The Shaykh : وَدَعْ أَذَاهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا but do not harm them, and rely upon Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs. [Al-Ahzab 33:48] . So I say, and I say with Allah, and I hope that I am saying it in Allah. And with that, before we begin, I want my brothers who are experts in Arabic to explain to me why I said, "I say with Allah, and I hope that I am saying it in Allah." In it, the letter *ba* is affirmed, and in the letter *fi* I expressed hope. So what is the difference? The student: The *ba* is for seeking help from Allah, as for... The Shaykh : As for "I say with Allah," the intended meaning is seeking help. A person must seek help from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in all his circumstances, due to the saying of the one who prays: إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين It is You we worship and You we ask for help. [Al-Fatihah 1:5] . And due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): إذا استعنت فاستعن بالله and when you seek aid, seek Allah's aid Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2516 . As for "I say in Allah," the meaning is that I hope my saying is in the Shari'ah of Allah, meaning in accordance with His law. A person's saying may conform to the Shari'ah, or it may not. And the evidence for that is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): إذا حكم الحاكم فاجتهد فأصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجر If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward. Sunan an-Nasa'i 5381 . So he made the ruling of the jurist who exercises independent legal reasoning have two states: hitting the mark, and what? And being wrong. So I hope that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will make us all say with Allah and say in Allah.

A linguistic note.

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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The Shaykh :

but do not harm them, and rely upon Allah. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.

وَدَعْ أَذَاهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا

[Al-Ahzab 33:48]

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So I say, and I say with Allah, and I hope that I am saying it in Allah. And with that, before we begin, I want my brothers who are experts in Arabic to explain to me why I said, "I say with Allah, and I hope that I am saying it in Allah." In it, the letter *ba* is affirmed, and in the letter *fi* I expressed hope. So what is the difference?
The student: The *ba* is for seeking help from Allah, as for...

The Shaykh : As for "I say with Allah," the intended meaning is seeking help. A person must seek help from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in all his circumstances, due to the saying of the one who prays:

It is You we worship and You we ask for help.

إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين

[Al-Fatihah 1:5]

. And due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

and when you seek aid, seek Allah's aid

إذا استعنت فاستعن بالله

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2516Hasan (Darussalam)

. As for "I say in Allah," the meaning is that I hope my saying is in the Shari'ah of Allah, meaning in accordance with His law. A person's saying may conform to the Shari'ah, or it may not.
And the evidence for that is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward.

إذا حكم الحاكم فاجتهد فأصاب فله أجران وإن أخطأ فله أجر

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5381Sahih (Darussalam)

. So he made the ruling of the jurist who exercises independent legal reasoning have two states: hitting the mark, and what? And being wrong. So I hope that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will make us all say with Allah and say in Allah.

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