Which is more severe: the anger of Allah upon a person, or the curse of Allah upon him?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, we were sitting in the gathering at Abu Ayyub’s place, and a person came to us who was reading from Surat al-Nur. He asked us which is more severe: the anger of Allah or the curse, in the saying of the Exalted.
Another questioner :[An-Nur 24:8-9] the liars.
Another questioner : So he asked, and we told him we would ask.
Another questioner : And the fifth [oath] is that the curse of Allah be upon her if he is among the truthful.
Another questioner : In it, there is a curse upon her and anger upon him; anger upon her, then a curse upon him. He is asking whether it is the curse or the anger.
The Shaykh : In truth, I do not have a studied answer.
The questioner : An answer to it.
The Shaykh : A studied answer means I understand the question and its clarification: Is the anger of Allah upon a person more severe than the curse of Allah, or the reverse? I do not have a study on this, but if it is permissible for me to speak based on my general knowledge rather than a specific study, I say, in the manner I mentioned earlier regarding the distinction between a bequest and a gift, that we said every bequest is a gift, but not every gift is a bequest. So I say every curse is anger, but not every anger is a curse. However, I say this so that you do not transmit it from me, because this is an immediate opinion without a specific study. Yes.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner :
(8) But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars. (9) And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful.
وَيَدْرَأُ عَنْهَا الْعَذَابَ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ " وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَAnother questioner : So he asked, and we told him we would ask.
Another questioner : And the fifth [oath] is that the curse of Allah be upon her if he is among the truthful.
Another questioner : In it, there is a curse upon her and anger upon him; anger upon her, then a curse upon him. He is asking whether it is the curse or the anger.
The Shaykh : In truth, I do not have a studied answer.
The questioner : An answer to it.
The Shaykh : A studied answer means I understand the question and its clarification: Is the anger of Allah upon a person more severe than the curse of Allah, or the reverse? I do not have a study on this, but if it is permissible for me to speak based on my general knowledge rather than a specific study, I say, in the manner I mentioned earlier regarding the distinction between a bequest and a gift, that we said every bequest is a gift, but not every gift is a bequest. So I say every curse is anger, but not every anger is a curse. However, I say this so that you do not transmit it from me, because this is an immediate opinion without a specific study. Yes.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh: Yes.
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