A thing is not ruled to be an innovation unless a person commits to it and it becomes his constant practice.
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The Shaykh : What is your opinion of this phrase? It is as if Sayyid holds that Islam is not complete and does not meet the requirements of the Muslim community. Is this a style?
The questioner : Based on what?
The Shaykh : Whatever it is.
The questioner : Record it for us with the page and number so that we may review it from the advice.
The Shaykh : You are burdening others with what you yourself should do.
The questioner : You have students who come to you.
The Shaykh : The students have things that occupy them.
The questioner : They brought something now.
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is noted here in the reading, it is noted here.
The questioner : If it is ready, it is there.
The Shaykh : My brother, some things are ready, but why do you not prepare them when you are carrying the banner of defense?
The questioner : I mean, if I find something, I want to review it.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah. I say this, my brother: First, this is a formal matter, not a substantive one. Second, this is a personal defense. We are not concerned with individuals; we are concerned with the call. Please,The Shaykh : Zayn al-Din performed ablution. Is it permissible for us to say to you, "May it be Muzammam, if Allah wills"?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : Okay, is it permissible for us to say to you, "Makthir"?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : It is not mentioned in the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I think it is permissible.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : Is everything that is not mentioned in the Sunnah not permissible?
The questioner : Of course, this is an act of worship, and worship requires evidence.
The Shaykh : No, you are not restricting; you are making things easy for yourself. You know from the styleThe Shaykh : of the one who makes things easy for himself and for others. S, J. Is everything that is not mentioned in the Sunnah, meaning explicitly, not permissible?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : I think there is injustice to the Sunnah in this. This generalization involves injustice. For example, if I say to you, "Pray for us, O Shaykh," is that permissible or not permissible?
The Shaykh : Permissible?
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh : Is it mentioned in the Sunnah?
The questioner : It is mentioned.
The Shaykh : The word and its cover. You say yes, you say no. If I say yes, it is permissible, I have an answer that makes things easy for you. I would be ignorant of something I am asking about, but I am asking you. Do not wander in the answer, tiring yourself and tiring others. So now I am saying that my request for your prayer now, and we believe in your prayer, is mentioned in the Sunnah. Say yes, say no?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a situation like ours? Say yes, say no, so that we reach the goal by the shortest path.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So how did you say that this is permissible?
The questioner : By analogy.
The Shaykh : And why did you prevent me from using analogy when I said, "Is it not permissible for me to say to you, Makthir?" What is the difference between this analogy and that analogy?
The questioner : Here there is a counterpart; there is no counterpart there.
The Shaykh : Where is the similarity here and not there? The situation in which we are sitting now did not occur in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Where is the similarity? It is not for you, O Shaykh Zayn al-Din, to say that if you want to say that it is permissible to pray now, you must act according to the general texts.
The questioner : Requesting prayer from a righteous man is permitted by the scholars.
The Shaykh : Does this contradict what I said to you?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Why did you bring it up?
The questioner : That is an analogy. You say there is no analogy; there is an analogy here.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do not tire yourself. I am concerned for you; do not tire yourself. Now, whether we differ or agree, if we say to you, "Pray for us," or I dismounted and prayed and you said the ameen, this does not contradict us, we agree. Why is it not permissible for me, on this good occasion that you performed ablution and prepared for prayer, to pray for you in a way that is appropriate? Why is it not permissible?
The questioner : Muzammam. This was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : Leave me alone with Muzammam now. I offered you a word better than Zamzam. Some people murmur and do not increase, but those who increase are transported to Paradise, correct? So we left you with Muzammam. I told you it is permissible. I said Makthir, you said no. Why?
The questioner : There is no prayer of Makthir, meaning you perform ablution from al-Kawthar.
The Shaykh : Yes, so what does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : But there is no prayer here.
The Shaykh : What does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : Muzammam means Makthir.
The Shaykh : What does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : It means you perform ablution from Zamzam.
The Shaykh : May you perform ablution from al-Kawthar, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Zamzam has no virtue in performing ablution with it.
The Shaykh : You drink from it. If someone drinks a sip, is it permissible or not permissible?
The questioner : Drinking is permissible, but ablution is not.
The Shaykh : Zamzam.
The questioner : If the intention is drinking, it is permissible; if the intention is ablution, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Now you have fallen into a trap.
The questioner : As for the prayer there, it is an analogy to the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Pray to Allah that He may grant me well-being."
The Shaykh : The summary, O Shaykh Zayn al-Din: Committing to something that the Messenger did not commit to, even if it has a basis in the Sunnah, is what is not permissible. Committing to what the Messenger did not commit to, even if it has a general basis, is not permissible. This is the commitment. However, general prayer is permissible. So now, if I say to you, and I am fighting the people who say "May Allah accept" after the prayer or "Muzammam" after ablution, I say this is an innovation. I do not mean mere prayer; I mean committing to this prayer. Yes, we are not committed to it, especially in this form. Makthir, no one in the world says it. So you took the custom. Be careful, you took the custom that we are upon, which is to deny the commitment to prayer after ablution, after the prayer, and so on. But commitment is one thing, and using prayer sometimes without commitment, acting according to the general text as you said just now, there is no harm in that. Therefore, whether I said to you Muzammam, you drink from there and perform 'Umrah and Hajj, or I said to you Makthir, and this is much more important, it is not permissible for you to deny it to me unless you see me committing to it as people commit to it. Then it enters the category of innovation in religion. This is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers.
