, turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You have abbreviated narrations here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Pass them by.
The questioner : Good, yes.
The Shaykh : Until you reach a long narration in which it says: Ahmad ibn 'Abdah narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated from Asim al-Ahwal, he said: Abu al-Aliyah said to us: "Learn Islam".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you see it?
The questioner : Yes, I saw it ... .
The Shaykh : Good, come back with me now. After this hadith, one, two, read the chain of the second one.
The questioner : Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us.
The Shaykh : The one after it, my brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : The one immediately after it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Idris?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said: Ahmad ibn Hawari narrated to us, he said: Marwan ibn Muhammad narrated to us, he said: Yazid ibn al-Samt narrated to us, and he was trustworthy, from al-Wadhin.
The Shaykh : Al-Wadhin with a nun.
The questioner : Al-Wadhin with a nun.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ibn 'Ata from Yazid ibn Marthad, he said: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - said: .
The Shaykh : This is from before it.
The questioner : From before it.
The Shaykh : This is your hadith.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, I did not see it. Glory be to Allah the Great.
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah.
The questioner : Good, O Shaykh, is its chain authentic?
The Shaykh : No, no, I told you it is mursal.
The questioner : Yes, and it is not authentic?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Marfu', meaning.
The Shaykh : It is marfu' but it is mursal.
The questioner : Yes, mursal means the Tabi'i (successor) narrated it from the Companion, meaning.
The Shaykh : The Tabi'i narrated it, saying: The Messenger of Allah said.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not mention the link between him and the Messenger.
The questioner : Good, the one after it, O Shaykh, is al-Awza'i.
The Shaykh : The one after it, you have mawquf athar, I told you.
The questioner : Yes, meaning it is not permissible to attribute them to the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, O Shaykh, it is amazing. I read the book and my eyes did not fall upon this.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah protect you, O Shaykh, and preserve you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : O Shaykh, our brother "Nizar 'Ara'ur" sends you many greetings, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you and upon him. Send him greetings.
The questioner : And our brother - also - "Samir al-Zuhayri" sends you many greetings.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! Send him greetings also.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. It will reach him, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I ask Allah to elevate your argument, and to raise your word, and to preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah protect you, O Shaykh. Do not forget us in your good supplication.
The Shaykh : Successful in all good.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Where?
The Shaykh : Now I will give it to you. What edition is the copy you have?
The questioner : The one edited by Abu Muhammad Salim ibn Ahmad al-Salafi.
The Shaykh : I have two copies.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I have two copies in any case. I will look up the chapter for you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because I checked it after you told me to check it for you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And I found that the chain of narration consists of trustworthy men, but it is mursal (missing the Companion link).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But now I will show you the place, if Allah wills.
The questioner: May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It also contains athar (reports) that are mawquf (stopping at a Companion).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you not find these athar?
The questioner : I did not find them, I swear to Allah, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Then you did not check it.
The questioner : I swear to Allah, I mean the real checking, O Shaykh. I ... the chapter, and I did not find the hadith, but perhaps it was hidden from me or something.
The Shaykh : If it was hidden from you, there are texts with the same meaning, even if they are mawquf, and this should draw attention.
The questioner : It is the wording of a hadith, it is an athar, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, no, it tells you it is a marfu' (traced to the Prophet) hadith.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And now I found it. The edition I have. Is the book in front of you?
The questioner : The copy I have here was edited by Abu Muhammad Salim ibn Ahmad al-Salafi.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, the book is with you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is the book with you now?
The questioner : Yes, it is in front of me.
The Shaykh : Good, open to the introduction, in the name of Allah.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : The author's introduction.
The questioner : Good, you opened to it.
The Shaykh : Good, you have a section after something, about fifteen lines, and you heard from Ishaq.
The questioner : He says in his statement.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And those in authority among you.
The Shaykh : That is enough, stop. Now walk with me, turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The second page ends for me.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :
Do not differ, lest your hearts differ
بلا تختلفوا فتختلف قلوبكمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you find this text?
The questioner : And al-Hasan said.
The Shaykh : I am telling you he said - peace be upon him - :
Do not be irregular
لا تختلفوا فتختلف قلوبكمThe questioner : Yes, they are numbered.
The Shaykh : It is good.
The questioner : Seven, number seven.
The Shaykh : What is number seven?
The questioner : And he said - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - :
Do not be irregular
لا تختلفوا فتختلف قلوبكمThe Shaykh : This is number seven.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Good, wait, jump to number twelve.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The questioner : Abu Usamah al-Rafai narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Good, turn a page.
The questioner : He said: Abu Bakr, meaning Ibn Iyadh, narrated to us. Read.
The Shaykh : No, but is Abu Bakr ibn Iyadh above or below?
The questioner : It is in the same number twelve, it says: Abu Usamah al-Rafai narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, walk with me. I am telling you, turn a page.
The questioner : Asim narrated from ... from Abdullah.
The Shaykh : Do you have a hadith on the second page: Allah gave the example of a straight path, did you see it?
The questioner : Wait, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is a long hadith.
The questioner : It does not have a number, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It does not have a number, it has no number in your copy?
The Shaykh : No, no, I do not have the printed one numbered. It is a long hadith, half a page, the last one, it starts with: So I was told.
The questioner : ...
And that this is My straight path
وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Read the beginning of the hadith.
The questioner : It says at the beginning of the hadith, O Shaykh, it says:
Abu Hisham al-Rafai narrated to us
حدثنا أبو هشام الرفاعيThe Shaykh : No, O Shaykh, this does not have Abu Hisham al-Rafai.
The questioner : And Abu al-Sha'tha narrated to us.
The Shaykh : Read the text of the hadith for me.
The questioner : ... Yes, it says: We were sitting with the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - , so he drew a line, and said:
This is the path of Allah
هذا سبيل اللهThe Shaykh : Turn a page.
The questioner : To his right and to his left.
The Shaykh : Turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a hadith:
Indeed Allah has made a parable of the straight path
إنَّ الله ضَرَبَ مثلًا صراطًا مستقيمًاGod has propounded as a parable a straight path
ضَرَبَ الله مثلًا صراطًا مستقيمًاThe questioner : This is from the saying of the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - .
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, after the hadith you read: "We were sitting with the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - " there are two or three hadiths.
The questioner : Yes, "The Messenger of Allah drew a line with his hand".
The Shaykh : I am telling you, after it, there are two or three hadiths.
The questioner : Wait, yes, yes, yes,
Allah has struck a parable of a straight path
ضرب الله مثلًا صرطًا مستقيمًاThe Shaykh : Good, turn a page.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You have abbreviated narrations here.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Pass them by.
The questioner : Good, yes.
The Shaykh : Until you reach a long narration in which it says: Ahmad ibn 'Abdah narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated from Asim al-Ahwal, he said: Abu al-Aliyah said to us: "Learn Islam".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you see it?
The questioner : Yes, I saw it ... .
The Shaykh : Good, come back with me now. After this hadith, one, two, read the chain of the second one.
The questioner : Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us.
The Shaykh : The one after it, my brother, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : The one immediately after it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Muhammad ibn Idris?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said: Ahmad ibn Hawari narrated to us, he said: Marwan ibn Muhammad narrated to us, he said: Yazid ibn al-Samt narrated to us, and he was trustworthy, from al-Wadhin.
The Shaykh : Al-Wadhin with a nun.
The questioner : Al-Wadhin with a nun.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Ibn 'Ata from Yazid ibn Marthad, he said: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - said:
Every man among the Muslims is at a frontier of the frontiers of Islam; fear Allah, lest Islam be attacked from his side
كلُّ رجلٍ من المسلمين على ثغرَةٍ من ثغر الإسلام ، الله الله لا يُؤتى الإسلام من قِبَلِهThe Shaykh : This is from before it.
The questioner : From before it.
The Shaykh : This is your hadith.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, I did not see it. Glory be to Allah the Great.
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah.
The questioner : Good, O Shaykh, is its chain authentic?
The Shaykh : No, no, I told you it is mursal.
The questioner : Yes, and it is not authentic?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : Marfu', meaning.
The Shaykh : It is marfu' but it is mursal.
The questioner : Yes, mursal means the Tabi'i (successor) narrated it from the Companion, meaning.
The Shaykh : The Tabi'i narrated it, saying: The Messenger of Allah said.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not mention the link between him and the Messenger.
The questioner : Good, the one after it, O Shaykh, is al-Awza'i.
The Shaykh : The one after it, you have mawquf athar, I told you.
The questioner : Yes, meaning it is not permissible to attribute them to the Prophet - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, O Shaykh, it is amazing. I read the book and my eyes did not fall upon this.
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah protect you, O Shaykh, and preserve you.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : O Shaykh, our brother "Nizar 'Ara'ur" sends you many greetings, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you and upon him. Send him greetings.
The questioner : And our brother - also - "Samir al-Zuhayri" sends you many greetings.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! Send him greetings also.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. It will reach him, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : O Shaykh, I ask Allah to elevate your argument, and to raise your word, and to preserve you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : May Allah protect you, O Shaykh. Do not forget us in your good supplication.
The Shaykh : Successful in all good.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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