Reading from the author's words with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And Allah said regarding His description of him (peace and blessings be upon him)

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*: "And Allah said regarding His description of him (peace and blessings be upon him):

and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them

ويضع عنهم إصرهم والأغلال التي كانت عليهم

[Al-A'raf 7:157]

So Allah, the Exalted, informed that His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) will remove the burdens and shackles that were upon the People of the Book. And when the believers called for that, the Messenger was informed that their supplication had been answered. And although this is a removal of obligation and prohibition, Allah loves that His dispensations be taken, just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed. This has been authentically reported from the Prophet".

The Shaykh : As has been authentically reported. Do you have a copy? Yes, yes. Who doesn't have a copy? Who doesn't have a copy? Come on, Khalid, take this one after this page, and this... as a loan, right, Khalid? Guaranteed or to be returned? Okay.
The reader: "As has been authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to dislike imitating the people of".

The Shaykh : If someone were to say: This comparison is not a comparison in every respect.
The reader: Just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed.

The Shaykh : Yes, yes, just as He dislikes that His disobedience be committed. This comparison is not a comparison in every respect, because Allah's dislike of His disobedience being committed is His dislike of sin and prohibition. As for His love for His dispensations being taken, it is a love of generosity. Therefore, dispensations are not obligatory, but they are permissible. For example, wiping over leather socks is a dispensation, and breaking the fast in Ramadan is a dispensation, and it is not obligatory. But if someone were to ask: Why does Allah love that His dispensations be taken? We would say: Because of His glory and His generosity. The generous, bountiful One loves that those He has bestowed upon with His generosity and favor enjoy what He has honored them with. And therefore, and to Allah belongs the highest example, you find the generous man, when his generosity is accepted and people benefit from it, to be what? He is pleased and rejoices in it. But if it were returned, something would be in his heart. For this reason, it was the way of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he never returned a gift, but rather he would accept the gift and give in return for it. So much so that when Abu Jahm gifted him a *khamisah* (a decorated garment), the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wore it, and he looked at its decorations, at the lines in it, looking at them while he was praying, one look—pay attention, my brother—one look. When he finished the prayer, he said: The *anbijaniyyah* is a coarse cloak, not fine like the *khamisah*. Why did he say: Bring it to me? So he asked (peace and blessings be upon him), he asked, saying: Bring it to me. Why? So that the heart of Abu Jahm would not be broken, and Abu Jahm would be pleased when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took it in exchange for what was returned. The result is that Allah the Exalted loves that His dispensations be taken. And by this we know the misguidance of those who were severe upon themselves. You find them in the days of summer, and they are fasting, they do not break their fast. You find them sick, and it is permissible for them to break their fast in Ramadan, and they say: We do not break our fast. And this is wrong. Do what Allah has made permissible for you, for that is more beloved to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The reader: "As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to".
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes, how?
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : As has been authentically reported from the Prophet, and for that reason he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to...
The reader: Three copies, and for that reason, and likewise, and as he used to.

The Shaykh : Okay...