Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts
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The reader: "And from this you know that deeds enter into what faith deserves in reality, not in a figurative sense, even if".
The Shaykh : Do you have "what it deserves" or "the name"?
The reader: The name.
The Shaykh : I have "what it deserves," but it appears that "the name" is better.
The reader: I have in the printed edition "in the name of faith."
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what appears.
The reader: In the printed edition, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, in the ... manuscript, the name, a copy, and consider it more correct.
The reader: "And from this you know that deeds enter into the name of faith in reality, not in a figurative sense, even if not everyone who leaves off something of the deeds is a disbeliever, nor one who has exited the original name of faith, and likewise the name of intellect and such names.
For this reason, Allah the Exalted calls the people of these states dead, blind, deaf, dumb, lost, and ignorant, and describes them as not understanding and not hearing.
And He describes the believers as those of understanding and those of discretion, that they are guided, that they have light, and that they hear and understand.
So when that is made clear, the people before the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in a state of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance attributed to ignorance, for what they were upon of words and deeds was only innovated for them by an ignorant person, and only an ignorant person does it. And likewise, everything that contradicts what the messengers brought".
The Shaykh : And likewise
The reader: And likewise, everything that contradicts
The Shaykh : Everything.
The reader: Everyone who contradicts?
The Shaykh : No, everything that
The reader: I have it connected.
The Shaykh : It is separate.
The reader: It is connected for me.
The Shaykh : No, it is separate, meaning everything that
The reader: "And likewise, everything that contradicts what the messengers brought, whether Judaism or Christianity, is the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and that was the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance. As for after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers".
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is so, here.
The student: What was read ... .
The Shaykh : Only the apparent was read ... .
The reader: I have here a commentary in the printed edition, and T "So the absolute pre-Islamic age of ignorance may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers" to the end of it, he referred to it but did not establish it. "As for after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers, and it may be in one person and not another, like a man before he embraces Islam; he is in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance even if he is in the abode of Islam.
As for in an absolute time, there is no pre-Islamic age of ignorance after the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), for a group from his Ummah (the Muslim community) will not cease to be manifest upon the truth until the Hour".
The Shaykh : I have "manifest."
The reader: I have in B "manifest."
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "And the restricted pre-Islamic age of ignorance may exist in some of the lands of the Muslims and in many of the Muslim persons, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1001Hasan (Darussalam) And he said to Abu Dharr: Sahih Muslim 1661c and the like of that.
So his saying in this hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 6882. This includes every absolute or restricted pre-Islamic age of ignorance, whether Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian, Sabian, polytheistic, or composed of some of that, or part of it, or derived from some of these pre-Islamic religions, for all of them, whether the innovator of it or its abrogated form, became the pre-Islamic age of ignorance with the sending of Muhammad"
The Shaykh : Became
The reader: Became the pre-Islamic age of ignorance
The Shaykh : Yes, with the accusative case.
The reader: Yes, with the accusative case.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The reader: "For all of them, whether the innovator of it or its abrogated form, became the pre-Islamic age of ignorance with the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), even if the term pre-Islamic age of ignorance is not usually said except for the state of the Arabs that they were upon, for the meaning is the same. And in *the two Sahihs* from Nafi' from Ibn Umar" The time for the question has come, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Fine, no, actually, this is not the time for the question.
The student: Except there are five minutes left.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: Limited to the last five minutes.
The Shaykh : Like the others, usually, yes.
The Shaykh : Do you have "what it deserves" or "the name"?
The reader: The name.
The Shaykh : I have "what it deserves," but it appears that "the name" is better.
The reader: I have in the printed edition "in the name of faith."
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what appears.
The reader: In the printed edition, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, in the ... manuscript, the name, a copy, and consider it more correct.
The reader: "And from this you know that deeds enter into the name of faith in reality, not in a figurative sense, even if not everyone who leaves off something of the deeds is a disbeliever, nor one who has exited the original name of faith, and likewise the name of intellect and such names.
For this reason, Allah the Exalted calls the people of these states dead, blind, deaf, dumb, lost, and ignorant, and describes them as not understanding and not hearing.
And He describes the believers as those of understanding and those of discretion, that they are guided, that they have light, and that they hear and understand.
So when that is made clear, the people before the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in a state of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance attributed to ignorance, for what they were upon of words and deeds was only innovated for them by an ignorant person, and only an ignorant person does it. And likewise, everything that contradicts what the messengers brought".
The Shaykh : And likewise
The reader: And likewise, everything that contradicts
The Shaykh : Everything.
The reader: Everyone who contradicts?
The Shaykh : No, everything that
The reader: I have it connected.
The Shaykh : It is separate.
The reader: It is connected for me.
The Shaykh : No, it is separate, meaning everything that
The reader: "And likewise, everything that contradicts what the messengers brought, whether Judaism or Christianity, is the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and that was the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance. As for after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers".
The Shaykh : How?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is so, here.
The student: What was read ... .
The Shaykh : Only the apparent was read ... .
The reader: I have here a commentary in the printed edition, and T "So the absolute pre-Islamic age of ignorance may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers" to the end of it, he referred to it but did not establish it. "As for after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), it may be in one land and not another, as it is in the abode of disbelievers, and it may be in one person and not another, like a man before he embraces Islam; he is in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance even if he is in the abode of Islam.
As for in an absolute time, there is no pre-Islamic age of ignorance after the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), for a group from his Ummah (the Muslim community) will not cease to be manifest upon the truth until the Hour".
The Shaykh : I have "manifest."
The reader: I have in B "manifest."
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "And the restricted pre-Islamic age of ignorance may exist in some of the lands of the Muslims and in many of the Muslim persons, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There are four matters in my nation that are from the matters of Jahiliyyah
أربع في أمتي من أمر الجاهليةYou are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him
إنك امرؤ فيك جاهليةSo his saying in this hadith:
a person who seeks that the traditions of the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance, should remain in Islam
ومبتغ في الإسلام سنة جاهليةThe Shaykh : Became
The reader: Became the pre-Islamic age of ignorance
The Shaykh : Yes, with the accusative case.
The reader: Yes, with the accusative case.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The reader: "For all of them, whether the innovator of it or its abrogated form, became the pre-Islamic age of ignorance with the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), even if the term pre-Islamic age of ignorance is not usually said except for the state of the Arabs that they were upon, for the meaning is the same. And in *the two Sahihs* from Nafi' from Ibn Umar
That the people camped with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Hijr, the land of Thamud, and they drew water from its wells and kneaded dough with it, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to pour out what they had drawn and feed the camels the dough, and he ordered them to draw water from the well that the she-camel used to drink from
أن الناس نزلوا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الحِجر أرض ثمود فاستقوا من آبارها وعجنوا به العجين، فأمرهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يهريقوا ما استقوا ويعلفوا الإبل العجين وأمرهم أن يستقوا من البئر التي كانت تردها الناقةThe Shaykh : Fine, no, actually, this is not the time for the question.
The student: Except there are five minutes left.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: Limited to the last five minutes.
The Shaykh : Like the others, usually, yes.