How do we reconcile the verse indicating that the creation of the heavens and the earth took place in six days with the hadith narrated by Muslim (Allah the Mighty and Majestic created the earth on the day of

The questioner : Regarding the hadith, the verse states that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - created the heavens and the earth in six days. The other hadith, which mentions seven days, was weakened by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. The one narrated by Muslim... it is as if I heard an old explanation of yours on this issue. I read it, but honestly, I have forgotten where I read it or where I heard it on which tape, and I have almost completely forgotten the issue.

The Shaykh : I have forgotten.

The questioner : I have forgotten the issue, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Ah, this hadith is one of the wonders of hadiths that are weakened due to a strange illusion. Because we learned from the scholars of knowledge that there is a type of contradiction that does not necessitate weakening one of the contradicting texts against the other.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Because it falls under the category of the part contradicting the whole. In this category, it is said that this ... But if it is not a contradiction ... for example, a very clear example: , , okay, the verse naturally, in order for the contradiction to appear, then this hadith comes: which contradicts this in a clear manner. So the hadith is not rejected and it is not said that this contradicts the verse, otherwise we would nullify what is known among the scholars of usul al-fiqh as the general and the specific, and the absolute and the restricted. , , it is not said that this contradicts the verse, but rather it is a specification of the verse. That is, these are two examples from hundreds of examples that fall under the category of the general and the specific, and the absolute and the restricted. No scholar says that this contradicts this and the contradicting text is left. What we are dealing with now is of this nature. Now, the hadith is not: so that it can be said to contradict the verse. No, the text of the hadith is the earth is the soil.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, where is the contradiction? And this is what I said there, where I forgot it, that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - on the tongue of His Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - in this hadith is speaking about a new development that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - created on the earth specifically, after the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days. and and so on All of this has no relation to the creation of the heavens and the earth in six days. This is a detail of a type of creation that occurred on this planet only, the earth, which is a speck of what Allah created in the heavens and the earth. So this is called specification after generalization. Likewise, the creation of the earth in two days in the Qur'an.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : This does not contradict the earth, which is a speck of the vast universe in the heavens and the earth. Two days, there is no contradiction. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, the days mentioned in the hadith are not the same days mentioned in the verse: , they may be a year longer than a year. Likewise, it is not necessary that they are the same days in which the heavens and the earth were created. All of this is possible, and we say this so that a hasty person does not rush to claim contradiction. No, this is the answer.