The Shaykh’s rebuke of the questioner for repeating a phrase
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The student : In the name of Allah, and praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Now, I see you saying, “In the name of Allah, and praise be to Allah, this is a recommended practice,” every little while.
The student : We are talking about a new topic, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : Ibn Taymiyyah used to say, “In the name of Allah, and praise be to Allah,” in every question.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, this is how people are. Is it a recommended practice or not, my brother? Tell me it is a recommended practice, and may Allah reward you with good.
The student : I have no knowledge of it.
The Shaykh : Now, and this answer, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : We benefit from you.
The Shaykh : Now, you have no knowledge. To the extent that you have read and looked into the Sunnah, have you seen the Messenger (peace be upon him) every time he narrated a phrase, every time he narrated a hadith, and this leads us to another length, every time he cited a verse, saying as the shaykhs do today, “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,” or saying, “Allah said,” after “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan”? Has anything passed you in what you have read, within the scope of what you have looked into? Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.
The student : I said, “O Shaykh, from you I benefit.”
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I said, “From you I benefit in this matter, this issue.”
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you. I told you at the beginning of the session that the discussion has its style and its system. My question is: Did you learn this from the Sunnah? Your answer is yes, so I will say, “Benefit me, may Allah reward you with good.” If you say, “I do not know, by Allah, half of knowledge is not knowing,” you are not following this path. Now, finally, what do you say? “From you we benefit.” But this was before that. So I ask you, may Allah bless you, that your taking and giving and your response be in a system that saves us time, especially since now, as I understood just now, unfortunately... he is turning away, meaning soon, meaning soon you will part from us, so this time is precious for us.
The student : Good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Now, I say it is not from the Sunnah, my brother, for the presenter or the preacher or the admonisher to say, “Allah said,” after “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,” or to say, “Allah said, I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.” Rather, this is contrary to the Sunnah. Likewise, it is contrary to the Sunnah to say, “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds,” and so on, from time to time. This is what I wanted, what? Mutual advice[Al-'Asr 103:3].
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Now, I see you saying, “In the name of Allah, and praise be to Allah, this is a recommended practice,” every little while.
The student : We are talking about a new topic, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student : Ibn Taymiyyah used to say, “In the name of Allah, and praise be to Allah,” in every question.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, this is how people are. Is it a recommended practice or not, my brother? Tell me it is a recommended practice, and may Allah reward you with good.
The student : I have no knowledge of it.
The Shaykh : Now, and this answer, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : We benefit from you.
The Shaykh : Now, you have no knowledge. To the extent that you have read and looked into the Sunnah, have you seen the Messenger (peace be upon him) every time he narrated a phrase, every time he narrated a hadith, and this leads us to another length, every time he cited a verse, saying as the shaykhs do today, “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,” or saying, “Allah said,” after “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan”? Has anything passed you in what you have read, within the scope of what you have looked into? Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.
The student : I said, “O Shaykh, from you I benefit.”
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I said, “From you I benefit in this matter, this issue.”
The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good, may Allah bless you. I told you at the beginning of the session that the discussion has its style and its system. My question is: Did you learn this from the Sunnah? Your answer is yes, so I will say, “Benefit me, may Allah reward you with good.” If you say, “I do not know, by Allah, half of knowledge is not knowing,” you are not following this path. Now, finally, what do you say? “From you we benefit.” But this was before that. So I ask you, may Allah bless you, that your taking and giving and your response be in a system that saves us time, especially since now, as I understood just now, unfortunately... he is turning away, meaning soon, meaning soon you will part from us, so this time is precious for us.
The student : Good, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Now, I say it is not from the Sunnah, my brother, for the presenter or the preacher or the admonisher to say, “Allah said,” after “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,” or to say, “Allah said, I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.” Rather, this is contrary to the Sunnah. Likewise, it is contrary to the Sunnah to say, “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy, praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds,” and so on, from time to time. This is what I wanted, what? Mutual advice
and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِThe student : May Allah reward you with good.
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