Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And from Mujahid Abu al-Aswad, he said: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote:
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The reader: "And from Mujahid Abu al-Aswad, he said: 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote: that the bell should not be struck outside the church.
And from Ma'mar: That 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote: Prevent those under your jurisdiction, so that no Christian wears a qaba', nor a khaz garment, nor a turban, and be the most proactive in this, and write about it so that no one is unaware of the prohibition against it".
The Shaykh : Prohibition against it
The reader: Prohibition?
The Shaykh : Yes, or prohibited against it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The reader: "And write about it so that no one is unaware of the prohibition against it".
The Shaykh : This is like the announcements now; if we want something to spread, it is announced. So 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) requested that it be written so that no one is unaware that it was prohibited. Yes.
The reader: "And it has been reported to me that many of the Christians under your jurisdiction have returned to wearing turbans, abandoned wearing belts around their waists, adopted the wufr and jummah, and abandoned the shortening of hair, and by my life".
The Shaykh :"And they adopted the wufr", wufr is the plural of wafrah.
The reader: "And they adopted the wufr and jummah and abandoned the shortening of hair, and by my life, if this is being done in the region under your jurisdiction, then that"
The Shaykh : And by my life, if it is
The reader: And by my life, if it is
The Shaykh : If, if it is
The reader: "And by my life, if this is being done in the region under your jurisdiction, then that is weakness and incapacity on your part. So look into every matter you prohibited and were proactive in, and ensure you monitor and perfect it, and do not be lenient in it, nor neglect any of it.
And I did not write down the rest of what they used to order regarding the People of the Book, as the purpose here is distinction
Likewise, Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Harun al-Mutawakkil did this with the dhimmis during his caliphate, and he consulted Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and others in this matter, and his covenants in this regard, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal's responses to him, are well known. Among the conditions:
What leads to concealing the abominations of their religion and refraining from displaying them".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Extra.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What? Perhaps it will come.
The student: It has passed.
The Shaykh : Look... the manuscripts here.
The student: We have "and he consulted" (with a thaa).
The Shaykh : Consulted with a shiin.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The important thing is "he consulted"...
The reader: "Among the conditions:
What leads to concealing the abominations of their religion and refraining from displaying them, such as preventing them from displaying intoxicants, the bell, fires, and festivals, and the like.
And among them: What leads to concealing the symbols of their religion, such as their voices reciting their book. So 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), the Muslims with him, and the other scholars after them, and those whom Allah the Exalted guided among the rulers, agreed to prevent them from displaying in the abode of Islam anything that is specific to them, in an exaggeration of not displaying in the abode of Islam the characteristics of the mushriks, so how much more so if Muslims do them and display them".
The Shaykh : And they display them, the copy?
The reader: In B and the printed version, "and they display them"
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "And among them: What leads to refraining from honoring them and obliging them with the humiliation that Allah the Exalted has legislated.
And it is known: That honoring their festivals, and the like, by agreeing with them, is a type of honoring them, for they rejoice in it and are pleased with it, just as they grieve at the neglect of the matter of their false religion".
The Shaykh : Just as they grieve.
The student: They grieve, yes.
The Shaykh : They grieve.
The student: "The second aspect of the evidence of consensus".
The Shaykh : What the Shaykh said, without doubt, what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said, that they are pleased with the agreement with their festivals, there is no doubt that they are pleased with this, and that they grieve at the neglect of the matter of their false religion, and that they are, as Allah said:[An-Nisa 4:89] Yes.
The student: Shaykh, we have "the wufr and the jummah."
The Shaykh : No, we have "al-jumajim." Al-jummah? Perhaps it is "al-jumm" if it is.
The student: It said, and the plural of al-jummah is with a dammah on the jīm and a fathah on the shaddah mīm.
The Shaykh : Al-jummah?
The student: ... and the plural of al-jummah is with a dammah on the jīm and a fathah on the shaddah mīm ... .
