Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And likewise, the followers of al-Shafi'i mentioned this principle in more than one place in their issues
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The reader: "And likewise, the followers of al-Shafi'i mentioned this principle in more than one place in their issues, from what has come in the reports, as other scholars have mentioned, such as what they mentioned regarding the prohibition of prayers in the times when prayer is prohibited - such as the rising of the sun and its setting - those who mentioned the reasoning for this".
The Shaykh : No, they mentioned it.
The reader: Those who.
The Shaykh : It is not "those who" in our text.
The reader: Should I cross it out?
The Shaykh : Yes, leave it, do not cross it out.
The reader: "Such as the rising of the sun and its setting - they mentioned the reasoning for this is that the polytheists prostrate to the sun at that time, as in the hadith:.
And they mentioned regarding the pre-dawn meal and delaying it: that this distinguishes our fasting from the fasting of the People of the Book.
And they mentioned regarding clothing: the prohibition of what involves men imitating women and women imitating men.
And they also mentioned: what has come that the polytheists used to stand at 'Arafah until the sun turned yellow, and they would depart from Muzdalifah after the sun rose, and that the Sunnah came to oppose the polytheists in this by standing at 'Arafah until sunset, and standing at Muzdalifah until just before the sun rises, as came in the hadith: and And they also mentioned: the conditions imposed on the dhimmis (protected non-Muslims), preventing them from imitating the Muslims in their clothing and other things".
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : We did not say "those who," we proceed on one path; if you see something different, you ask about it, and what is not different, we do not stop for it.
The reader: "And they also mentioned: the conditions imposed on the dhimmis (protected non-Muslims), preventing them from imitating the Muslims in their clothing and other things, which includes preventing the Muslims also from imitating them in that, to distinguish between the mark of the Muslims and the mark of the disbelievers.
And a group among them went so far as to prohibit imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, even if it is a recommended practice, as a group among them mentioned regarding the doming of graves, for the school of al-Shafi'i is that it is better to flatten them.
And the school of Ahmad and Abu Hanifa is that it is better to dome them.
Then a group of the followers of al-Shafi'i said: Rather, it should be domed in these times; because the Rafidah flatten them"
The Shaykh : They flatten them.
The reader: "Because the Rafidah flatten them, so in flattening them there is imitation of them in what is their emblem.
And a group said: Rather, we flatten them".
The Shaykh : It is not in my copy "so in flattening them". Yes, that is right.
The reader: "And a group said: Rather, we flatten them, so if we flatten them, their flattening is not their emblem.
So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating".
The Shaykh : This is wonderful, it is good. It says we flatten them so that it does not become specific to the Rafidah, because if the people of the Sunnah and the Rafidah flatten them, it is no longer their emblem. So yes, we say if there is humiliation for them, it is good. If there is humiliation that they do not distinguish themselves by flattening, then flattening is good. But if there is no humiliation, then distinguishing is better. But how is there humiliation? There is humiliation if their graves become confused with the graves of the people of the Sunnah, and there is no doubt that this hurts them. Yes.
The reader: "So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, and they only disputed whether flattening achieves".
The Shaykh : That, for example, it is well known that the Sufis use prayer beads. Yes, it is disliked for a person to use prayer beads to recite dhikr because they are the emblem of the Sufis, the people of innovation. And this is a good principle, because the one who adopts the emblem of the people of innovation is thought to be an innovator, or it is thought that the people of innovation are right. If he is one who has a good opinion of them, people think that the people of innovation are right. And if he is one who does not have a good opinion of them, people think that the people of innovation are right. And if he is one who does not have a good opinion of them, they think that he is an innovator. Yes.
The reader: "So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, and they only disputed whether flattening achieves that or not?
If this is the case with imitating the people of innovation, how much more so with the disbelievers?".
The Shaykh : We have finished now from how many schools? Three: Abu Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi'i. Yes.
The Shaykh : No, they mentioned it.
The reader: Those who.
The Shaykh : It is not "those who" in our text.
The reader: Should I cross it out?
The Shaykh : Yes, leave it, do not cross it out.
The reader: "Such as the rising of the sun and its setting - they mentioned the reasoning for this is that the polytheists prostrate to the sun at that time, as in the hadith:
It is the hour in which the disbelievers prostrate to it
إنها ساعة يسجد لها الكفارAnd they mentioned regarding the pre-dawn meal and delaying it: that this distinguishes our fasting from the fasting of the People of the Book.
And they mentioned regarding clothing: the prohibition of what involves men imitating women and women imitating men.
And they also mentioned: what has come that the polytheists used to stand at 'Arafah until the sun turned yellow, and they would depart from Muzdalifah after the sun rose, and that the Sunnah came to oppose the polytheists in this by standing at 'Arafah until sunset, and standing at Muzdalifah until just before the sun rises, as came in the hadith:
Differ from the polytheists
خالفوا المشركينDiffer from the way of the polytheists.
خالف هدينا هدي المشركينThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : We did not say "those who," we proceed on one path; if you see something different, you ask about it, and what is not different, we do not stop for it.
The reader: "And they also mentioned: the conditions imposed on the dhimmis (protected non-Muslims), preventing them from imitating the Muslims in their clothing and other things, which includes preventing the Muslims also from imitating them in that, to distinguish between the mark of the Muslims and the mark of the disbelievers.
And a group among them went so far as to prohibit imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, even if it is a recommended practice, as a group among them mentioned regarding the doming of graves, for the school of al-Shafi'i is that it is better to flatten them.
And the school of Ahmad and Abu Hanifa is that it is better to dome them.
Then a group of the followers of al-Shafi'i said: Rather, it should be domed in these times; because the Rafidah flatten them"
The Shaykh : They flatten them.
The reader: "Because the Rafidah flatten them, so in flattening them there is imitation of them in what is their emblem.
And a group said: Rather, we flatten them".
The Shaykh : It is not in my copy "so in flattening them". Yes, that is right.
The reader: "And a group said: Rather, we flatten them, so if we flatten them, their flattening is not their emblem.
So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating".
The Shaykh : This is wonderful, it is good. It says we flatten them so that it does not become specific to the Rafidah, because if the people of the Sunnah and the Rafidah flatten them, it is no longer their emblem. So yes, we say if there is humiliation for them, it is good. If there is humiliation that they do not distinguish themselves by flattening, then flattening is good. But if there is no humiliation, then distinguishing is better. But how is there humiliation? There is humiliation if their graves become confused with the graves of the people of the Sunnah, and there is no doubt that this hurts them. Yes.
The reader: "So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, and they only disputed whether flattening achieves".
The Shaykh : That, for example, it is well known that the Sufis use prayer beads. Yes, it is disliked for a person to use prayer beads to recite dhikr because they are the emblem of the Sufis, the people of innovation. And this is a good principle, because the one who adopts the emblem of the people of innovation is thought to be an innovator, or it is thought that the people of innovation are right. If he is one who has a good opinion of them, people think that the people of innovation are right. And if he is one who does not have a good opinion of them, people think that the people of innovation are right. And if he is one who does not have a good opinion of them, they think that he is an innovator. Yes.
The reader: "So the two groups agreed on the prohibition of imitating the people of innovation in what is their emblem, and they only disputed whether flattening achieves that or not?
If this is the case with imitating the people of innovation, how much more so with the disbelievers?".
The Shaykh : We have finished now from how many schools? Three: Abu Hanifa, Malik, al-Shafi'i. Yes.