{"_id":"6772dac6eeb86d4750e53d3e","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What is the meaning of the Hadith “Do not curse time, for it is Allah who is time”?\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"“Do not curse time, for it is Allah who is time” I saw this in Sahih Muslim and am wondering what it actually means? Why does it specify that Allah is time, and why specifically time, rather than saying not to curse Allah’s creation?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The prohibition against cursing ad-dahr stems from the practices of the Arabs during the pre-Islamic era. In times of calamity, misfortunes, or adversities such as death, old age, loss of wealth, or other troubles, they would curse ad-dahr (time), using expressions like, \\\"Woe to ad-dahr,\\\" as a way of expressing their frustration or dissatisfaction.\\n\\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said: \\\"Do not curse ad-dahr, for indeed Allah is ad-dahr,\\\" [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/muslim:2246d\"},\"insert\":\"Muslim 2246d\"},{\"insert\":\"] meaning: do not curse the One who is ultimately responsible for these occurrences. When someone curses the entity they perceive to be the cause of events, the curse indirectly falls upon Allah the Exalted, as He is the Creator and the One who decrees all matters.\\n\\nAs for ad-dahr, which refers to time itself, it has no agency, control, or will of its own; it is merely one of Allah's creations. The statement \\\"Indeed Allah is ad-dahr\\\" means that Allah is the One who causes events, decrees their timing, and creates all things.\\n\\nAllah further emphasizes this in the hadith:\\n\\\"The children of Adam curse ad-dahr (time), yet I am ad-dahr; in My Hand are the night and the day.\\\" [\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/muslim:2246b\"},\"insert\":\"Muslim 2246b\"},{\"insert\":\"]\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"insert\":\"(«قَالَ اللهُ يَسُبُّ بَنُو آدَمَ الدَّهْرَ، وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ، بِيَدِي اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ»)\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\nThis hadith underscores that Allah alone controls and governs all events within the realm of time. The alternation of night and day is a clear manifestation of His divine power and decree. Thus, cursing time is, in reality, an objection to Allah's will and actions, which is impermissible.\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a80","tag":"Seerah: Sunnah and Hadith","count":68},{"_id":"668d9fe50b76658b4c232859","tag":"Aqeedah: Allah ﷻ‎","count":66}],"createdOn":"2024-12-30T17:39:18.325Z"}