The Shaykh : The shaddah means the singular. Al-jummah, its plural is jumm, like hajjah, its plural is hajj, yes. We have al-jimam, another plural.
And from Ma'mar: That 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote: Prevent those under your jurisdiction, so that no Christian wears a qaba', nor a khaz garment, nor a turban, and be the most proactive in this, and write about it so that no one is unaware of the prohibition against it".
The Shaykh : Prohibition against it
The reader: Prohibition?
The Shaykh : Yes, or prohibited against it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The reader: "And write about it so that no one is unaware of the prohibition against it".
The Shaykh : This is like the announcements now; if we want something to spread, it is announced. So 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah be pleased with him) requested that it be written so that no one is unaware that it was prohibited. Yes.
The reader: "And it has been reported to me that many of the Christians under your jurisdiction have returned to wearing turbans, abandoned wearing belts around their waists, adopted the wufr and jummah, and abandoned the shortening of hair, and by my life".
The Shaykh :"And they adopted the wufr", wufr is the plural of wafrah.
The reader: "And they adopted the wufr and jummah and abandoned the shortening of hair, and by my life, if this is being done in the region under your jurisdiction, then that"
The Shaykh : And by my life, if it is
The reader: And by my life, if it is
The Shaykh : If, if it is
The reader: "And by my life, if this is being done in the region under your jurisdiction, then that is weakness and incapacity on your part. So look into every matter you prohibited and were proactive in, and ensure you monitor and perfect it, and do not be lenient in it, nor neglect any of it.
And I did not write down the rest of what they used to order regarding the People of the Book, as the purpose here is distinction
Likewise, Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Harun al-Mutawakkil did this with the dhimmis during his caliphate, and he consulted Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and others in this matter, and his covenants in this regard, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal's responses to him, are well known. Among the conditions:
What leads to concealing the abominations of their religion and refraining from displaying them".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Extra.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : What? Perhaps it will come.
The student: It has passed.
The Shaykh : Look... the manuscripts here.
The student: We have "and he consulted" (with a thaa).
The Shaykh : Consulted with a shiin.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The important thing is "he consulted"...
The reader: "Among the conditions:
What leads to concealing the abominations of their religion and refraining from displaying them, such as preventing them from displaying intoxicants, the bell, fires, and festivals, and the like.
And among them: What leads to concealing the symbols of their religion, such as their voices reciting their book. So 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), the Muslims with him, and the other scholars after them, and those whom Allah the Exalted guided among the rulers, agreed to prevent them from displaying in the abode of Islam anything that is specific to them, in an exaggeration of not displaying in the abode of Islam the characteristics of the mushriks, so how much more so if Muslims do them and display them".
The Shaykh : And they display them, the copy?
The reader: In B and the printed version, "and they display them"
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "And among them: What leads to refraining from honoring them and obliging them with the humiliation that Allah the Exalted has legislated.
And it is known: That honoring their festivals, and the like, by agreeing with them, is a type of honoring them, for they rejoice in it and are pleased with it, just as they grieve at the neglect of the matter of their false religion".
The Shaykh : Just as they grieve.
The student: They grieve, yes.
The Shaykh : They grieve.
The student: "The second aspect of the evidence of consensus".
The Shaykh : What the Shaykh said, without doubt, what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said, that they are pleased with the agreement with their festivals, there is no doubt that they are pleased with this, and that they grieve at the neglect of the matter of their false religion, and that they are, as Allah said:
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike
وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَاءًThe student: Shaykh, we have "the wufr and the jummah."
The Shaykh : No, we have "al-jumajim." Al-jummah? Perhaps it is "al-jumm" if it is.
The student: It said, and the plural of al-jummah is with a dammah on the jīm and a fathah on the shaddah mīm.
The Shaykh : Al-jummah?
The student: ... and the plural of al-jummah is with a dammah on the jīm and a fathah on the shaddah mīm ... .
The Shaykh : The shaddah means the singular. Al-jummah, its plural is jumm, like hajjah, its plural is hajj, yes. We have al-jimam, another plural.