Reading from the author's words, with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Chapter: The festivals of the disbelievers are numerous and varied, and it is not upon the Muslim to search for them
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The reader: "Chapter: The festivals of the disbelievers are numerous and varied, and it is not upon the Muslim to search for them, nor to know them. Rather, it is sufficient for him to know, in any action, day, or place, that the cause of this action, or the exaltation of this place or time, is from their side. Even if he does not know that its cause is from their side, it is sufficient for him to know that it has no basis in the religion of Islam. For if it has no basis, then either some people invented it on their own, or it was taken from them. The least of its states is that it is a religious innovation. We point out what we have seen many"
The Shaykh : I mean, we say that either it falls under the category of imitating the disbelievers if he took it from them, or it falls under the category of religious innovation if we do not know that he took it from them, but it has no basis in the religion. Just as the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said, the least of its states is that it is a religious innovation. Yes.
The reader: "The least of its states is that it is a religious innovation. We point out what we have seen many people fall into: among that is the 'Little Friday' at the end of their fasting, which is the day of the Feast of the Table, as they claim, and they call it the Feast of Supper. It is the week that runs"
The Shaykh : In our case, and the week
The reader: Yes, and the week that
The Shaykh : No, and the week, with a waw
The student: There is no waw in it
The Shaykh : There is no waw, okay
The reader: "It is the week that runs from Sunday to Sunday. It is their greatest festival. So all the wrongs that a person commits in it: among them is the going out of women, the incensing of graves, and placing clothes on the roof" and the incensing of graves and placing clothes
The Shaykh : Incensing them, meaning covering them
The student: Incensing them
The Shaykh : Incensing
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps they combine this and that; perhaps they incense them and then cover them so that the scent does not go away
The reader: "And placing clothes on the roof, writing on paper and sticking it to doors"
The Shaykh : It is possible that his statement "placing clothes on the roof" refers to the flags they put up; perhaps that is his intention. Because "clothes" are not shirts or what is tailored for the body; it includes every piece of cloth. So perhaps he means the flags, or he means what some pilgrims do now in Makkah, where they stretch a marked cloth from the top of the roof to the ground. Yes.
The reader: "And making it a season for selling incense"
The Shaykh : Writing on papers
The reader: "And writing on paper and sticking it to doors, and making it a season for selling and buying incense. Likewise, buying incense at that time, since it was made a time for sale. And the incantation over incense, whether at that time or otherwise, or intending to buy incantated incense. For the incantation over incense and taking it as an offering is the religion of the Christians and the Sabians. Incense is merely a perfume; one perfumes oneself with its smoke just as one perfumes oneself with all"
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: "Just as one perfumes oneself"
The Shaykh : No, with "all." That is all I have. Where is the incense?
The reader: "Incense is merely a perfume; one perfumes oneself with its smoke just as one perfumes oneself"
The Shaykh : With all perfumes
The reader: With all
The Shaykh : With all what? What do you have?
The student: With all
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: All, all perfumes
The Shaykh : One person is speaking.
The student: All perfumes. One does not perfume oneself with all perfumes
The Shaykh : No, with all
The reader: "Just as one perfumes oneself with all perfumes, such as musk and others that have aromatic parts, however subtle, or that have a pure scent. It is recommended to use incense where it is recommended to use perfume. Likewise, restricting it to cooking rice with milk, or with sesame, or lentils, or dye, or eggs"
The Shaykh : Or dye, eggs, or dye, eggs
The reader: "Or dye, eggs, or 'muqar' and the like"
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: 'Muqar'
The Shaykh : I do not have "or eggs, or the like"
The student: It is missing from the manuscript
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The reader: It is missing from the manuscript
The Shaykh : Okay, fine, yes
The reader: "As for gambling with eggs, or selling eggs to one who gambles with them, or buying them from gamblers, its ruling is clear. And among that is what the 'Akarun do"
The Shaykh : What is its ruling?
The reader: Prohibition
The Shaykh : Its ruling is that it is forbidden, because it falls under the category of cooperating in sin and transgression. So if someone wanted to buy eggs from you for gambling and competing, it is forbidden for you to sell to him. And how is the gambling with eggs? How is the gambling with eggs?
The student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : Good, yes.
The student: It has forms
The Shaykh : Give me a form
The student: You place the egg in a straight position...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it
The student: ...the other one that breaks is the loss
The Shaykh : Yes, this is another aspect
The student: You place it between his hands
The Shaykh : Yes, this is what Muhammad said: by length. You place it by length, it is pressed on it, it does not break. No one is strong enough for this, but people compete in it. And as for throwing them at each other, like this, he says: "Throw the eggs, and I will throw them, and they meet in the air. The one that breaks, its owner is the loser." Types, yes.
