Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 92

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وَعَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مَرْفُوعاً: «الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ» رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَصَحَّحَهُ(١).

On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, attributed to the Prophet (marfu'an): 'Taking omens is shirk, taking omens is shirk, and there is none among us but [has felt this], but Allah removes it through reliance upon Him.' It was narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who authenticated it.

وَجَعَلَ آخِرَهُ مِنْ قَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

He [al-Tirmidhi] attributed the end of it to the words of Ibn Mas'ud.

الثَّانِي: أَنَّ الْحَوْلَ وَالْقُوَّةَ مُضَافٌ إِلَى الْإِنْسَانِ وَالْبَاءُ هُنَا لِلِاسْتِعَانَةِ أَوْ لِلسَّبَبِيَّةِ، أَيْ لَا حَوْلَ لَنَا وَلَا قُوَّةَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَهَذَا الْمَعْنَى أَصَحُّ، وَهُوَ مُقْتَضَى وُرُودِهَا فِي مَوَاضِعِهَا إِذْ إِنَّنَا لَا نَتَحَوَّلُ مِنْ حَالٍ إِلَى حَالٍ، وَلَا نَقْوَى عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ؛ فَيَكُونُ فِي هَذِهِ الْجُمْلَةِ كَمَالُ التَّفْوِيضِ، وَأَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ يَبْرَأُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ.

Second: That 'might' and 'power' are attributed to the human, and the 'ba' here is for seeking aid or for causality; meaning, we have no might and no power except through Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. This meaning is more correct, and it is the requirement of its occurrence in its contexts, since we do not shift from one state to another, nor do we have the strength for that, except through Allah. Thus, in this sentence is the perfection of entrusting [one's affairs to Allah], and that the human absolves himself of his own might and power except for what Allah has given him of might and power.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 26 nouns)

• أَذْهَبَ — to remove
• رَوَى — to narrate
• صَحَّحَ — to verify
• طِيَرَة — superstition
• شِرْك — polytheism
• تَوَكُّل — reliance