Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "The Second Section: What was prescribed and then abrogated entirely: such as the Sabbath
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The reader: "The Second Section: What was prescribed and then abrogated entirely, such as the Sabbath, or the obligation of a prayer or a fast. It is not hidden that there is a prohibition against imitating them"
The Shaykh : Do you have the Second Section, what was, or that what was
The student: What was
The Shaykh : What was, okay, the Second Section
The reader: "The Second Section: What was prescribed and then abrogated entirely, such as the Sabbath, or the obligation of a prayer or a fast. It is not hidden that there is a prohibition against imitating them in this, whether it was obligatory for them, in which case it is worship, or forbidden for them, in which case it pertains to customs. A man should not refrain from eating fats or anything with claws in a manner of religious observance. Likewise, what is a combination of both, which are the festivals that were prescribed for them. The prescribed festival combines worship, which is the prayer, remembrance, charity, or sacrifice contained in it, and it combines custom, which is the indulgence in food and clothing done in it, or what follows from that, such as leaving off the regular works"
The Shaykh : So, the regular works
The reader: In my manuscript, in the printed edition, it is al-wajibah (obligatory), but in all the manuscripts it is al-wadidah, and the most correct is al-wadidah from al-muwadadah (regularity), which is persistence. Look at al-Qamus al-Muhit, the chapter on Dhad, and al-wadidah are the regular works that a person persists in.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the correct one
The student: ...
The Shaykh : We have it with the Dhad. I have it without the dot on the Sad, but that is his habit anyway. His intention is the continuous works, because people have works they leave off during the festival, such as workers, for example, who leave off work, and the like. Play is also permitted in the festival in ways it is not permitted otherwise. Yes.
The reader: "Or what follows from that, such as leaving off the regular works, and the play permitted in the festivals for those who benefit from play, and the like, and..."
The Shaykh : For those who benefit from play, because some people do not benefit from play, do not care about it, and do not go out to watch it. But the Shari'ah, and praise be to Allah, has permitted a person to benefit from play and to remove boredom and tedium from himself. He has that right. Yes.
The reader: "For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked the two young women from singing in his house:"
The Shaykh : O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him.
The reader: "The Abyssinians used to play with spears on the day of the festival, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would look at them. In the prescribed festivals, it is prescribed—obligatorily or as a recommended practice—of the acts of worship what is not prescribed in other times, and it is permissible, or recommended, or obligatory of the customs in which the souls have a share, what is not so in other times. For this reason, it is obligatory to break the fast on the two festivals, and charity was coupled with the prayer in one of them, and slaughter was coupled with it in the other. Both are among the causes of food. Imitating them in this abrogated section of worship, or customs, or both, is uglier than imitating them in what is originally prescribed. For this reason, imitation in this is forbidden, as we will mention, and in the first case, it may be nothing more than disliked"
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is correct, it is correct
The Shaykh : Do you have the Second Section, what was, or that what was
The student: What was
The Shaykh : What was, okay, the Second Section
The reader: "The Second Section: What was prescribed and then abrogated entirely, such as the Sabbath, or the obligation of a prayer or a fast. It is not hidden that there is a prohibition against imitating them in this, whether it was obligatory for them, in which case it is worship, or forbidden for them, in which case it pertains to customs. A man should not refrain from eating fats or anything with claws in a manner of religious observance. Likewise, what is a combination of both, which are the festivals that were prescribed for them. The prescribed festival combines worship, which is the prayer, remembrance, charity, or sacrifice contained in it, and it combines custom, which is the indulgence in food and clothing done in it, or what follows from that, such as leaving off the regular works"
The Shaykh : So, the regular works
The reader: In my manuscript, in the printed edition, it is al-wajibah (obligatory), but in all the manuscripts it is al-wadidah, and the most correct is al-wadidah from al-muwadadah (regularity), which is persistence. Look at al-Qamus al-Muhit, the chapter on Dhad, and al-wadidah are the regular works that a person persists in.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is the correct one
The student: ...
The Shaykh : We have it with the Dhad. I have it without the dot on the Sad, but that is his habit anyway. His intention is the continuous works, because people have works they leave off during the festival, such as workers, for example, who leave off work, and the like. Play is also permitted in the festival in ways it is not permitted otherwise. Yes.
The reader: "Or what follows from that, such as leaving off the regular works, and the play permitted in the festivals for those who benefit from play, and the like, and..."
The Shaykh : For those who benefit from play, because some people do not benefit from play, do not care about it, and do not go out to watch it. But the Shari'ah, and praise be to Allah, has permitted a person to benefit from play and to remove boredom and tedium from himself. He has that right. Yes.
The reader: "For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked the two young women from singing in his house:
Let them be, O Abu Bakr, for every people has a festival, and this is our festival
دعهما يا أبا بكر فإن لكل قوم عيدا وإن هذا عيدناThe Shaykh : O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him.
The reader: "The Abyssinians used to play with spears on the day of the festival, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would look at them. In the prescribed festivals, it is prescribed—obligatorily or as a recommended practice—of the acts of worship what is not prescribed in other times, and it is permissible, or recommended, or obligatory of the customs in which the souls have a share, what is not so in other times. For this reason, it is obligatory to break the fast on the two festivals, and charity was coupled with the prayer in one of them, and slaughter was coupled with it in the other. Both are among the causes of food. Imitating them in this abrogated section of worship, or customs, or both, is uglier than imitating them in what is originally prescribed. For this reason, imitation in this is forbidden, as we will mention, and in the first case, it may be nothing more than disliked"
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is correct, it is correct