Explanation of the author's statement: "… And the Lord, the Exalted, protects His religion with His awliya (close friends of Allah), whom He has bestowed with faith, knowledge, and wisdom…"
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The reader: "And the Lord, the Exalted, protects His religion with His awliya (close friends of Allah)"
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "And the Lord, the Exalted, protects His religion with His awliya (close friends of Allah), whom He bestows with faith, knowledge, and wisdom, by which they repel these enemies and turn their plots back upon them. So no one has ever established a bid'ah (religious innovation) except that Allah, praise be to Him, has caused to arise from among the people of the Sunnah one who refutes his innovation and invalidates it"
The Shaykh : Refutes
The reader: "And among the foremost of those who stood against these innovators was Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn 'Abd al-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani, then al-Dimashqi, born in Harran on a Monday corresponding to the tenth of Rabi' al-Awwal of the year six hundred and sixty-one AH, and died…"
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Huh? Corresponding to the tenth
The student: ...
The Shaykh : I mean, there is no difference; the tenth is better, but there is no harm, yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, yes, their plots in their throats, yes, huh?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah or al-Taymiyyah?
The Shaykh : It is acceptable; Taymiyyah and al-Taymiyyah involve both lightening and strengthening of the letter; this man, continue, continue
The reader: "and died imprisoned unjustly in the citadel of Dimashq or al-Dimashq in Dhu al-Qa'dah"
The Shaykh : Dhu al-Qa'dah; here, one does not like to be mistaken ever; in our usage, in al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah, they say the most eloquent is the kasrah in Dhu al-Hijjah, and the fathah in Dhu al-Qa'dah; this is the most eloquent
The questioner : But it is permissible
The Shaykh : Permissible, but why do we deviate from it?
The questioner : … al-Qa'dah …
The Shaykh : It does not matter; just as they mistake me when I say tajarib (experiences) and tajribah (experience), they mistake me, and they say tajrubah and tajarub, even some of the students of knowledge, and this is wrong, this is wrong, this is an error from the linguistic side, because when one says tajarub or tajrubah, we say you have erred, you are not on the tongue of the Arabs, you are half an Arab, yes, the correct form is tajribah and tajarib
"They have tried it, but it did not cease, so their experiences did not add to Abu Qudamah anything but glory and fame"
Yes, that is right.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We do not know; as for the common people, they are… if we taught them today, they would forget tomorrow, but the students of knowledge, yes, he is the one who teaches them, yes, this man, yes, in Dhu al-Qa'dah
The reader: "in Dhu al-Qa'dah of the year seven hundred and twenty-eight AH"
The Shaykh : The correct form is the year twenty-eight and seven hundred; you are an Arab, do you read with the right or with the left?
The reader: No, with the right
The Shaykh : Yes, good; this man, the genealogists differed regarding his lineage, whether he is Arab or not? It was said "that the Taymiyyah family are not from the Arabs and that their origin is Kurdish", and it was said "that they are Arabs", and this is the correct view, that they are from the Arabs; and we, whatever the case may be, whether we say this is the correct view or not, it does not harm us whether he is Arab or Kurdish; the important thing is that he was a divine scholar, is that not so?
"The young man is not" yes "the one who says my father was" no
"The young man is the one who says here I am *** The young man is not the one who says my father was"
"The young man is not the one who says my father was" So in reality, a person's lineage is his knowledge and his deeds; so this man, if he is from the Arabs, there is no doubt that the Arabs are better than others in kind, not in individual; it may be that an individual from the Persians or the Romans is much better than the Arabs, but the kind of the Arabs is better than others, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih al-Bukhari 4689 yes
The questioner : … the Arab is more correct
The Shaykh : The Arab?
The questioner : The Arab is more correct
The Shaykh : What does it mean, the Arab is more correct?
The questioner : A lineage that traces back to the Arabs is more correct…
The Shaykh : I mean, do you mean Shaykh al-Islam? Yes, correct, this is the most correct; I saw this in a manuscript copy written on it that this is a lie and that this is from those who hate Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; they wanted to criticize him with anything
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, it is strange; in my view, the dispute over this matter is not of strong value; the man, whatever he is, let us suppose he is Kurdish or Persian or whatever, the man, Allah made Islam benefit greatly through him; we do not believe that anyone among the Muslims, as far as we know of the scholars of the Muslims, benefited like this man benefited in his time, nor even in a time close to his time, yes
The questioner : And after his time?
