Sharh of The Three Fundamental Principles of Islaam (Thalaathatul-Usool), which was taught by the brother Hassan as-Somaali. And in this extract, it is explaining the first ayah of Surah al-Asr:
“BY TIME…”
Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) is swearing by time, Allah is taking oath by time. And in Arabic taking oath can be down with three letters and these letters are: Waw/ba/ta
And these letters are also known as the “Huroof al-Jarr” (that which comes after ends with a kasrah eg. Wallaahi/billaahi/Tallaahi).
So Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) when we see that He swears by something or takes oath by something from His creation then this is honoring this thing from the creation and also showing its greatness.
And the third thing is that, as for the creation, it is not permissible except that they swear by Allah or take oath by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala). As we have in the hadeeth which Shaykh Al-Albaani and Shaykh Muqbil make authentic: ”Whoever takes oath by other than Allah then he has made Shirk with Allah or disbelieved.”
So it is not permissible for the creation to take oath by other than Allah.
And then somebody might come and say: “Why is it permissible for Allah to swear by the Creation and it is not permissible for us to swear by the creation?”
Then we reply to this person with the ayah of Allah (subhana wa ta’ala): “Allah is not asked about what He does but they are asked.”
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