Is it from the Sunnah for the questioner to begin his question with the greeting?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : As for this, it is not from the Sunnah. Nevertheless, I say to you: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. But religion is sincere advice.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. Why, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Why?
The Shaykh : You have done well. Oh, what a thing, what a thing.
Another questioner : What does ... mean?
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan, and Abu 'Abd al-Allah al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, with a good chain, from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man sneezed in his gathering and said: "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah." Ibn 'Umar said: "I say with you: Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah. But this is not how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us. Say: 'Praise be to Allah in all circumstances,' or say: 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'"
The Shaykh: The answer is: If this is not how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us, the greeting was only prescribed in known places, summarized by his saying (peace be upon him): "The right of a Muslim upon a Muslim is five: If you meet him, greet him." You are not meeting me now; you have been sitting with me since the beginning of the gathering. And praise be to Allah, you have a question: Is it from the Sunnah for...The questioner : ...a question to be begun with "Peace be upon you"? From here, we always and forever emphasize the importance of two things: first, knowing the Sunnah, and second, acting upon it. Whoever does not know the Sunnah falls into contradicting it. So, whoever does not know the Sunnah cannot know religious innovation, because religious innovation is known by knowing the Sunnah. Why? As it was said: "Things are made clear by their opposites." So know the Sunnah, and you will know religious innovation. But if you know religious innovation, you cannot know the Sunnah. The opposite is exactly correct: know the Sunnah, and you will know religious innovation. What is the Sunnah? As we said recently when we explained his saying (peace be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1401 What is the Sunnah? Were you present yesterday or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I was. We said the Sunnah is the methodology and the path upon which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) proceeded.
The Shaykh: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was often asked questions. For example, on the occasion of Hajj, of which we mentioned some rulings earlier, the woman from Khath'am came to ask him (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "O Messenger of Allah, my father is an old man who cannot stay on the mount. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: She did not say: "Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah."
The Shaykh: A man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I shaved before I stoned the pillars." He said: Another said: "I walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah before I circumambulated the Ka'bah." He said: It was not from the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), from the Sunnah he taught his Companions, for one of them, when a question was directed to him, to say: "Peace be upon you."
The Shaykh: From here, we say to our brothers, the Tablighi Jama'ah: these are dervishes and a good group, but they are proceeding without guidance from their Lord. They are proceeding according to their tastes. And the truth is that their tastes are most like the tastes of the Sufis. The Sufis did not deviate from the Sunnah except because of their ignorance of the Sunnah. They had sincerity, they had, I mean, asceticism and purity of heart, and so on. But that did not benefit them in any way, because they did not establish that matter, which is asceticism in this world and sincerity in worship, and the like. It did not benefit them in any way because they did not follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, one of their people said: "You take your knowledge dead from the dead, and we take our knowledge from the Living who does not die. So be content without the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for whoever does not take his knowledge through his path will go astray, far astray." From where do they take their knowledge? "My heart informed me of my Lord." Therefore, we always circle around knowledge, which is: Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: I think you have understood why? Ah? I think you have understood why he does not begin...The questioner : ...his question with "Peace be upon you"? So Ibn 'Umar, in the previous hadith, when he heard the man say after sneezing "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," he did not come with a forbidden command. When we blessed the Messenger, our Lord commands us in the Qur'an to send blessings upon the Messenger. But he came with a forbidden command if he had known, if people had known, why he came with a forbidden command? Because if he believed that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) conveyed the message and fulfilled the trust, he knows that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the one who sneezes, when he sneezes, to say "Praise be to Allah."
The Shaykh: Do you see? If it were a Sunnah addition, "and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," that Allah revealed to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), would the Messenger not convey this Sunnah! It is necessary.
The Shaykh: So, when we know that we should say after sneezing "Praise be to Allah," did he fall short in conveying the message? Did he betray the message? God is Greater!
The Shaykh: So, when someone like that man says: "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," it means he is one of two things, and both are bitter: either he does not know the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding what the one who sneezes says, and this is the assumption for such a man and others who bring what is not from the Sunnah; or he is stubborn and denies the Sunnah, because he says what our common people say today. If you tell him "Do not do this," he says to you, "My brother, what is wrong with it? I am sending blessings upon the Messenger? I am remembering Allah." You convey to him: It is not according to your way, but according to the way of the Wise Lawgiver, whom the Trustworthy Messenger conveyed. And that is all.
The Shaykh: Now, bring your question?
The questioner : I retract my error. I retract. I retract my error, may Allah have mercy on you. I retract my error, I.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, that is correct.
