Reading from the author's words, with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And Sa'id ibn 'Amir was asked about it, and he said:
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The reader: "And Sa'id ibn 'Amir was asked about it, and he said: The sunnah of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is more beloved to us than the sunnah of the Indian king".
"The Indian king" here means: it is the name of the king of India, as the author will mention later.
"And in a narration by al-Marwazi, he was asked about the sandalwood sandal, and he said: As for me, I do not use it, but if it is for mud or the exit, I hope [it is permissible]. But as for one who seeks adornment, no".
The Shaykh : This is the same answer, but here he added "mud." What is this mud? It means, for example, a person mixing mud as they did in the past, or in the mud during rainy days before the streets were paved. The point is that if it is for necessity, not for honor, yes.
The reader: "And he saw a sandalwood sandal at the door of the exit and said: It is imitating the sons of kings".
The Shaykh : And look, the imams (may Allah have mercy on them) sometimes leave off a thing, but they do not forbid it for the people, as the man said—I think it was 'Ubaydah al-Salmani—. And this is a principle followed by scholars and imams: a person may dislike a thing for himself and not love it voluntarily, not because it contradicts his custom or is not what he uses, but he does not forbid it for the people, nor does he demand it from the people either, yes.
The reader: "And he saw a sandalwood sandal at the door of the exit and said: It is imitating the sons of kings. And Harb al-Kirmani said: I said to Ahmad: What about these thick sandals? He said: These are the sandalwood ones. He said: If it is for wudu, or the latrine, or a place of necessity, there is no harm".
The Shaykh : He added here, to what came before, "a place of necessity." This means, for example, if the ground is hot and one cannot walk on it, or if it has thorns, or stones that injure the foot. Then there is no harm, out of necessity. Yes, yes, al-Bara' ibn Malik.
The reader: "It seems he disliked walking in them in the alleys. It was said: What about the wooden sandal? He said: There is no harm with it either, if it is a place of necessity". They call them qabaqab.
The Shaykh : Qabaqab, yes. We used to use these in the past. The carpenters made them, and they were worn in rainy days because they are thin, hard, and curved from the heel so that they grip and a person does not slip out of them. Yes.
The reader: And Harb narrated to us.
"The Indian king" here means: it is the name of the king of India, as the author will mention later.
"And in a narration by al-Marwazi, he was asked about the sandalwood sandal, and he said: As for me, I do not use it, but if it is for mud or the exit, I hope [it is permissible]. But as for one who seeks adornment, no".
The Shaykh : This is the same answer, but here he added "mud." What is this mud? It means, for example, a person mixing mud as they did in the past, or in the mud during rainy days before the streets were paved. The point is that if it is for necessity, not for honor, yes.
The reader: "And he saw a sandalwood sandal at the door of the exit and said: It is imitating the sons of kings".
The Shaykh : And look, the imams (may Allah have mercy on them) sometimes leave off a thing, but they do not forbid it for the people, as the man said—I think it was 'Ubaydah al-Salmani—
He said to al-Bara' ibn Malik, when he narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Four things are not permissible in sacrificial animals," and he mentioned them. He said to him: "I dislike there being a defect in the ear, or a defect in the horn, or a defect in the tooth." He said: "What you dislike, leave it, and do not forbid it to others."
قال للبراء بن مالك لما حدثه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : أربع لا تجوز في الأضاحي وذكرها قال له : إني أكره أن يكون في الأذن نقص أو في القرن نقص أو في السن نقص قال : ما كرهته فدعه ولا تحرمه على غيركThe reader: "And he saw a sandalwood sandal at the door of the exit and said: It is imitating the sons of kings. And Harb al-Kirmani said: I said to Ahmad: What about these thick sandals? He said: These are the sandalwood ones. He said: If it is for wudu, or the latrine, or a place of necessity, there is no harm".
The Shaykh : He added here, to what came before, "a place of necessity." This means, for example, if the ground is hot and one cannot walk on it, or if it has thorns, or stones that injure the foot. Then there is no harm, out of necessity. Yes, yes, al-Bara' ibn Malik.
The reader: "It seems he disliked walking in them in the alleys. It was said: What about the wooden sandal? He said: There is no harm with it either, if it is a place of necessity". They call them qabaqab.
The Shaykh : Qabaqab, yes. We used to use these in the past. The carpenters made them, and they were worn in rainy days because they are thin, hard, and curved from the heel so that they grip and a person does not slip out of them. Yes.
The reader: And Harb narrated to us.