Reading from the author's words, with commentary on them and collation of the manuscripts: "As it is said: 'Honor your guest: feed him'
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The reader: "As it is said: 'Honor your guest: feed him, and converse with him.' So the command to honor comes first, which is evidence that honoring the guest is the intended purpose, and then the specific action that constitutes honor at that time is identified. The confirmation in this hadith is similar to the confirmation in His saying: 'They do not dye their hair, so differ from them'".
The Shaykh : I have the estimate
The student: With a ra
The Shaykh : With a ra, okay, yes.
The reader: "Similar to the confirmation in His saying: 'They do not dye their hair, so differ from them.' And Muslim narrated in *his Sahih* from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 260 So the command was followed by the appropriate derived description, and that is evidence that differing from the Majus is an intended purpose of the Lawgiver, and it is the operative cause of this ruling, or another cause, or part of a cause, even though the most apparent view when the term is used generally is that it is a complete cause"
The Shaykh : The most apparent is better
The reader: "Even though the most apparent view when the term is used generally is that it is a complete cause; for this reason, when the Salaf understood the dislike of imitating the Majus in this and other matters, they disliked things that were not specifically mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the way of the Majus.
And Al-Marwazi said: I asked Abu 'Abdullah".
The Shaykh : It does not have a waw; the best is to omit the waw.
The reader: "Al-Marwazi said: I asked Abu 'Abdullah—meaning Ahmad ibn Hanbal—about shaving the back of the head, and he said: It is from the practice of the Majus, and whoever imitates a people is one of them.
He also said: It was said to Abu 'Abdullah: It is disliked for a man to shave the back of his head or his face. He said: As for me, I do not shave the back of my head.
And a mursal hadith was narrated regarding it from Qatadah expressing his dislike of it, and he said: Shaving the back of the head is from the practice of the Majus. He said: And Abu 'Abdullah used to shave the back of his head at the time of cupping".
The Shaykh : The meaning of shaving the back of the head is shaving the neck, whereas shaving the head is necessary if one shaves the front of it.
The Shaykh : I have the estimate
The student: With a ra
The Shaykh : With a ra, okay, yes.
The reader: "Similar to the confirmation in His saying: 'They do not dye their hair, so differ from them.' And Muslim narrated in *his Sahih* from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Trim closely the moustache, and grow beard, and thus act against the fire-worshippers.
جزوا الشوارب ، وأرخوا اللحى ، خالفوا المجوسThe Shaykh : The most apparent is better
The reader: "Even though the most apparent view when the term is used generally is that it is a complete cause; for this reason, when the Salaf understood the dislike of imitating the Majus in this and other matters, they disliked things that were not specifically mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the way of the Majus.
And Al-Marwazi said: I asked Abu 'Abdullah".
The Shaykh : It does not have a waw; the best is to omit the waw.
The reader: "Al-Marwazi said: I asked Abu 'Abdullah—meaning Ahmad ibn Hanbal—about shaving the back of the head, and he said: It is from the practice of the Majus, and whoever imitates a people is one of them.
He also said: It was said to Abu 'Abdullah: It is disliked for a man to shave the back of his head or his face. He said: As for me, I do not shave the back of my head.
And a mursal hadith was narrated regarding it from Qatadah expressing his dislike of it, and he said: Shaving the back of the head is from the practice of the Majus. He said: And Abu 'Abdullah used to shave the back of his head at the time of cupping".
The Shaykh : The meaning of shaving the back of the head is shaving the neck, whereas shaving the head is necessary if one shaves the front of it.