The Shaykh : As for this, it is not from the Sunnah. Nevertheless, I say to you: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. But religion is sincere advice.
The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good. Why, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Why?
The Shaykh : You have done well. Oh, what a thing, what a thing.
Another questioner : What does ... mean?
The questioner : Hmm.
The Shaykh : Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan, and Abu 'Abd al-Allah al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, with a good chain, from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man sneezed in his gathering and said: "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah." Ibn 'Umar said: "I say with you: Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah. But this is not how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us. Say: 'Praise be to Allah in all circumstances,' or say: 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'"
The Shaykh: The answer is: If this is not how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us, the greeting was only prescribed in known places, summarized by his saying (peace be upon him): "The right of a Muslim upon a Muslim is five: If you meet him, greet him." You are not meeting me now; you have been sitting with me since the beginning of the gathering. And praise be to Allah, you have a question: Is it from the Sunnah for...The questioner : ...a question to be begun with "Peace be upon you"? From here, we always and forever emphasize the importance of two things: first, knowing the Sunnah, and second, acting upon it. Whoever does not know the Sunnah falls into contradicting it. So, whoever does not know the Sunnah cannot know religious innovation, because religious innovation is known by knowing the Sunnah. Why? As it was said: "Things are made clear by their opposites." So know the Sunnah, and you will know religious innovation. But if you know religious innovation, you cannot know the Sunnah. The opposite is exactly correct: know the Sunnah, and you will know religious innovation. What is the Sunnah? As we said recently when we explained his saying (peace be upon him):
And he who turns away from my Sunnah, he has no relation with Me
فمن رغب عن سنتي فليس منيThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I was. We said the Sunnah is the methodology and the path upon which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) proceeded.
The Shaykh: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was often asked questions. For example, on the occasion of Hajj, of which we mentioned some rulings earlier, the woman from Khath'am came to ask him (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "O Messenger of Allah, my father is an old man who cannot stay on the mount. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said:
Perform Hajj on his behalf.
حجي عنهThe Shaykh: A man came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I shaved before I stoned the pillars." He said:
There is no harm.
لا حرجThere is no harm, there is no harm, there is no harm
لا حرج لا حرج لا حرجThe Shaykh: From here, we say to our brothers, the Tablighi Jama'ah: these are dervishes and a good group, but they are proceeding without guidance from their Lord. They are proceeding according to their tastes. And the truth is that their tastes are most like the tastes of the Sufis. The Sufis did not deviate from the Sunnah except because of their ignorance of the Sunnah. They had sincerity, they had, I mean, asceticism and purity of heart, and so on. But that did not benefit them in any way, because they did not establish that matter, which is asceticism in this world and sincerity in worship, and the like. It did not benefit them in any way because they did not follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, one of their people said: "You take your knowledge dead from the dead, and we take our knowledge from the Living who does not die. So be content without the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), for whoever does not take his knowledge through his path will go astray, far astray." From where do they take their knowledge? "My heart informed me of my Lord." Therefore, we always circle around knowledge, which is: Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said, the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: I think you have understood why? Ah? I think you have understood why he does not begin...The questioner : ...his question with "Peace be upon you"? So Ibn 'Umar, in the previous hadith, when he heard the man say after sneezing "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," he did not come with a forbidden command. When we blessed the Messenger, our Lord commands us in the Qur'an to send blessings upon the Messenger. But he came with a forbidden command if he had known, if people had known, why he came with a forbidden command? Because if he believed that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) conveyed the message and fulfilled the trust, he knows that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the one who sneezes, when he sneezes, to say "Praise be to Allah."
The Shaykh: Do you see? If it were a Sunnah addition, "and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," that Allah revealed to His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), would the Messenger not convey this Sunnah! It is necessary.
The Shaykh: So, when we know that we should say after sneezing "Praise be to Allah," did he fall short in conveying the message? Did he betray the message? God is Greater!
The Shaykh: So, when someone like that man says: "Praise be to Allah, and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah," it means he is one of two things, and both are bitter: either he does not know the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding what the one who sneezes says, and this is the assumption for such a man and others who bring what is not from the Sunnah; or he is stubborn and denies the Sunnah, because he says what our common people say today. If you tell him "Do not do this," he says to you, "My brother, what is wrong with it? I am sending blessings upon the Messenger? I am remembering Allah." You convey to him: It is not according to your way, but according to the way of the Wise Lawgiver, whom the Trustworthy Messenger conveyed. And that is all.
The Shaykh: Now, bring your question?
The questioner : I retract my error. I retract. I retract my error, may Allah have mercy on you. I retract my error, I.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : O our Shaykh, that is correct.
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