Sharh al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyya by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح الأربعين النووية) — Page 146

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَرْحُ الْأَرْبَعِينَ النَّوَوِيَّةِ.

Explanation of the Forty An-Nawawi Hadiths.

حُسْنُ تَعْلِيمِ الرَّسُولِ حَيْثُ يَذْكُرُ الشَّيْءَ مُجْمَلًا ثُمَّ يُفَصِّلُهُ، لِقَوْلِهِ: (الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ).

2- The excellence of the Messenger's teaching, as he mentions a matter in summary and then details it, due to his saying: 'The religion is sincerity.'

حِرْصُ الصَّحَابَةِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - عَلَى الْعِلْمِ، وَأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَدَعُوا شَيْئًا يَحْتَاجُ النَّاسُ إِلَى فَهْمِهِ إِلَّا سَأَلُوا عَنْهُ، وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ يَمْكُثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، الْيَوْمُ الْأَوَّلُ كَسَنَةٍ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: هَذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَسَنَةٍ تَكْفِينَا فِيهِ صَلَاةُ يَوْمٍ؟ فَسَأَلُوا، وَيَتَفَرَّعُ عَلَى هَذَا: أَنَّ مَا لَمْ يَسْأَلْ عَنْهُ الصَّحَابَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ مِنْ أُمُورِ الدِّينِ فَلَا نَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ لَا سِيَّمَا فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِأَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ وَصِفَاتِهِ، وَلِهَذَا عَدَّ الْإِمَامُ مَالِكٌ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ كَيْفِيَّةِ الِاسْتِوَاءِ، مُبْتَدِعًا، لِأَنَّهُ ابْتَدَعَ سُؤَالًا لَمْ يَسْأَلْ عَنْهُ الصَّحَابَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ.

3- The eagerness of the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - for knowledge, and that they did not leave anything that people needed to understand without asking about it; an example of this is when the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned that the Dajjal would remain on earth for forty days, the first of which would be like a year, they said: 'O Messenger of Allah, for this day which is like a year, will the prayers of one day be sufficient for us?' So they asked. It follows from this that whatever the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - did not ask about regarding matters of religion, we should not ask about, especially regarding what pertains to the Names and Attributes of Allah. For this reason, Imam Malik - may Allah have mercy on him - considered anyone who asked about the 'how' of the Istiwa (Allah's rising over the Throne) to be an innovator, because he invented a question that the Companions - may Allah be pleased with them - did not ask.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 40 nouns)

• شَرَحَ — to explain
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• فَصَّلَ — to detail
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• أَرْبَعُونَ — forty
• نَوَوِيَّةٌ — Nawawiyyah