Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 287

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بَابُ فَضْلِ ضَعَفَةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْخَامِلِينَ.

(from previous page) ⟵ It was narrated by Ahmad (6/279), Abu Dawud: Kitab Al-Salat, Bab Ittikhadh Al-Masajid fi Al-Dur, no. (455), Al-Tirmidhi: Kitab Al-Safar, Bab Ma Dhukira fi Tatyeeb Al-Masajid, no. (594), and Ibn Majah: Kitab Al-Masajid wal Jama'at, Bab Tatheer Al-Masajid wa Tatyeebiha, no. Bab Fadl Dha'afat Al-Muslimeen wal Fuqara' wal Khamileen.

قَالَ: «لَتُزَخْرِفُنَّهَا - يَعْنِي الْمَسَاجِدَ - كَمَا زَخْرَفَهَا الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى».

He said: "You will surely decorate them"—meaning the mosques—"just as the Jews and Christians decorated theirs."

وَمِنْ فَوَائِدِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَا يَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ؛ وَلِهَذَا قَالَ: «دُلُّونِي عَلَى قَبْرِهَا» فَإِذَا كَانَ لَا يَعْلَمُ الشَّيْءَ الْمَحْسُوسَ فَالْغَائِبُ مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى، فَهُوَ ﷺ لَا يَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ، وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ: ﴿قُلْ لَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ﴾ [الْأَنْعَامُ: ٥٠]، وَقَالَ لَهُ: ﴿قُلْ لَا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ [الْأَعْرَافُ: ١٨٨].

One lesson from this hadith is that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not possess knowledge of the unseen. This is why he asked, "Show me her grave." If he was unaware of a tangible matter, he was certainly unaware of the unseen. He did not know the unseen, as Allah states: "Say, 'I do not tell you that I have the treasures of Allah, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me'" [Al-An'am: 50]. Allah also told him: "Say, 'I do not possess for myself any benefit or harm, except what Allah wills. If I knew the unseen, I would have acquired much wealth, and no evil would have touched me. I am only a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe'" [Al-A'raf: 188].

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 47 nouns)

• زَخْرَفَ — to decorate
• عَلِمَ — to know
• دَلَّ — to guide
• بَاب — chapter
• فَضْل — virtue
• ضَعِيف — weak person