The Shaykh al-Islam mentioned that if the origin of a thing is with the disbelievers and it then spreads among the Muslims, it does not thereby constitute imitation; so what is the answer regarding the pantalon?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. We said that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says in his book *Al-Iqtida'* that if a thing is originally from the disbelievers and then spreads among the Muslims, then it...
The Shaykh : What? What?
The questioner : We said that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says: if the origin of a thing is from the disbelievers and it then spreads among the Muslims, it does not thereby constitute imitation. But what is the answer, for example, in the issue of the pantalon? And we attributed that to him based on this hadith.
The Shaykh : First, who said that Shaykh al-Islam said this?
The questioner : The Shaykh took it from the lesson.
The Shaykh : Someone said Shaykh al-Islam said it.
The questioner : You said it would come to us in the book, that if a thing spreads...
The Shaykh : We moved on to another statement and did not say it would come to us.
The questioner : But, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We quoted from the author of *Fath al-Bari*, from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), that he said: "If the origin of a thing is specific to the disbelievers and it then spreads among the Muslims, it is not considered imitation" because the disbeliever and the Muslim are all equal in it, and imitation is when a person adopts something specific to the disbelievers such that whoever sees it says, "This is from the disbelievers." This is the criterion for imitation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Based on this, what is the answer in the issue of the pantalon? Based on this hadith, "These are the clothes of the disbelievers, so do not wear them," meaning...
The Shaykh : Now it is no longer from the clothes of the disbelievers. Shaykh al-Islam mentioned two meanings in his statement: "The clothes of the disbelievers." Yes, Adam.
The Shaykh : What? What?
The questioner : We said that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says: if the origin of a thing is from the disbelievers and it then spreads among the Muslims, it does not thereby constitute imitation. But what is the answer, for example, in the issue of the pantalon? And we attributed that to him based on this hadith.
The Shaykh : First, who said that Shaykh al-Islam said this?
The questioner : The Shaykh took it from the lesson.
The Shaykh : Someone said Shaykh al-Islam said it.
The questioner : You said it would come to us in the book, that if a thing spreads...
The Shaykh : We moved on to another statement and did not say it would come to us.
The questioner : But, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : We quoted from the author of *Fath al-Bari*, from Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), that he said: "If the origin of a thing is specific to the disbelievers and it then spreads among the Muslims, it is not considered imitation" because the disbeliever and the Muslim are all equal in it, and imitation is when a person adopts something specific to the disbelievers such that whoever sees it says, "This is from the disbelievers." This is the criterion for imitation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Based on this, what is the answer in the issue of the pantalon? Based on this hadith, "These are the clothes of the disbelievers, so do not wear them," meaning...
The Shaykh : Now it is no longer from the clothes of the disbelievers. Shaykh al-Islam mentioned two meanings in his statement: "The clothes of the disbelievers." Yes, Adam.