Explanation of the Book of the Hearts-02a
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The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon His Messenger. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
'Abdan narrated to us from Abu Humayd from al-A'mash from Ibrahim from 'Ubaydah from 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6429.
The Shaykh : This is a repetition of the beginning of the discussion. As for his saying:Sahih al-Bukhari 6429, the meaning is that they testify, but because people do not trust them, they combine the testimony with an oath, thereby violating two things: first, testifying to something other than the truth, and second, a false oath. You will find him saying, "By Allah, I testify to such and such," or "I testify by Allah, by Allah, that such and such is the case." Because people do not trust him, he swears to what he testifies to. Sometimes the oath precedes the testimony, and sometimes the testimony precedes the oath. We seek help from Allah. That is, if you see now, after three centuries, that the community has changed and trust has descended into betrayal, how many centuries have passed since three centuries? Eleven centuries. If the change reached this extent in the early period of the community within three centuries, what do you think of the change at this time? This is something that necessitates caution, fear, and for a person to strive to fulfill trust and to give testimony.
'Abdan narrated to us from Abu Humayd from al-A'mash from Ibrahim from 'Ubaydah from 'Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said:
The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness.
خير الناس قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم ثم يجيء من بعدهم قوم تسبق شهادتهم أيمانهم وأيمانهم شهادتهمThe Shaykh : This is a repetition of the beginning of the discussion. As for his saying: