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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there a contradiction between the hadith: (A woman from the Children of Israel was lost, and it is not known what happened to her, and I do not see her except as a mouse.

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The questioner : The second inquiry, in the book "The Pearl and the Coral" - also - in the book of Asceticism and Softening of Hearts, from Abu Hurayrah - may Allah be pleased with him - he said: The Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him - said:
A group of Israelites were lost. Nobody knows what they did. But I do not see them except that they were cursed and changed into rats, for if you put فقدت أمة من بني إسرائيل لا يدرى ما فعلت وإني لا أراها إلا الفأر إذا وضع له
Sahih al-Bukhari 3305
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The student: She was lost.

The questioner:
A group of Israelites were lost. Nobody knows what they did. But I do not see them except that they were cursed and changed into rats, for if you put the milk of a she-camel in front of a rat, it will not drink it, but if the milk of a sheep is put in front of it, it will drink it. فُقدت أمة من بني إسرائيل لا يدرى ما فعلت ، وإني لا أراها إلا الفأر إذا وضع لها ألبان الإبل لم تشرب ، وإذا وضع لها ألبان الشاء شربت
Sahih al-Bukhari 3305
, and in Muslim from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, traced to the Prophet:
Indeed, Allah does not destroy a people or punish a people and then give them offspring إن الله لم يهلك قومًا أو يعذِّب قومًا فيجعل لهم نسلًا
, and I have heard one of my shaykhs say that in Abu Dawud there is a hadith from the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him -
The transformed one does not have offspring الممسوخ لا ينسل
Is there a contradiction?

The Shaykh: The first hadith, the hadith in question, is the opinion of the Messenger before the revelation was sent down to him, and the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud is from the revelation, and it is upon it that reliance is placed, especially with the correcting addition
That the transformed one does not have offspring and the child does not inherit from him أن المنسوخ لا ينسل ولا يتوارث منه الولد
The first hadith is clear that he is expressing his opinion.

The questioner: Yes, I read it.

The Shaykh: Read the hadith, what does it say?

The questioner :
A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it فُقدت أمة من بني إسرائيل لا يدرى ما فعلت
Sahih Muslim 2997a
.

The Shaykh:
it is not known what they did لا يدرى ما فعلت
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4321Sahih (Darussalam)
Then?

The questioner :
But I do not see them except that they were cursed and changed into rats وإني لا أراها إلا الفأر
Sahih al-Bukhari 3305
.

The Shaykh: Ha, this is an opinion.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: It is not revelation.

The questioner: Ah, it is not revelation.

The Shaykh : Is that clear?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: This is the opinion of the Messenger, not revelation, so the scholars say he said this based on his opinion and independent legal reasoning, and then the revelation came down from the sky.
Source www.al-albany.com

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