The reader: "And among that is what the 'Akarun do: marking cows with red dots, or marking trees as well, or gathering types of plants and seeking blessing from them, and washing with their water
The Shaykh : I mean, we say that either it falls under the category of imitating the disbelievers if he took it from them, or it falls under the category of religious innovation if we do not know that he took it from them, but it has no basis in the religion. Just as the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said, the least of its states is that it is a religious innovation. Yes.
The reader: "The least of its states is that it is a religious innovation. We point out what we have seen many people fall into: among that is the 'Little Friday' at the end of their fasting, which is the day of the Feast of the Table, as they claim, and they call it the Feast of Supper. It is the week that runs"
The Shaykh : In our case, and the week
The reader: Yes, and the week that
The Shaykh : No, and the week, with a waw
The student: There is no waw in it
The Shaykh : There is no waw, okay
The reader: "It is the week that runs from Sunday to Sunday. It is their greatest festival. So all the wrongs that a person commits in it: among them is the going out of women, the incensing of graves, and placing clothes on the roof" and the incensing of graves and placing clothes
The Shaykh : Incensing them, meaning covering them
The student: Incensing them
The Shaykh : Incensing
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Perhaps they combine this and that; perhaps they incense them and then cover them so that the scent does not go away
The reader: "And placing clothes on the roof, writing on paper and sticking it to doors"
The Shaykh : It is possible that his statement "placing clothes on the roof" refers to the flags they put up; perhaps that is his intention. Because "clothes" are not shirts or what is tailored for the body; it includes every piece of cloth. So perhaps he means the flags, or he means what some pilgrims do now in Makkah, where they stretch a marked cloth from the top of the roof to the ground. Yes.
The reader: "And making it a season for selling incense"
The Shaykh : Writing on papers
The reader: "And writing on paper and sticking it to doors, and making it a season for selling and buying incense. Likewise, buying incense at that time, since it was made a time for sale. And the incantation over incense, whether at that time or otherwise, or intending to buy incantated incense. For the incantation over incense and taking it as an offering is the religion of the Christians and the Sabians. Incense is merely a perfume; one perfumes oneself with its smoke just as one perfumes oneself with all"
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: "Just as one perfumes oneself"
The Shaykh : No, with "all." That is all I have. Where is the incense?
The reader: "Incense is merely a perfume; one perfumes oneself with its smoke just as one perfumes oneself"
The Shaykh : With all perfumes
The reader: With all
The Shaykh : With all what? What do you have?
The student: With all
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: All, all perfumes
The Shaykh : One person is speaking.
The student: All perfumes. One does not perfume oneself with all perfumes
The Shaykh : No, with all
The reader: "Just as one perfumes oneself with all perfumes, such as musk and others that have aromatic parts, however subtle, or that have a pure scent. It is recommended to use incense where it is recommended to use perfume. Likewise, restricting it to cooking rice with milk, or with sesame, or lentils, or dye, or eggs"
The Shaykh : Or dye, eggs, or dye, eggs
The reader: "Or dye, eggs, or 'muqar' and the like"
The Shaykh : What?
The reader: 'Muqar'
The Shaykh : I do not have "or eggs, or the like"
The student: It is missing from the manuscript
The Shaykh : What do you have?
The reader: It is missing from the manuscript
The Shaykh : Okay, fine, yes
The reader: "As for gambling with eggs, or selling eggs to one who gambles with them, or buying them from gamblers, its ruling is clear. And among that is what the 'Akarun do"
The Shaykh : What is its ruling?
The reader: Prohibition
The Shaykh : Its ruling is that it is forbidden, because it falls under the category of cooperating in sin and transgression. So if someone wanted to buy eggs from you for gambling and competing, it is forbidden for you to sell to him. And how is the gambling with eggs? How is the gambling with eggs?
The student: I do not know.
The Shaykh : Good, yes.
The student: It has forms
The Shaykh : Give me a form
The student: You place the egg in a straight position...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it
The student: ...the other one that breaks is the loss
The Shaykh : Yes, this is another aspect
The student: You place it between his hands
The Shaykh : Yes, this is what Muhammad said: by length. You place it by length, it is pressed on it, it does not break. No one is strong enough for this, but people compete in it. And as for throwing them at each other, like this, he says: "Throw the eggs, and I will throw them, and they meet in the air. The one that breaks, its owner is the loser." Types, yes.
The reader: "And among that is what the 'Akarun do: marking cows with red dots, or marking trees as well, or gathering types of plants and seeking blessing from them, and washing with their water