The questioner : Based on what?
The Shaykh : Whatever it is.
The questioner : Record it for us with the page and number so that we may review it from the advice.
The Shaykh : You are burdening others with what you yourself should do.
The questioner : You have students who come to you.
The Shaykh : The students have things that occupy them.
The questioner : They brought something now.
The Shaykh : Yes, because it is noted here in the reading, it is noted here.
The questioner : If it is ready, it is there.
The Shaykh : My brother, some things are ready, but why do you not prepare them when you are carrying the banner of defense?
The questioner : I mean, if I find something, I want to review it.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah. I say this, my brother: First, this is a formal matter, not a substantive one. Second, this is a personal defense. We are not concerned with individuals; we are concerned with the call. Please,The Shaykh : Zayn al-Din performed ablution. Is it permissible for us to say to you, "May it be Muzammam, if Allah wills"?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : Okay, is it permissible for us to say to you, "Makthir"?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : It is not mentioned in the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : I think it is permissible.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : Is everything that is not mentioned in the Sunnah not permissible?
The questioner : Of course, this is an act of worship, and worship requires evidence.
The Shaykh : No, you are not restricting; you are making things easy for yourself. You know from the styleThe Shaykh : of the one who makes things easy for himself and for others. S, J. Is everything that is not mentioned in the Sunnah, meaning explicitly, not permissible?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : I think there is injustice to the Sunnah in this. This generalization involves injustice. For example, if I say to you, "Pray for us, O Shaykh," is that permissible or not permissible?
The Shaykh : Permissible?
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh : Is it mentioned in the Sunnah?
The questioner : It is mentioned.
The Shaykh : The word and its cover. You say yes, you say no. If I say yes, it is permissible, I have an answer that makes things easy for you. I would be ignorant of something I am asking about, but I am asking you. Do not wander in the answer, tiring yourself and tiring others. So now I am saying that my request for your prayer now, and we believe in your prayer, is mentioned in the Sunnah. Say yes, say no?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In a situation like ours? Say yes, say no, so that we reach the goal by the shortest path.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So how did you say that this is permissible?
The questioner : By analogy.
The Shaykh : And why did you prevent me from using analogy when I said, "Is it not permissible for me to say to you, Makthir?" What is the difference between this analogy and that analogy?
The questioner : Here there is a counterpart; there is no counterpart there.
The Shaykh : Where is the similarity here and not there? The situation in which we are sitting now did not occur in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Where is the similarity? It is not for you, O Shaykh Zayn al-Din, to say that if you want to say that it is permissible to pray now, you must act according to the general texts.
The questioner : Requesting prayer from a righteous man is permitted by the scholars.
The Shaykh : Does this contradict what I said to you?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Why did you bring it up?
The questioner : That is an analogy. You say there is no analogy; there is an analogy here.
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. Do not tire yourself. I am concerned for you; do not tire yourself. Now, whether we differ or agree, if we say to you, "Pray for us," or I dismounted and prayed and you said the ameen, this does not contradict us, we agree. Why is it not permissible for me, on this good occasion that you performed ablution and prepared for prayer, to pray for you in a way that is appropriate? Why is it not permissible?
The questioner : Muzammam. This was not mentioned.
The Shaykh : Leave me alone with Muzammam now. I offered you a word better than Zamzam. Some people murmur and do not increase, but those who increase are transported to Paradise, correct? So we left you with Muzammam. I told you it is permissible. I said Makthir, you said no. Why?
The questioner : There is no prayer of Makthir, meaning you perform ablution from al-Kawthar.
The Shaykh : Yes, so what does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : But there is no prayer here.
The Shaykh : What does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : Muzammam means Makthir.
The Shaykh : What does Muzammam mean?
The questioner : It means you perform ablution from Zamzam.
The Shaykh : May you perform ablution from al-Kawthar, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Zamzam has no virtue in performing ablution with it.
The Shaykh : You drink from it. If someone drinks a sip, is it permissible or not permissible?
The questioner : Drinking is permissible, but ablution is not.
The Shaykh : Zamzam.
The questioner : If the intention is drinking, it is permissible; if the intention is ablution, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Now you have fallen into a trap.
The questioner : As for the prayer there, it is an analogy to the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Pray to Allah that He may grant me well-being."
The Shaykh : The summary, O Shaykh Zayn al-Din: Committing to something that the Messenger did not commit to, even if it has a basis in the Sunnah, is what is not permissible. Committing to what the Messenger did not commit to, even if it has a general basis, is not permissible. This is the commitment. However, general prayer is permissible. So now, if I say to you, and I am fighting the people who say "May Allah accept" after the prayer or "Muzammam" after ablution, I say this is an innovation. I do not mean mere prayer; I mean committing to this prayer. Yes, we are not committed to it, especially in this form. Makthir, no one in the world says it. So you took the custom. Be careful, you took the custom that we are upon, which is to deny the commitment to prayer after ablution, after the prayer, and so on. But commitment is one thing, and using prayer sometimes without commitment, acting according to the general text as you said just now, there is no harm in that. Therefore, whether I said to you Muzammam, you drink from there and perform 'Umrah and Hajj, or I said to you Makthir, and this is much more important, it is not permissible for you to deny it to me unless you see me committing to it as people commit to it. Then it enters the category of innovation in religion. This is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers.
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