There are those who claim affiliation with the Sunnah who deny the hadith of the spy (al-Jassasah) which Muslim narrated in his Sahih; what is your opinion on that?
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The questioner : We remain within "Sahih Muslim."
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : There are those who deny the hadith of the spy (al-Jassasah).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Not from the perspective of its chain of narration, but from the perspective of its text, claiming that the text is denounced.
The Shaykh : From which perspective? From which perspective is his denial?
The questioner : From the details it contains regarding the beast and the spy, meaning with such matters, and they are from the people of the Sunnah, not followers of...
The Shaykh : ...desires.
The questioner : ...desires.
The Shaykh : Yes, but do you claim that the people of the Sunnah are infallible from desire? We cannot say that. They are infallible from being among the people of desires, but they are not infallible from being free from any desire.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ...[Yunus 10:39] the verse?
The student :[Al-Baqarah 2:255] .
The Shaykh : No, no, this is the Verse of the Throne. The verse means that they deny something they have not encompassed in knowledge. This is a very important verse for the people of faith... the tenth, the tenth surah. In the mushaf you have here... that some of the people of the Sunnah deny the Sunnah, how is this?
The student : We did not say that regarding the indications, rather we meant to clarify the reality of the speaker with this statement.
The Shaykh : I know this, but this is very strange.
The student : What is its number, O Shaykh, the verse?
The Shaykh : We said that the verse is thirty-nine.
The student : ...
The Shaykh[Yunus 10:39]. Of course, the context and preceding verses of the verse are regarding the polytheists and disbelievers, but this does not mean that the Muslim should not take caution and precaution so as not to fall into what the polytheists fall into. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says here in Surat Yunus: [Yunus 10:37-39] This verse falls upon them like a downpour, [Yunus 10:39].
The student : I mean, O our Shaykh, the matter of the Dajjal might be more severe than the spy.
The Shaykh : My brother, if he denies this hadith, what is it like? If the knot is loosened, the door of the people of desires opens. What is the criterion for this person?
The student : ... the reports of a single narrator are likewise.
The Shaykh : What is the criterion for this person if he denies this hadith in terms of its text, and does not deny all the hadiths of the signs of the Hour, but does not deny the rising of the sun from the west, which is explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an? Therefore, I used to say that denying the hadiths of a single narrator on the claim that they are single-narrator reports is a ladder to denying the verses of the Qur'an, but with a formal difference. The people of desires, and even the heretics, may not dare in some times to openly deny a verse of the Qur'an, but they deny it by way of going back and forth, by way of figurative interpretation which is the very denial of the divine attributes. It is sufficient that opening the door to denying authentic hadiths under the pretext of criticizing the text leads to denying mass-transmitted hadiths, because this denial within the text has no limits from the perspective of reason and logic. Then this denial, which led to denying hadiths or some mass-transmitted hadiths, will lead to denying legal realities explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an, but they do not dare to say that this verse is wrong, as they might say about some hadiths. My brother, are these narrators infallible? No, they are not infallible, so it is possible that this one made a mistake. Also, this is said in the context of blocking the means to harm. O people, fear Allah. The faith of the correct believer is broad enough to believe and affirm everything that came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through an authentic path. And opening the door to denial leads to rejecting the Qur'an. We always mention the Qadiyyah as an example of this. The Qadiyyah denied the existence of the jinn, the jinn for whom there is a surah named after them in the Noble Qur'an. They said: the jinn means humans, there is no difference; humans, jinn, and people are three names indicating one referent. So they denied the legal reality. Why?[Yunus 10:39], and they denied and denied many and very many things. They denied the sealing of prophethood with the Messenger (peace be upon him). All of this was not by denying verses, but by denying their meanings. So we regret that there are people who claim affiliation with the Sunnah and deny the hadith of the spy. Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, this question is truly not from the good news.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : There are those who say: whoever says that I am a Salafi is asked to repent.
The Shaykh : We heard this and responded to it, I think.
The student : In the journey.
Another student: Did this question come to you?
The Shaykh : Yes. How could it be otherwise?!
The student : In the journey.
