Reading from the author's text, commenting on it, and collating the manuscripts: "Then it reached me, in the end, that some people found that strange and difficult to accept
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The reader: "Then it reached me, in the end, that some people found that strange and difficult to accept, because it contradicted a custom they had grown up with, and they held fast to general and absolute texts they relied upon. So some of my companions prompted me to write a comment on this that would point to the root of this issue, given the abundance of its benefit and the widespread utility of it, and because many people have been afflicted with this to the extent that they have fallen into a kind of pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So I wrote what came to mind at this moment, even though if one were to exhaust the evidence and the words of the scholars in this matter".
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : how
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : Even though he said,
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : Even though I.
The reader: He says: In B and the printed edition, it is "Even though I."
The Shaykh : I have "Even though if it were exhausted" in my copy.
The reader: Now, Shaykh, which of the brothers has "I" in the manuscripts?
The Shaykh : It is mentioned in their copies.
The reader: No, on the basis that this manuscript is named B, because the names of the manuscripts will pass by us, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even though if it were exhausted, what is in that, this is what I have.
The reader: Copy B, I have "Even though I."
The student: I have, Shaykh, "Even though I, if I had exhausted."
The Shaykh: A difference in manuscripts, yes.
The reader: "Even though if one were to exhaust the evidence and the words of the scholars in this matter, and investigate the reports concerning it, one would find in it more than what I have written. And I did not think that one who has delved into Islamic jurisprudence, and seen the indications of the Shari'ah and its objectives, and the causes and issues of the jurists, would doubt this. Rather, I did not think that one in whom faith has settled in his heart".
The Shaykh : Do you have "would doubt" or "would not doubt"?
The student: Would not doubt.
The Shaykh : It would be a copy, because it is suitable for the negation and the negated.
The reader: "Rather, I did not think that one in whom faith has settled in his heart, and who has attained the reality of Islam, and that it is the religion of Allah, which He does not accept from anyone other than it—if he is pointed to this subtle point—would not have his life of the heart and the soundness of his faith necessitate his awakening at the slightest alert. But we seek refuge in Allah from the hardness of hearts and the desires of the souls, which prevent one from knowing the truth and following it. End of chapter".
The Shaykh : Correctly, there is no doubt that one in whom faith has settled in his heart and is complete will completely recoil from imitating the polytheists, because of the great harms that result from it and the disappearance of the Islamic personality in the midst of these disbelievers. And what clarifies this from the author's words will come later, so there is no need to elaborate on it. Yes.
The questioner : What he wrote first is known...
The Shaykh : It is not apparent; the apparent is that he dispensed with it by what he wrote first. The apparent is that he dispensed with it by this. Yes.
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : how
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : Even though he said,
The student: Even though I
The Shaykh : Even though I.
The reader: He says: In B and the printed edition, it is "Even though I."
The Shaykh : I have "Even though if it were exhausted" in my copy.
The reader: Now, Shaykh, which of the brothers has "I" in the manuscripts?
The Shaykh : It is mentioned in their copies.
The reader: No, on the basis that this manuscript is named B, because the names of the manuscripts will pass by us, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Even though if it were exhausted, what is in that, this is what I have.
The reader: Copy B, I have "Even though I."
The student: I have, Shaykh, "Even though I, if I had exhausted."
The Shaykh: A difference in manuscripts, yes.
The reader: "Even though if one were to exhaust the evidence and the words of the scholars in this matter, and investigate the reports concerning it, one would find in it more than what I have written. And I did not think that one who has delved into Islamic jurisprudence, and seen the indications of the Shari'ah and its objectives, and the causes and issues of the jurists, would doubt this. Rather, I did not think that one in whom faith has settled in his heart".
The Shaykh : Do you have "would doubt" or "would not doubt"?
The student: Would not doubt.
The Shaykh : It would be a copy, because it is suitable for the negation and the negated.
The reader: "Rather, I did not think that one in whom faith has settled in his heart, and who has attained the reality of Islam, and that it is the religion of Allah, which He does not accept from anyone other than it—if he is pointed to this subtle point—would not have his life of the heart and the soundness of his faith necessitate his awakening at the slightest alert. But we seek refuge in Allah from the hardness of hearts and the desires of the souls, which prevent one from knowing the truth and following it. End of chapter".
The Shaykh : Correctly, there is no doubt that one in whom faith has settled in his heart and is complete will completely recoil from imitating the polytheists, because of the great harms that result from it and the disappearance of the Islamic personality in the midst of these disbelievers. And what clarifies this from the author's words will come later, so there is no need to elaborate on it. Yes.
The questioner : What he wrote first is known...
The Shaykh : It is not apparent; the apparent is that he dispensed with it by what he wrote first. The apparent is that he dispensed with it by this. Yes.