Salaam. About this post:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/sunrise_sunset_hadiths.htmThe Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me: “O Abû Dharr! Do you know where the Sun goes when it sets?”
I said: “Allah and His Messenger know best.”
He said: “It goes until it prostrates beneath the Throne. Then it seeks permission and permission is granted to it. Soon it will prostrate and it will not be accepted from it, and seek permission and will not be granted permission. It will be said to it: ‘Go back where you came from.’ Then it will rise from its setting place. This is Allah’s statement: ‘And the Sun runs on to its place of settlement. That is the determination of the Mighty the Knowing. [Sûrah YâSîn: 38]’.”
My message:
Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu 'alayhi wasallam) was given limited knowledge or the knowledge that Allah willed, but he is The Messenger of Allah after all. About this hadith... In this hadith the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wasallam) is talking about the meaning of "Surah Ya Sin, ayah 38" so you can't take his opinion like if he gave an opinion about something mundane or worldly matters... This is not the case, because as I said, he is talking about the meaning of an ayah or Qur'anic verse. And when the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wasallam) talks about something related to the religion, then it is revelation too! Because he is Rasool Allah... (Salla Allahu 'alayhi wasallam), and after he explained the prostration of the Sun in the hadith he made a clear reference to ayah 38 of surah Ya Sin, saying that what he said is actually the meaning of the ayah, so the hadith is the tafsir of the ayah made by the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wasallam).
Also I'd like to add... In light of the above hadith: How can you interpretate that "ayah 38 of surah Ya Sin" means that the Sun is running or orbiting around the Galaxy? If you read the hadith it is ratter connected with the fact that the sun rises and sets in our world, and that in Yawm Al Qiyamah it will rise from the West, and the hadith also speaks about the prostration of the Sun. But again, tell me, how you can make the interpretation you made? Well, actually you are not the only one who says this... Many people is saying that "ayah 38 of surah Ya sin" means that the Sun is running around the Galaxy because of a recent discovery. Is that they didn't read the hadith...? I'd like to read your analysis of the hadith above and how you connect it with "the Sun is running around the GALAXY" interpretation. I'm a muslim also (well, muslimah) and, seriously, I'd like to read the analysis I'm proposing you.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Umm Hafsa