Another student: There is one who wants to ask me to repent.
Another student: In the journey.
Another student: We did not hear it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : ...
The Shaykh : The brother seems to be new to this, yes, that is right.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : There are those who deny the hadith of the spy (al-Jassasah).
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Not from the perspective of its chain of narration, but from the perspective of its text, claiming that the text is denounced.
The Shaykh : From which perspective? From which perspective is his denial?
The questioner : From the details it contains regarding the beast and the spy, meaning with such matters, and they are from the people of the Sunnah, not followers of...
The Shaykh : ...desires.
The questioner : ...desires.
The Shaykh : Yes, but do you claim that the people of the Sunnah are infallible from desire? We cannot say that. They are infallible from being among the people of desires, but they are not infallible from being free from any desire.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ...
they encompass not in knowledge
لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِThe student :
they encompass not a thing of His knowledge
وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِThe Shaykh : No, no, this is the Verse of the Throne. The verse means that they deny something they have not encompassed in knowledge. This is a very important verse for the people of faith... the tenth, the tenth surah. In the mushaf you have here... that some of the people of the Sunnah deny the Sunnah, how is this?
The student : We did not say that regarding the indications, rather we meant to clarify the reality of the speaker with this statement.
The Shaykh : I know this, but this is very strange.
The student : What is its number, O Shaykh, the verse?
The Shaykh : We said that the verse is thirty-nine.
The student : ...
The Shaykh
Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ(37) And it was not [possible] for this Qur'an to be produced by other than Allah, but [it is] a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of the [former] Scripture, about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds. (38) Or do they say [about the Prophet], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a surah like it and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful." (39) Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them.
وَمَا كَانَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ أَنْ يُفْتَرَى مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ * أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ * بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُRather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the end of the wrongdoers.
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُ كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِينَThe student : I mean, O our Shaykh, the matter of the Dajjal might be more severe than the spy.
The Shaykh : My brother, if he denies this hadith, what is it like? If the knot is loosened, the door of the people of desires opens. What is the criterion for this person?
The student : ... the reports of a single narrator are likewise.
The Shaykh : What is the criterion for this person if he denies this hadith in terms of its text, and does not deny all the hadiths of the signs of the Hour, but does not deny the rising of the sun from the west, which is explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an? Therefore, I used to say that denying the hadiths of a single narrator on the claim that they are single-narrator reports is a ladder to denying the verses of the Qur'an, but with a formal difference. The people of desires, and even the heretics, may not dare in some times to openly deny a verse of the Qur'an, but they deny it by way of going back and forth, by way of figurative interpretation which is the very denial of the divine attributes. It is sufficient that opening the door to denying authentic hadiths under the pretext of criticizing the text leads to denying mass-transmitted hadiths, because this denial within the text has no limits from the perspective of reason and logic. Then this denial, which led to denying hadiths or some mass-transmitted hadiths, will lead to denying legal realities explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an, but they do not dare to say that this verse is wrong, as they might say about some hadiths. My brother, are these narrators infallible? No, they are not infallible, so it is possible that this one made a mistake. Also, this is said in the context of blocking the means to harm. O people, fear Allah. The faith of the correct believer is broad enough to believe and affirm everything that came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through an authentic path. And opening the door to denial leads to rejecting the Qur'an. We always mention the Qadiyyah as an example of this. The Qadiyyah denied the existence of the jinn, the jinn for whom there is a surah named after them in the Noble Qur'an. They said: the jinn means humans, there is no difference; humans, jinn, and people are three names indicating one referent. So they denied the legal reality. Why?
Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِThe questioner : O our Shaykh, this question is truly not from the good news.
The Shaykh : Good.
The questioner : There are those who say: whoever says that I am a Salafi is asked to repent.
The Shaykh : We heard this and responded to it, I think.
The student : In the journey.
Another student: Did this question come to you?
The Shaykh : Yes. How could it be otherwise?!
The student : In the journey.
Another student: There is one who wants to ask me to repent.
Another student: In the journey.
Another student: We did not hear it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : ...
The Shaykh : The brother seems to be new to this, yes, that is right.
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