(Sincere advice from the compiler to the Asha'irah) O people, be mindful of yourselves and abandon ignorance and claims without proof; there is nothing in leadership through ignorance but
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The Shaykh :"O people, be mindful of yourselves and abandon *** ignorance and claims without proof"
May Allah reward him with good. He means he is advising them, saying: Be mindful of yourselves, and leave ignorance and claims without proof.
"There is nothing in leadership through ignorance but *** the laughter of a sane person among you for all time"
There is no doubt that leadership through ignorance is a laughingstock until the Day of Judgment, because leadership is attained through honor and knowledge, whereas there is no good in leadership through ignorance, and its end is failure.
"Do not accept the leadership of cattle, whose *** leaders are among the bulls"
Yes, he means do not accept for yourselves this fate of being leaders of cattle. Who are the leaders of the cattle?
The student: The bulls.
The Shaykh : So if you are content with the leadership of cattle, then you are bulls. Yes, yes. Ya Sami?
May Allah reward him with good. He means he is advising them, saying: Be mindful of yourselves, and leave ignorance and claims without proof.
"There is nothing in leadership through ignorance but *** the laughter of a sane person among you for all time"
There is no doubt that leadership through ignorance is a laughingstock until the Day of Judgment, because leadership is attained through honor and knowledge, whereas there is no good in leadership through ignorance, and its end is failure.
"Do not accept the leadership of cattle, whose *** leaders are among the bulls"
Yes, he means do not accept for yourselves this fate of being leaders of cattle. Who are the leaders of the cattle?
The student: The bulls.
The Shaykh : So if you are content with the leadership of cattle, then you are bulls. Yes, yes. Ya Sami?