Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts

The reader: "Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked imitating the People of the Book in these burdens and shackles, and he forbade his Companions from monasticism and said:

There is no monasticism in Islam

لا رهبانية في الإسلام

He ordered the pre-dawn meal and forbade continuous fasting, and he said, in what he criticizes the People of the Book for".

The Shaykh : For him, in what he criticizes for.
The reader: A copy.

The Shaykh : Better, for him is better.
The reader: "And he said, in what he criticizes the People of the Book for and warns against agreeing with them:

Their survivors are to be found in cells

فتلك بقاياهم في الصوامع

Sunan Abi Dawud 4904Da'if (Al-Albani)

And this is a very broad chapter."
And He the Exalted said:

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them

يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تتخذوا اليهود والنصارى أولياء بعضهم أولياء بعضٍ ومن يتولهم منكم فإنه منهم

[Al-Ma'idah 5:51]

And He the Exalted said:

Have you not considered those

ألم تر إلى الذين

[Al-Baqarah 2:243]

".

The Shaykh : Do you have ?
The reader: Yes, indeed "And He the Exalted said:

Have you not considered those who make allies of a people with whom Allah has become angry? They are neither of you nor of them

ألم تر إلى الذين تولوا قومًا غضب الله عليهم ما هم منكم ولا منهم

[Al-Mujadila 58:14]

He criticizes thereby the hypocrites who took the Jews as allies, up to His saying:

You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him

لا تجد قومًا يؤمنون بالله واليوم الآخر يوادون من حاد الله ورسوله ولو كانوا آباءهم أو أبناءهم أو إخوانهم أو عشيرتهم أولئك كتب في قلوبهم الإيمان وأيدهم بروحٍ منه

[Al-Mujadila 58:22]

Up to His saying:

Those are the party of Allah.

أولئك حزب الله

.
And He the Exalted said:

Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allah and those who gave shelter and aided - they are allies of one another

إن الذين آمنوا وهاجروا وجاهدوا بأموالهم وأنفسهم في سبيل الله والذين آووا ونصروا أولئك بعضهم أولياء بعضٍ

[Al-Anfal 8:72]

Up to His saying:

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another

والذين كفروا بعضهم أولياء بعضٍ

[Al-Anfal 8:73]

Up to His saying:

And those who believed after [the initial emigration] and emigrated and fought with you - they are of you

والذين آمنوا من بعد وهاجروا وجاهدوا معكم فأولئك منكم

[Al-Anfal 8:75]

.
So He the Exalted established the bond of loyalty between the Emigrants and the Helpers, and between those who believed after them and emigrated and strived until the Day of Resurrection".

The Shaykh : I have a missing part, dictate it to me, it says: and emigrated, up to His saying:
The reader: Yes.
The reader: "

those are of you

فأولئك منكم

So He the Exalted established the bond of loyalty between the Emigrants and the Helpers".

The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "And between those who believed after them and emigrated and strived until the Day of Resurrection, and the Emigrant" Do you have it, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : We have "and the Emigrant"
The reader: Do you have it?

The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "And the Emigrant is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden, and striving remains until the Day of Resurrection.
So every person can fulfill these two descriptions, since many soft souls incline to abandoning sins".

The Shaykh : Since many.
The reader: Since many

The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: I have a copy that says "if many."

The Shaykh : Since many, Khalid, since many?
The reader: "Since many soft souls incline to abandoning sins without striving, and strong souls may incline to striving without abandoning sins, and the bond of loyalty was established for those who combined the two descriptions, and they are truly the Ummah of Muhammad.
And He said:

⁽⁵⁵⁾ Your ally is none but Allah and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakah, and they bow [in worship]. ⁽⁵⁶⁾ And whoever is an ally of Allah and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allah - they will be the predominant.

إنما وليكم الله ورسوله والذين آمنوا الذين يقيمون الصلاة ويؤتون الزكاة وهم راكعون ومن يتول الله ورسوله والذين آمنوا فإن حزب الله هم الغالبون

[Al-Ma'idah 5:55-56]

And similar to this in other places in the Qur'an: He the Exalted commands the true loyalty to the believers—those who are His party and His army—and informs that these do not ally with the disbelievers nor have affection for them.
And loyalty and affection: although they are connected to the heart, but disagreement in appearance is more helpful in cutting off the disbelievers and distinguishing oneself from them".

The Shaykh : Is that right? More helpful in cutting off? More helpful in.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Here, easier.
The reader: Here he pointed to it, he said in the printed edition: "Easier for the believers than cutting off the disbelievers and distinguishing oneself from them" And I think it is an alteration added to the original of the book because it contradicted all the manuscripts which agreed on what I have established.

The Shaykh : More helpful, yes.
The reader: "And participating with them in appearance: if it is not a means or a cause, near or far, to some kind of loyalty or affection, then there is no benefit in cutting off and distinguishing, while it leads to some kind of connection—as nature requires and custom indicates. For this reason, the Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) used these verses as evidence for leaving the seeking of their help in positions of authority".

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is the truth, not to seek their help in positions of authority, due to His saying the Exalted: So they do not entrust the important and critical affairs of the Muslims to them, yes.