Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Chapter: As for scholarly consensus, it is established through several aspects. Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar
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The reader: "Chapter: As for scholarly consensus, it is established through several aspects. Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, the Companions".
The Shaykh : Now, may Allah have mercy on him, the Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, mentioned the evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah regarding the obligation of differing from the way of the disbelievers and those who associate partners with Allah, and now he has mentioned scholarly consensus. Yes.
The reader: "Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, the Companions" and after that?
The Shaykh : 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, among the Companions"
The reader: Correction.
The Shaykh : Do you have the Companions? Meaning, they are included among them.
The reader: "Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, among the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), then the majority of the imams after him, and the rest of the jurists, established in the conditions imposed on the People of the Book, such as the Christians and others, in what they stipulated for themselves: Al-Harbi narrated it with a good chain".
The Shaykh : These conditions are, in reality, like a dream. These were stipulated in the time of 'Umar, and the imams followed him in this, as he said, may Allah have mercy on him. The imams referred to here are not the imams of religion, but the imams of judgment who followed him in this. But when was this? When the believers were in a state of honor and were honored by their religion. As for the Ansar, and may Allah protect us, many of them today are followers of others, even in matters of religion, imitating the disbelievers. Allah has made them taste humiliation and removed awe from the hearts of their enemies, and they have come to what you see. We ask Allah to honor Islam anew. But these conditions, I say, glory be to Allah, it appears we do not need to speak about them. I say that explaining them would be lengthy, and the practical benefit from them is not realized, if Allah wills.
The student: And no books from our religion.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And no books from our religion.
The Shaykh : From the books of our religion.
The reader: An addition in the printed edition.
The Shaykh : We do not have it, and we do not display the cross on our churches, and after that, we do not display a cross or books. Yes, by Allah, if it had been added, "books from the books of our religion," that would be good. Yes.
The reader: "And in another narration narrated by al-Khallal:".
The Shaykh : But if someone wants to apply this now without authority or an imam, is it praiseworthy or blameworthy? There is no doubt that it is blameworthy, because there are people among the enthusiastic youth who, when they read such conditions, say, "We must apply them so that honor returns to us." We say, first, bring the honor, then apply them. But to apply a branch without a root that does not exist is foolishness in intellect and misguidance in religion. So first, bring the cause that leads you to impose such conditions on the disbelievers. May Allah help us. Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, may Allah have mercy on him, the Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, mentioned the evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah regarding the obligation of differing from the way of the disbelievers and those who associate partners with Allah, and now he has mentioned scholarly consensus. Yes.
The reader: "Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, the Companions" and after that?
The Shaykh : 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, among the Companions"
The reader: Correction.
The Shaykh : Do you have the Companions? Meaning, they are included among them.
The reader: "Among them is that the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, among the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), then the majority of the imams after him, and the rest of the jurists, established in the conditions imposed on the People of the Book, such as the Christians and others, in what they stipulated for themselves:
That we honor the Muslims, and stand up for them from our seats when they wish to sit, and do not imitate them in any of their clothing: a cap, or a turban, or sandals, or parting the hair, and do not speak their language, and do not use their kunyas, and do not ride saddles, and do not wear swords, and do not possess any weapons, nor carry them, and do not engrave our rings in Arabic, and do not sell intoxicants, and that we shave the front of our heads, and that we adhere to our dress wherever we are, and that we fasten belts around our waists, and that we do not display the cross on our churches, nor display a cross, nor books, in any of the Muslims' roads, nor their markets, and do not ring our bells in our churches except faintly, and do not raise our voices with our dead, and do not display fires with them in any of the Muslims' roads.
أن نُوقِّر المسلمين، ونقوم لهم من مجالسنا، إذا أرادوا الجلوس، ولا نتشبه بهم في شيء من لباسهم : قلنسوة، أو عِمامة، أو نعلين، أو فرق شعر، ولا نتكلمَ بكلامهم، ولا نكتني بكُناهم، ولا نركبَ السرُج، ولا نتقلد السيوف، ولا نتخذ شيئا من السلاح، ولا نحمله، ولا ننقش خواتيمنا بالعربية، ولا نبيع الخمور، وأن نَجزَّ مقادم رؤوسنا، وأن نلزم زِيَّنا حيثما كان، وأن نَشد الزنانير على أوساطنا، وأن لا نُظهر الصليب على كنائسنا، ولا نُظهر صليبا، ولا كتُبا، في شيء من طرق المسلمين، ولا أسواقهم، ولا نضرب بنواقيسنا في كنائسنا إلا ضربا خفياً، ولا نرفع أصواتنا مع موتانا، ولا نظهر النيران معهم في شيء من طُرق المسلمينThe Shaykh : These conditions are, in reality, like a dream. These were stipulated in the time of 'Umar, and the imams followed him in this, as he said, may Allah have mercy on him. The imams referred to here are not the imams of religion, but the imams of judgment who followed him in this. But when was this? When the believers were in a state of honor and were honored by their religion. As for the Ansar, and may Allah protect us, many of them today are followers of others, even in matters of religion, imitating the disbelievers. Allah has made them taste humiliation and removed awe from the hearts of their enemies, and they have come to what you see. We ask Allah to honor Islam anew. But these conditions, I say, glory be to Allah, it appears we do not need to speak about them. I say that explaining them would be lengthy, and the practical benefit from them is not realized, if Allah wills.
The student: And no books from our religion.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And no books from our religion.
The Shaykh : From the books of our religion.
The reader: An addition in the printed edition.
The Shaykh : We do not have it, and we do not display the cross on our churches, and after that, we do not display a cross or books. Yes, by Allah, if it had been added, "books from the books of our religion," that would be good. Yes.
The reader: "And in another narration narrated by al-Khallal:
And that we do not ring our bells.
وأن لا نضرب بنواقيسناThe Shaykh : But if someone wants to apply this now without authority or an imam, is it praiseworthy or blameworthy? There is no doubt that it is blameworthy, because there are people among the enthusiastic youth who, when they read such conditions, say, "We must apply them so that honor returns to us." We say, first, bring the honor, then apply them. But to apply a branch without a root that does not exist is foolishness in intellect and misguidance in religion. So first, bring the cause that leads you to impose such conditions on the disbelievers. May Allah help us. Yes.