It is reported that a righteous man died, and a white bird came to his room every day, sitting there from morning until evening for seven days. What is your interpretation?

The questioner : A case occurred in our neighborhood, our professor, for which we were invited, but I did not go. It was a noble man, meaning people speak of him with good. I do not know him. He passed away, and the second day after his death, a bird came and sat in his room.

The Shaykh : How?
The student : A bird.

The Shaykh : Yes, and what?
The student : It stays in his room.

The Shaykh : In the deceased's room.
The student : In the deceased's room, from morning until the Maghrib adhan, then it leaves.

The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
The student : And it remained in this state for seven days. On the eighth day, it disappeared. They invited us, saying, "Please, whoever wants to see it, come." And they asked, "What is the solution?" There is nothing, meaning one cannot be certain about it.

The Shaykh : Meaning, is this all they told you?
The student : A white bird comes, stays on the edges of the windows, and flies inside the room. With the Maghrib adhan, it leaves, then returns the next day at Fajr.
Another student: All right, if you asked me, my Shaykh, based on my experience, to provide an explanation, I might be able to offer one, which you may or may not accept.

The Shaykh : And if I did not ask?
The student : If I did not askThe Shaykh : I am not asking. All right, we are asking, my Shaykh. Let us ask on behalf of the Shaykh.
Another student: Yes.
Another student: We are asking.
Another student: Meaning, this has no explanation other than that it is a jinn taking the form of this bird.
Another student: A righteous jinn?
Another student: I cannot be certain. It is just seeing a bird. But the righteous jinn takes the form of white, and the devils take the form of black, and this...

The Shaykh : All right, now, Abu Anas, may Allah guide us and you, the professor asked you a question. Your answer was, "I cannot be certain." All right, can you make a probability?
The student : If it is white, I make it probable.

The Shaykh : Even if it is, because the story...
The student : I want to know, is it white or black?
Another student: He told you it is white.
Another student: White, I make it probable.

The Shaykh : I understood, and it is finished.
The student : White, I make it probable that it is righteous.
Another student: No, you are contradicting yourself now.
Another student: Why?
Another student: I am telling you why now, because first, when I told you it was a bird, our brother Abu Ubaydah said it was a white bird.
Another student: I did not notice.
Another student: Then, I mean, I said, does this white bird mean... I said this is a jinn. I told you: meaning, if it is a white bird. You said, "I cannot be certain."
Another student: It is possible he was inattentive and did not notice the condition.
Another student: I, because rational analogy requires this, even if there is nothing that makes it certain.
Another student: But Ibn Taymiyyah stated that explicitly...
Another student: This is also an analogy.
Another student: How? There are texts.
Another student: There are no texts.
Another student: Not texts from the Book and the Sunnah.
Another student: The black dog is a devil.
Another student: This is it, and for this reason I tell you that analogy requires it.
Another student: Devils spread more at night than during the day.
Another student: We have not reached the point of the spread of devils at night and day. We mentioned the color. Meaning, does the color give us a characteristic of the nature of the jinn? That is what...
Another student: The white color?
Another student: Yes.
Another student: By Allah, by deduction from...
Another student: Meaning, for example, now the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he comes and tells you, "My brother, I saw the Messenger," and so-and-so saw the Messenger. He describes the Messenger to you. Each person gives you an image that differs from the other image that the other person saw.
Another student: His image...
Another student: No, no, I am telling you, meaning, this is a common matter among people. People do not all know the description of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Meaning, you and I know the description of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but do all people know the description of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Another student: Not all people.
Another student: No one knows it. Therefore, the color does not give, does not determine the nature of this creature.
Another student: Meaning, if it were said to him in a dream that this is the Messenger, and he looked at him, and saw him, for example, with majesty and dignity, wearing white, would this not be a dream?
Another student: I do not say this is a dream of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).

The Shaykh : Do not stray from the point of research. Do not stray from the point of research.The student : As if the beard of the Messenger had no hair in it.

The Shaykh : Do not stray from the point of research. We want to see what made you probable. Meaning, we know, may Allah reward you with good, you did not make it certain, but you made it probable that this is a righteous jinn. What did you rely on to make it probable, other than a guess?
The student : The disposition.
Another student: No, not the disposition. There is no disposition. No, the disposition is different...

The Shaykh : What did you rely on to make it probable, other than a guess, that this is a righteous jinn? This is like when we tell the story of the Syrian and the Moroccan. He said to him, "What is it?" He said to him, "This is it." We fear that the one who gets involved is like this.
The student : All right, what do we say about this, my Shaykh? Forget the probability, my Shaykh. What do we say?

The Shaykh : Forget the probability?
The student : Forget the probability. Now we need...
Another student: He went back.
Another student: No, he did not go back.
Another student: If it was righteous.
Another student: Now we placed this one that entered and exited, then leaves at sunset.

The Shaykh : All of this is illusions, my brother.