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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Reading from the author's words with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Chapter: And among what resembles the command to oppose the disbelievers is the command to oppose the devils

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The reader: "Chapter: And among what resembles the command to oppose the disbelievers is the command to oppose the devils, as Muslim narrated in his Sahih from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No person should eat and drink with his left hand for Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. لا يأكلن أحدكم بشماله ولا يشربن بها فإن الشيطان يأكل بشماله ويشرب بها
Riyad as-Salihin 1635
In another wording
When any of you eats, he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand إذا أكل أحدكم فليأكل بيمينه وإذا شرب فليشرب بيمينه
Sunan Abi Dawud 3776Sahih (Al-Albani)


The Shaykh : Drink, drink
The reader:
and when he drinks, he should drink with his right hand, for the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. وإذا شرب فليشرب بيمينه فإن الشيطان يأكل بشماله ويشرب بشماله
Sunan Abi Dawud 3776Sahih (Al-Albani)
And Muslim narrated it

The Shaykh : And this is undoubtedly as the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said. But it can also be said that the devils are disbelievers, so they are included in the general prohibition against imitating the disbelievers. However, specifying them by name does not imply their separation from the general meaning, which is disbelief. In this hadith is evidence for the prohibition of eating and drinking with the left hand, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it and informed that the devil eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand. It also contains evidence that the devils are bodies, and are not as some have said, that they are bodily powers or powers of evil. It also contains that the devil eats and drinks, and that is the case. Yes.
The reader: "
And Muslim also narrated it from al-Layth from Abu al-Zubayr from Jabir from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said
Do not eat with your left hand, for Satan eats with his left hand. لا تأكلوا بالشمال فإن الشيطان يأكل بالشمال
Sunan Ibn Majah 3268Sahih (Darussalam)
Close to this is opposing those who have not perfected their religion, such as the Bedouins and the like; for the perfection of religion is migration (hijrah). So whoever believed but did not migrate "

The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, do I have the migration version? No, the migration
The reader: I have it in the printed edition, in the migration

The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: Only in the printed edition

The Shaykh : In the migration.
The reader: Yes, indeed

The Shaykh : In the manuscript I have the migration. Yes, as long as there are two copies, there is no problem.
The reader: "
For the perfection of religion is migration (hijrah). So whoever believed but did not migrate from among the Bedouins and the like was deficient. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
The bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allah has revealed to His Messenger الأعراب أشد كفرا ونفاقا وأجدر ألا يعلموا حدود ما أنزل الله على رسوله
[At-Tawbah 9:97]
This is like what Muslim narrated in his Sahih from Ibn 'Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
Let the bedouin not gain upper hand over you in regard to the name of your prayer. See I (The night prayer should be called) 'Isya' (and the bedouins call it Atama (because) they milk their camels late. لا تغلبنكم الأعراب على اسم صلاتكم ألا إنها العشاء وهم يعتمون بالإبل
Sahih Muslim 644a
In another wording, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
do not let the Bedouin take away from you the name of your prayer al-‘isha , for it is mentioned as al-‘isha in God’s Book, 1 and for they use the verb from the root ‘atama of milking camels at nightfall.” لا يغلبنكم الأعراب على اسم صلاتكم العشاء فإنها في كتاب الله العشاء فإنها تعتم بحلاب الإبل
Mishkat al-Masabih 631, 632
"

The Shaykh : Al-'Atamah
The reader: "
and for they use the verb from the root ‘atama of milking camels at nightfall فإنها تعتم بحلاب الإبل
Mishkat al-Masabih 631, 632
"

The Shaykh : It means that the Bedouins name the 'Isha prayer al-'Atamah because at that time it is the time for milking the camels. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited us from naming it al-'Atamah and said: Name it 'Isha, for it is in the Book of Allah: 'Isha. It is derived from this that changing the names of the Shari'ah, even if the meaning is understood, is not recommended. Yes.
The reader: "
And al-Bukhari narrated from 'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Do not let the Bedouins overpower you regarding the name of your prayer, the Maghrib prayer, for the Bedouins call it Isha. لا تغلبنكم الأعراب على اسم صلاتكم المغرب قال والأعراب تقول هي العشاء
Thus, it is disliked to agree with the Bedouins in naming Maghrib and 'Isha as 'Isha and al-'Atamah. This dislike, according to some of our scholars, necessitates the dislike of this name absolutely, while according to some others, it only necessitates the dislike of using it excessively until it prevails over the other name, which is the well-known view among us. In both cases, the hadith contains a prohibition against agreeing with the Bedouins in this, just as it prohibited agreeing with the non-Arabs."

The Shaykh : And can it be said that this is like what is well-known among people now, that in-laws name the kinship or name the relatives, and some of them name the father's wife as 'aunt' (khalah). Is this said to be like that until it is clarified? And therefore a person seeks a ruling, saying for example: I said to my aunt, or my aunt ordered me, and the like. So the one asked assumes she is his mother's sister, while she is his mother's co-wife. All these things, it is recommended that we return to the original, so we say: The relatives of the wife are not kin (nasab), but they are in-laws (asahir). And Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) made the in-law a counterpart to the kin, so He said:
And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage وهو الذي خلق من الماء بشرا فجعله نسبا وصهرا
[Al-Furqan 25:54]
Source alathar.net

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