Commentary on *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*-14b
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The reader: "For this reason, many kings and leaders may be unable to move people away from their customs in their festivals, due to the strength of the impulse for them in their souls and the eagerness of the masses to adopt them. Were it not for the strength of the prohibition from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they would have remained, even if in a weak form. Thus, it is known that the strong prohibition against them was established. And whatever the Prophet prohibited with a strong prohibition is forbidden, for this is all that is meant by 'forbidden.' This is a clear matter with no doubt in it. Indeed, if people were to return to those two festivals with any of what was done in them—if it were permitted—it would be a clear defiance between it and what he prohibited, and that is the desired outcome. And the danger..."
The Shaykh : What... is clear
The student: I have a clear proof
The Shaykh : What, and after that?
The student: And it was prohibited
The Shaykh : What, this is a clear defiance in my view, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome. And what you have, this manuscript indicated
The reader: No, it did not indicate, Shaykh
The Shaykh : In your view, it was a clear defiance between it and
The reader: What he prohibited
The Shaykh : Yes, what I have is better, change it, specify
The student: Correction
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correction. It was a clear defiance
The reader: It was
The Shaykh : It was a clear defiance, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome
The reader: "It was a clear defiance, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome. And the danger in the festivals of the People of the Book, which we do not approve of them, is greater than the danger in the festivals of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), which we do not approve of them; for the Ummah has been warned against imitating the Jews and the Christians, and they were informed that some of them would commit this danger. This is unlike the religion of the jahiliyyah, for it will not return except at the end of time, when the souls of the believers are generally taken away. And even if it were not more severe than it, it is like it, as is not hidden; for the evil that has an existing doer is more feared for people than evil that has no strong impulse for it".
The Shaykh : Correct, the time has not ended
The student: The time for the question has come, it appears
The Shaykh : Yes, what?
The Shaykh : What... is clear
The student: I have a clear proof
The Shaykh : What, and after that?
The student: And it was prohibited
The Shaykh : What, this is a clear defiance in my view, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome. And what you have, this manuscript indicated
The reader: No, it did not indicate, Shaykh
The Shaykh : In your view, it was a clear defiance between it and
The reader: What he prohibited
The Shaykh : Yes, what I have is better, change it, specify
The student: Correction
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correction. It was a clear defiance
The reader: It was
The Shaykh : It was a clear defiance, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome
The reader: "It was a clear defiance, and if it was prohibited, that is the desired outcome. And the danger in the festivals of the People of the Book, which we do not approve of them, is greater than the danger in the festivals of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), which we do not approve of them; for the Ummah has been warned against imitating the Jews and the Christians, and they were informed that some of them would commit this danger. This is unlike the religion of the jahiliyyah, for it will not return except at the end of time, when the souls of the believers are generally taken away. And even if it were not more severe than it, it is like it, as is not hidden; for the evil that has an existing doer is more feared for people than evil that has no strong impulse for it".
The Shaykh : Correct, the time has not ended
The student: The time for the question has come, it appears
The Shaykh : Yes, what?