(Explanation of the fourth type, which follows people in praise and blame) This is the fourth of them, and he is not their dog***except for the dogs that eat filth, a pig by nature in a creation
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "Chapter on the state of the fourth enemy
This is the fourth of them, and he is not their dog***except for the dogs that eat filth"
He is referring to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Kahf 18:22] But he says, this is not a dog; dogs are exalted from that, "***except for the dogs that eat filth"
Yes
"A pig by nature" I seek refuge in Allah
"A pig by nature in a speaking creation***"
He means that his nature is the nature of pigs, but his creation is human, except that his nature is the nature of pigs
"***a beggar in lies and slander"
A beggar, not a peddler, do you have that?
The student: A beggar
The Shaykh : A beggar from the word "taswif" (procrastination), meaning that he has nothing but lies and slander
"Like a dog, he follows them, sniffing bones***he throws them away, and the people are for the meat
They amuse themselves with it"
This is a follower, and he is not like an imitator; he just sees what people say and says it. He says what people say, like a dog that follows people, sniffing bones. You see dogs now; if you throw bones, they sniff them first, then eat the meat in them, and the other people amuse themselves with the meat
"Its price is cheap***dead, without compensation or price
He is a leftover among people"
This man is the one who backbites; he has no, I mean, no capital of knowledge, no imitation, and no goal. A person who backbites: if he attends a gathering where Ibn al-Qayyim is praised, he praises him; and if he attends a gathering where he is blamed, he blames him. He has no principle upon which to build enmity or friendship, but he is like a dog that follows. Like a dog, these people who eat the meat and throw away the bones, and he sniffs them
This is the fourth of them, and he is not their dog***except for the dogs that eat filth"
He is referring to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
They will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog
سيقولون ثلاثةٌ رابعهم كلبهمYes
"A pig by nature" I seek refuge in Allah
"A pig by nature in a speaking creation***"
He means that his nature is the nature of pigs, but his creation is human, except that his nature is the nature of pigs
"***a beggar in lies and slander"
A beggar, not a peddler, do you have that?
The student: A beggar
The Shaykh : A beggar from the word "taswif" (procrastination), meaning that he has nothing but lies and slander
"Like a dog, he follows them, sniffing bones***he throws them away, and the people are for the meat
They amuse themselves with it"
This is a follower, and he is not like an imitator; he just sees what people say and says it. He says what people say, like a dog that follows people, sniffing bones. You see dogs now; if you throw bones, they sniff them first, then eat the meat in them, and the other people amuse themselves with the meat
"Its price is cheap***dead, without compensation or price
He is a leftover among people"
This man is the one who backbites; he has no, I mean, no capital of knowledge, no imitation, and no goal. A person who backbites: if he attends a gathering where Ibn al-Qayyim is praised, he praises him; and if he attends a gathering where he is blamed, he blames him. He has no principle upon which to build enmity or friendship, but he is like a dog that follows. Like a dog, these people who eat the meat and throw away the bones, and he sniffs them