(Giving an example of the people of innovation in their rejection of texts and acceptance of the opinions of men) Until you see the men come to you *** then listen to what is revealed without proof, like
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The Shaykh :"Until you see the men come to you *** then listen to what is revealed without proof"
It means: when the opinions come, you listen to them without any evidence. The evidence from the Book and the Sunnah is rejected, and the opinions of men that have no evidence are accepted.
"Blind to the sun"
Yes.
"Like the bats that when *** the light of day comes to them, they are in the holes of the walls"
Bats are a type of bird, but it is a bird without feathers; its wing is a piece of flesh connected to itself. It does not come except in the darkness; it never comes in the daytime, nor in the pitch-black night. It comes at the beginning of the night and at the end of the night. We call it here... what is it? I do not know what it is called by the Egyptians, O Hajjaj?
The student: A bat.
The Shaykh : A bat? Okay.
The student: And a wataw.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: We call it a wataw.
The Shaykh : A wataw. Perhaps Egypt is vast, so one calls it a wataw and another calls it a bat. In any case, it is well known.
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : It is not what?
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : No, it flies, it flies. In any case, it is not found among us now, because the lights at night are like the lights in the day.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it goes to the place where there is no light, because the light blinds it, Glory be to Allah! It cannot move. He says:
"Blind to the shining sun, unable *** to find guidance in it for flight"
When the light of day comes, they are in the holes of the walls. "Kawa" is the plural of "kawwa," meaning they are in the crevices, hanging on the ceilings, and so on.
"Until when the darkness of night comes *** they roam in its darkness everywhere"
You see the one who practices tawhid (the oneness of Allah)
And of course, the intended meaning of this simile is to express disapproval; that is, he intended by likening them to this bat to express disapproval of their state.
It means: when the opinions come, you listen to them without any evidence. The evidence from the Book and the Sunnah is rejected, and the opinions of men that have no evidence are accepted.
"Blind to the sun"
Yes.
"Like the bats that when *** the light of day comes to them, they are in the holes of the walls"
Bats are a type of bird, but it is a bird without feathers; its wing is a piece of flesh connected to itself. It does not come except in the darkness; it never comes in the daytime, nor in the pitch-black night. It comes at the beginning of the night and at the end of the night. We call it here... what is it? I do not know what it is called by the Egyptians, O Hajjaj?
The student: A bat.
The Shaykh : A bat? Okay.
The student: And a wataw.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: We call it a wataw.
The Shaykh : A wataw. Perhaps Egypt is vast, so one calls it a wataw and another calls it a bat. In any case, it is well known.
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : It is not what?
The student: It is not a bird.
The Shaykh : No, it flies, it flies. In any case, it is not found among us now, because the lights at night are like the lights in the day.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it goes to the place where there is no light, because the light blinds it, Glory be to Allah! It cannot move. He says:
"Blind to the shining sun, unable *** to find guidance in it for flight"
When the light of day comes, they are in the holes of the walls. "Kawa" is the plural of "kawwa," meaning they are in the crevices, hanging on the ceilings, and so on.
"Until when the darkness of night comes *** they roam in its darkness everywhere"
You see the one who practices tawhid (the oneness of Allah)
And of course, the intended meaning of this simile is to express disapproval; that is, he intended by likening them to this bat to express disapproval of their state.