Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (1/549)

Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-ṢāliḥīnIbn al-'Uthaymin

He was sent to the Children of Israel, and Allah revealed to him the Torah, the principal scripture of the Israelites. The Prophet ﷺ then said: “I was told, ‘Look!’ So I looked toward the horizon and there was a great dark mass—in another wording, ‘it had filled the horizon.’ I was then told, ‘Look at the other horizon!’ I looked and there, too, was a vast dark mass. I was told, ‘These are your community.’”

Thus the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is the prophet with the largest following, for from the moment he was sent until the Day of Resurrection people continue to follow him—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. His followers have filled the expanse between both horizons.

He added: “Along with them are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning and without punishment.” In other words, within this nation there are seventy thousand who will cross from the gathering place straight into Paradise, called to no account and tasting no punishment. O Allah, make us among them! Another report states that with each one of those seventy thousand there will be a further seventy thousand.

“He then rose, entered his house, and the people began to discuss who those (seventy thousand) might be. Some said, ‘Perhaps they are those who accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ’—meaning his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. Others said, ‘Perhaps they are those who were born in Islam and never associated anything with Allah,’ and they mentioned other possibilities.” Everyone voiced what he thought.

The Prophet ﷺ came out to them, asked about the matter they were debating, and when they informed him he said: “They are those who do not perform ruqyah (therapeutic incantation) on others, nor do they ask for it, nor do they cauterize themselves, nor do they take omens; rather, they put their trust in their Lord.”

This is Muslim’s wording, and it includes the phrase “do not perform ruqyah.” The author—may Allah have mercy on him—said that the hadith is agreed upon, but he should have clarified that this exact wording is found only in Muslim, not in al-Bukhari, for the statement “do not perform ruqyah”

بعث في بني إسرائيل، وانزل الله عليه التوراة التي هي أم الكتب الإسرائيلية. قال: ((ثم قيل لي انظر! فنظرت إلى الأفق فإذا سواد عظيم_ وفي لفظ: قد سد الأفق_ فقيل: انظر الأفق الثاني! فنظرت إليه فإذا سواد عظيم، فقيل لي هذه أمتك)) فالرسول صلي الله عليه وسلم اكثر الأنبياء تابعا، لأنه منذ بعث إلى يوم القيامة والناس يتبعونه، صلوات الله وسلامه عليه، فكان اكثر الأنبياء تابعا، قد ملا اتباعه ما بين الأفقين. ((ومعهم سبعون ألفا يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب ولا عذاب)) أي: مع هذه الأمة سبعون ألفا يدخلون الجنة، لا يحاسبون، ولا يعذبون، من الموقف إلى الجنة بدون حساب ولا عذاب! اللهم اجعلنا منهم. وقد ورد إن مع كل واحد من السبعين ألف سبعين ألفا أيضا. ((ثم نهض فدخل منزله فخاض الناس في أولئك ... قال بعضهم: فلعلهم الذين صحبوا رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم_ يعني لعلهم الصحابة رضي الله عنهم_، وقال آخرون: ((لعلهم الذين ولدوا في الإسلام، فلم يشركوا بالله شيئا وذكروا أشياء)) وكل أتى بما يظن، فخرج عليهم النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم فسألهم عما يخوضون فيه فاخبروه فقال صلي الله عليه وسلم ((هم الذين لا يرقون ولا يسترقون ولا يكتبون ولا يتطيرون وعلي ربهم يتوكلون)) هذا لفظ مسلم وفيه: ((لا يرقون)) . والمؤلف ﵀ قال: انه متفق عليه، وكان ينبغي إن يبين إن هذا اللفظ لفظ مسلم فقط دون رواية البخاري، وذلك إن قوله: ((لا يرقون))