The Shaykh : And after his time, a fortiori, a fortiori after his time, Glory be to Allah the Great, yes
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I mean, this is the stronger position, there is no problem, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "And the Lord, the Exalted, protects His religion with His awliya (close friends of Allah), whom He bestows with faith, knowledge, and wisdom, by which they repel these enemies and turn their plots back upon them. So no one has ever established a bid'ah (religious innovation) except that Allah, praise be to Him, has caused to arise from among the people of the Sunnah one who refutes his innovation and invalidates it"
The Shaykh : Refutes
The reader: "And among the foremost of those who stood against these innovators was Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Halim ibn 'Abd al-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani, then al-Dimashqi, born in Harran on a Monday corresponding to the tenth of Rabi' al-Awwal of the year six hundred and sixty-one AH, and died…"
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Huh? Corresponding to the tenth
The student: ...
The Shaykh : I mean, there is no difference; the tenth is better, but there is no harm, yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, yes, their plots in their throats, yes, huh?
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah or al-Taymiyyah?
The Shaykh : It is acceptable; Taymiyyah and al-Taymiyyah involve both lightening and strengthening of the letter; this man, continue, continue
The reader: "and died imprisoned unjustly in the citadel of Dimashq or al-Dimashq in Dhu al-Qa'dah"
The Shaykh : Dhu al-Qa'dah; here, one does not like to be mistaken ever; in our usage, in al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah, they say the most eloquent is the kasrah in Dhu al-Hijjah, and the fathah in Dhu al-Qa'dah; this is the most eloquent
The questioner : But it is permissible
The Shaykh : Permissible, but why do we deviate from it?
The questioner : … al-Qa'dah …
The Shaykh : It does not matter; just as they mistake me when I say tajarib (experiences) and tajribah (experience), they mistake me, and they say tajrubah and tajarub, even some of the students of knowledge, and this is wrong, this is wrong, this is an error from the linguistic side, because when one says tajarub or tajrubah, we say you have erred, you are not on the tongue of the Arabs, you are half an Arab, yes, the correct form is tajribah and tajarib
"They have tried it, but it did not cease, so their experiences did not add to Abu Qudamah anything but glory and fame"
Yes, that is right.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : We do not know; as for the common people, they are… if we taught them today, they would forget tomorrow, but the students of knowledge, yes, he is the one who teaches them, yes, this man, yes, in Dhu al-Qa'dah
The reader: "in Dhu al-Qa'dah of the year seven hundred and twenty-eight AH"
The Shaykh : The correct form is the year twenty-eight and seven hundred; you are an Arab, do you read with the right or with the left?
The reader: No, with the right
The Shaykh : Yes, good; this man, the genealogists differed regarding his lineage, whether he is Arab or not? It was said "that the Taymiyyah family are not from the Arabs and that their origin is Kurdish", and it was said "that they are Arabs", and this is the correct view, that they are from the Arabs; and we, whatever the case may be, whether we say this is the correct view or not, it does not harm us whether he is Arab or Kurdish; the important thing is that he was a divine scholar, is that not so?
"The young man is not" yes "the one who says my father was" no
"The young man is the one who says here I am *** The young man is not the one who says my father was"
"The young man is not the one who says my father was" So in reality, a person's lineage is his knowledge and his deeds; so this man, if he is from the Arabs, there is no doubt that the Arabs are better than others in kind, not in individual; it may be that an individual from the Persians or the Romans is much better than the Arabs, but the kind of the Arabs is better than others, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Those who were the best amongst you in the Prelslamic Period are the best amongst you in Islam if they comprehend (the Islamic religion).
خياركم في الجاهلية خياركم في الإسلام إذا فقهواThe questioner : … the Arab is more correct
The Shaykh : The Arab?
The questioner : The Arab is more correct
The Shaykh : What does it mean, the Arab is more correct?
The questioner : A lineage that traces back to the Arabs is more correct…
The Shaykh : I mean, do you mean Shaykh al-Islam? Yes, correct, this is the most correct; I saw this in a manuscript copy written on it that this is a lie and that this is from those who hate Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah; they wanted to criticize him with anything
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I mean, it is strange; in my view, the dispute over this matter is not of strong value; the man, whatever he is, let us suppose he is Kurdish or Persian or whatever, the man, Allah made Islam benefit greatly through him; we do not believe that anyone among the Muslims, as far as we know of the scholars of the Muslims, benefited like this man benefited in his time, nor even in a time close to his time, yes
The questioner : And after his time?
The Shaykh : And after his time, a fortiori, a fortiori after his time, Glory be to Allah the Great, yes
The questioner : Oh Shaykh...
The Shaykh : I mean, this is the stronger position, there is no problem, yes.