Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Then this standing which Anas and others described as light
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The reader: "Then this standing which Anas and others described as light, and the lightness which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded has been explained by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through his action and his command, and he conveyed that to his Companions. For when he prayed on the pulpit, he said: Sahih Muslim 544a, and he said to Malik ibn al-Huwayrith and his companion: Sahih al-Bukhari 6008.
And that is because, in the general case, no action exists that is not called light in relation to what is longer than it, and called long in relation to what is lighter than it, so it has no limit in language. And the action is not from the customs, such as marking boundaries, seizing, hunting, and reviving dead land, such that its limit would be referred to the custom of the term. Rather, it is from the acts of worship, and acts of worship are referred to the Lawgiver in their qualities and quantities, just as they are referred to the Lawgiver in their origin.
And because if it were permissible to refer to the custom of people in the action, or in the term for lightness, the prescribed regular prayer, which is commanded in most times when there are no opposing factors necessitating length or shortening, would differ with a varying difference that has no control. And there would be for every people of an era and city, and for every people of a neighborhood and street, indeed for the people of every mosque, a custom in the meaning of the term and in the custom of the action, differing from the custom of the others".
The Shaykh : Contrary to me, to you in the accusative case?
The reader: In the accusative case.
The Shaykh : It is better in the nominative case, and the accusative is permissible because the indefinite noun was described. I say the accusative is permissible as a state due to the description of the indefinite noun, and the nominative is permissible as the original rule that it is an attribute. Yes, a copy.
The student: But allow me, may Allah reward you. Is not "contrary" the predicate of "was"?
The Shaykh : How?
The student: And "there would be for every people of a neighborhood a custom" is the name of "was," and "contrary" is its predicate.
The Shaykh :"And there would be for every people of a neighborhood and street, indeed for the people of every mosque, a custom in the meaning of the term and in the custom of the action, contrary to the custom of the others".
The student: I say "contrary," does it become the predicate of "was"?
The Shaykh : No, because the predicate of "was" is the prepositional phrase and the noun in the genitive case that was placed before "was" for everyone.
The reader: "And this is contrary to the command of Allah and His Messenger where He said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6008 and He did not say: 'As the people of your land call it light,' or 'As they are accustomed to it.' And I do not know any scholar who says that, for it leads to changing the Shari'ah and the death of the Sunnahs, either by increase or by decrease, and the narrations of the Companions all indicate this".
The Shaykh : We stop here.
I have done it so that you should follow me and learn (my mode of) prayer.
إنما فعلت هذا لتأتموا بي ولتعَلَّموا صلاتيoffer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers
صلوا كما رأيتموني أصليAnd that is because, in the general case, no action exists that is not called light in relation to what is longer than it, and called long in relation to what is lighter than it, so it has no limit in language. And the action is not from the customs, such as marking boundaries, seizing, hunting, and reviving dead land, such that its limit would be referred to the custom of the term. Rather, it is from the acts of worship, and acts of worship are referred to the Lawgiver in their qualities and quantities, just as they are referred to the Lawgiver in their origin.
And because if it were permissible to refer to the custom of people in the action, or in the term for lightness, the prescribed regular prayer, which is commanded in most times when there are no opposing factors necessitating length or shortening, would differ with a varying difference that has no control. And there would be for every people of an era and city, and for every people of a neighborhood and street, indeed for the people of every mosque, a custom in the meaning of the term and in the custom of the action, differing from the custom of the others".
The Shaykh : Contrary to me, to you in the accusative case?
The reader: In the accusative case.
The Shaykh : It is better in the nominative case, and the accusative is permissible because the indefinite noun was described. I say the accusative is permissible as a state due to the description of the indefinite noun, and the nominative is permissible as the original rule that it is an attribute. Yes, a copy.
The student: But allow me, may Allah reward you. Is not "contrary" the predicate of "was"?
The Shaykh : How?
The student: And "there would be for every people of a neighborhood a custom" is the name of "was," and "contrary" is its predicate.
The Shaykh :"And there would be for every people of a neighborhood and street, indeed for the people of every mosque, a custom in the meaning of the term and in the custom of the action, contrary to the custom of the others".
The student: I say "contrary," does it become the predicate of "was"?
The Shaykh : No, because the predicate of "was" is the prepositional phrase and the noun in the genitive case that was placed before "was" for everyone.
The reader: "And this is contrary to the command of Allah and His Messenger where He said:
offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers
صلوا كما رأيتموني أُصليThe Shaykh : We stop here.