Why did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) compare revelation to the sound of a bell, which is condemned in his statement about revelation?
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The questioner : Revelation. He said: Sahih al-Bukhari 2 So we ask, why did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) compare revelation to the sound of a bell, which is condemned?
The Shaykh : Is the lion condemned or praised?
The questioner : The lion, I mean in its nature or otherwise.
The Shaykh : A predatory animal.
The questioner : Praised.
The Shaykh : A predator.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is a predator, as you know.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is not praised. The point is that the comparison in the Arabic language...
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ...does not mean that the thing compared is like the thing it is compared to in every aspect. So he compared revelation to the sound of a bell because this sound was well known to the Arabs.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ...who used to use bells that they hung around the necks of animals, such as rams and camels, and the like.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And as we all know, it is part of the wise method in clarifying the intent of the speaker and the addresse among people, as came in the report of Ali in "Sahih al-Bukhari":. So this sound, meaning the sound of the bell, is well known for its echo and its strength. The Messenger (peace be upon him) compared that sound to the sound of the bell. So what I intended by my saying, or my question to you about the lion, is that when an Arab says "Zayd is a lion,"
The questioner : It is praise.
The Shaykh : It is praise, but from one aspect, and it does not mean that he is a predatory animal from another aspect.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the similarity is only from this angle that the Arabs knew, as you know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Arabs from using bells. Welcome, this is all I have as an answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : O Shaykh, they call it the point of similarity.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : In rhetoric... the point of similarity... courage is the point of similarity between the thing compared and the thing it is compared to, because as you mentioned, it is not intended that the thing compared be the same as the thing it is compared to, so...
Another student: Rather, in the point [of similarity] is what was mentioned.The Shaykh .
The student : Ah, I intended clarification, meaning.
The Shaykh : I did not add anything.
Another student: Clarification of the confusion.
The student: Yes.
Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of all
أحيانًا يأتيني مثل صلصلة الجرس وهو أشده عليَّThe Shaykh : Is the lion condemned or praised?
The questioner : The lion, I mean in its nature or otherwise.
The Shaykh : A predatory animal.
The questioner : Praised.
The Shaykh : A predator.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is a predator, as you know.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : So it is not praised. The point is that the comparison in the Arabic language...
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ...does not mean that the thing compared is like the thing it is compared to in every aspect. So he compared revelation to the sound of a bell because this sound was well known to the Arabs.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : ...who used to use bells that they hung around the necks of animals, such as rams and camels, and the like.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And as we all know, it is part of the wise method in clarifying the intent of the speaker and the addresse among people, as came in the report of Ali in "Sahih al-Bukhari":
Speak to people according to the level of their understanding; do you want Allah and His Messenger to be denied?!
كلِّموا الناس على قدر عقولهم ؛ أتريدون أن يُكذَّبَ الله ورسوله ؟!The questioner : It is praise.
The Shaykh : It is praise, but from one aspect, and it does not mean that he is a predatory animal from another aspect.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the similarity is only from this angle that the Arabs knew, as you know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Arabs from using bells. Welcome, this is all I have as an answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : O Shaykh, they call it the point of similarity.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : In rhetoric... the point of similarity... courage is the point of similarity between the thing compared and the thing it is compared to, because as you mentioned, it is not intended that the thing compared be the same as the thing it is compared to, so...
Another student: Rather, in the point [of similarity] is what was mentioned.The Shaykh .
The student : Ah, I intended clarification, meaning.
The Shaykh : I did not add anything.
Another student: Clarification of the confusion.
The student: Yes.
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