A Response to Those Who Claim That the Father of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) Was from the People of the Interval Because He Died in the Pre-Islamic Age of Ignorance and the Call Did Not Reach Him
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The Shaykh : I recall that Shaykh al-Ghazali has this doubt, which is that the father of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, he died before the Prophetic mission. In their view, anyone who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is from the people of the interval (al-fatra) to whom the call did not reach. This claim is false in its entirety, because the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are not from the people of the interval. Isma'il (peace be upon him) and his father Ibrahim came to them; they are the two who built the Ka'bah in the Sacred Mosque. There are many, and very many, hadiths that explicitly state that some individuals who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are being punished. For example: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave one day while riding his mount, and the mount shied away. He asked about the grave he had passed by."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They said: "This is the grave of so-and-so, who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh : That is, this man who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is being punished.
The student: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : And that is why the mount shied away.
The student : Please, come in...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he said this statement:; so this man died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and is being punished. This is evidence that the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are not people of the interval.
The student : And peace be upon you. May Allah welcome you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you. Welcome, greetings...
The student : Please, Doctor from the university college...
The Shaykh : You have come at the last moment.
The student : By Allah, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I am about to get up and leave.
The student : He has a college.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : He has a college now, just...
Another student: ... just a matter, but I wanted to...
The Shaykh : That is, if Allah wills.
The student : So the brother who asked... yesterday regarding the issue.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : He said because the Shaykh says that he holds the view of the Murji'ah. I told him, no...
Another student: Okay...
Another student: No, let me put it on this tape because I...
Another student: Okay, fine.
The Shaykh : No... we have something...
The student : ... fine...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the people of the interval whomThe Shaykh : al-Ghazali argues are from the people of the interval and that the call did not reach them. Based on this claim, this authentic hadith and its like are established. But we say:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That this claim, this claim...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That is, he died before the Prophetic mission. In their view, anyone who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is from the people of the interval (al-fatra) to whom the call did not reach. This claim is false in its entirety, because the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are not from the people of the interval. Isma'il (peace be upon him) and his father Ibrahim came to them; they are the two who built the Ka'bah in the Sacred Mosque. There are many, and very many, hadiths that explicitly state that some individuals who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are being punished. For example: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a grave one day while riding his mount, and the mount shied away. He asked about the grave he had passed by."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : They said: "This is the grave of so-and-so, who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If it were not that you bury your dead, I would have heard the punishment of the grave for you.
لولا أن تدافنوا لَأسمعتكم عذاب القبرThe questioner: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh : That is, this man who died in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is being punished.
The student: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : And that is why the mount shied away.
The student : Please, come in...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he said this statement:
If it were not that you bury your dead, I would have heard the punishment of the grave for you.
لولا أن تدافنوا لَأسمعتكم عذاب القبرThe student : And peace be upon you. May Allah welcome you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you. Welcome, greetings...
The student : Please, Doctor from the university college...
The Shaykh : You have come at the last moment.
The student : By Allah, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I am about to get up and leave.
The student : He has a college.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : He has a college now, just...
Another student: ... just a matter, but I wanted to...
The Shaykh : That is, if Allah wills.
The student : So the brother who asked... yesterday regarding the issue.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : He said because the Shaykh says that he holds the view of the Murji'ah. I told him, no...
Another student: Okay...
Another student: No, let me put it on this tape because I...
Another student: Okay, fine.
The Shaykh : No... we have something...
The student : ... fine...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the people of the interval whomThe Shaykh : al-Ghazali argues are from the people of the interval and that the call did not reach them. Based on this claim, this authentic hadith and its like are established. But we say:
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That this claim, this claim...
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