Question:
Sidi,
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham often cites:
Argument extinguishes the light of Faith,
الجدال يطفئ نور الايمان
or
Argument extinguished the light of the heart.
الجدال يطفئ نور القلب
Do you have a source for this? I could not find it.
Answer:
This is not a hadith but a saying of one of the early Muslim authorities.
كتاب الشرح والإبانة على أصول السنة والديانة لابن بطة العُكْبري
قَالَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَسْبَاط ٍ (2) “اَلنَّظَرُ إِلَى صَاحِبِ بِدْعَةٍ يُطْفِئُ نُورَ اَلْحَقِّ مِنْ اَلْقَلْبِ ” (3) . > (4) (5) [122] وَقَالَ بِشْرُ بْنُ اَلْحَارِث ِ (6) “إِذْ ا كَانَ طَرِيقُكَ / / 8أ عَلَى صَاحِبِ بِدْعَةٍ فَغَمِّضْ عَيْنَيْكَ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ إِلَيْهِ”.
4).في (ر) يطفئ نور القلب
5) .في (ر) يطفئ نور القلب
From: Elaboration of the Principles of Sunni Doctrine by Ibn Batta al-`Ukbariyy
Translation:
Yusuf ibn Asbat said, “Looking at a person of innovation will extinguish the light of The Truth (al-Haqq) from the heart.” And Bishr ibn al-Harith said, “If your path passes by a person of innovation, then close your eyes before he reaches you.”
Hajj Gibril Haddad
