Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

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Ibn Mas`ood added: “Then the punishment was stopped, but truly, they reverted to
heathenism (their old way). So Allaah (threatened them thus):
‏﴿يَو مَُُنَب طِش ‏ُُال بَط شَةَُُال ك ب رَىُُإِنَّاُم نتَقِم ونَُ﴾‏
{The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.}
[Surah al-Dukhaan (44): 16]
And that was the day of the Battle of Badr. 321 Allaah’s saying: {Lizaamaa} (the
punishment) refers to the day of Badr. Allaah’s Statement:
‏ُ*ُغ لِبَتُُِالرُّومُُ*ُفِ‏ ‏ُُأَد ‏َّنَُُاِّل ‏َر ضُُِوَه مُمِّنُبَع دُُِغَلَبِهِم ‏ُُسَيَغ لِب ونَُ﴾‏
321 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): Originally, Ibn Katheer mentioned in his “al-Seerah” (regarding the Punishment that
was stopped): “‘It was delayed until the Day of Judgment’, or as he (Ibn Mas`ood) said: ‘it was delayed till the day
of the battle of Badr.’” (Shaikh al-Albaanee continues): This is a clear mistake, because this cannot be from the
words of Ibn Mas`ood while he is referring to the swift retribution (in this world) and then should go on to say
that this (the punishment) will take place on the Day of Judgment. It is clear that it refers to the battle of Badr (in
which the Mushriks were defeated), and this is what all the narrations in the “Ṣaḥeeḥain” and others mention.
Rather, in some narrations, there is a clear reply to those who interpret the Aayah of the Smoke to refer to
something that will take place on the Day of Judgment. In Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2798-39, 40), on the authority of
Masrooq:
“A man came to Abdullaah (Ibn Mas`ood) and said: I have left behind in the Masjid, a storyteller who explains the
Qur’aan according to his personal discretion and he explained this Aayah: {So wait for the day when the Heaven
brings a clear smoke.} He says that a smoke would come to the people on the Day of Resurrection and it would
hold the breath of the infidels and would inflict the believers with cold. `Abdullaah (Ibn Mas`ood) said: “He who
has knowledge should speak and he who has no knowledge should simply say: ‘Allaah knows best.’ This reflects
the understanding of a person that when he does not know about a thing, he says: ‘Allaah who knows best.’ The
fact is that when the Quraish disobeyed Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ he supplicated Allaah that they should be
afflicted with famine and starvation as was done in case of Yusuf ( ُ ). And they were so much hard pressed
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that a person would look at the sky and he would see between him and the sky something like smoke and they
were so much hard pressed that they began to eat the bones, and a person came to Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ and
said: ‘Allaah’s Messenger! Seek forgiveness for the tribe of Muḍhar, for (its people) has been undone.’ The
Messenger ﷺ said: ❝For Muḍhar? You are overbold!❞ But he supplicated Allaah for them. It was upon this
that this Aayah was revealed: {We shall remove the chastisement a little, but they will surely return to evil.}”
(The narrator) said: There was a downpour of rain upon them. When there was some relief for them they
returned to the same position as they had been before, and Allaah وجل ُ revealed this Aayaat: {Then wait you for
the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke. Covering the people, this is a painful torment.} till {The
Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.} And this (seizing) implied (the
battle) of Badr. And so far as the sign of smoke, seizing, inevitability, and signs of Rome are concerned, they have
become things of the past now.”
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