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The reader: "And He, the Exalted, said: [At-Tawbah 9:31] 'Adi ibn Hatim said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah, did they worship them? He said: So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized, in making something lawful or forbidden"
The Shaykh : ... So whoever obeys
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized, in making something lawful or forbidden"
The Shaykh : In my copy, it is "in making something lawful"
The reader: "in making something forbidden"
The Shaykh : From "in making something lawful," you have "in"
The reader: in
The Shaykh : It is correct, it is correct, we say both readings are correct
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized"
The Shaykh : In a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized, in making something lawful or forbidden, or in recommending something or making it obligatory, then he has incurred a share of this blame, just as the one who commands and forbids also incurs a share. Then it may be that each of them"
The Shaykh : Every
The reader: "Then it may be that each of them is excused for his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and rewarded as well for his independent legal reasoning, so the blame does not attach to him because a condition for it is missing or a preventer is present, even if the cause for it remains. And the blame attaches to the one who the truth became clear to him and he left it, or the one who was deficient in seeking it until it did not become clear to him, or the one who turned away from seeking to know it for a desire, or for laziness, or something similar"
The Shaykh : Sufficiency
The reader: In the book *Al-Iqtida'*, "Also, Allah, the Exalted, criticized the polytheists for two things, the first of which is"
The Shaykh : The first of which is
The reader: "The first of which is that they associated with Him what He had not sent down authority for, and the second is that they forbade what He had not forbidden for them. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that in what Muslim narrated from 'Iyad ibn"
The Shaykh : His statement "they associated with Allah what He had not sent down authority for," as it came in the Noble Qur'an, does it have a concept (mafhum) of "what He had not sent down authority for"? No, but it is for clarifying the reality and clarifying that they have no evidence. So they associated with Allah something for which He had not sent down authority, and they have no evidence for it. And the meaning is not that there may be authority from Allah for the partner. Yes, that is right.
They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allah, and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary. And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is no deity except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.
اتخذوا أحبارهم ورهبانهم أربابا من دون الله والمسيح ابن مريم وما أمروا إلا ليعبدوا إلها واحدا لا إله إلا هو سبحانه عما يشركونThey did not worship them, but they made lawful for them what Allah had forbidden, and they obeyed them, and they made forbidden for them what Allah had made lawful, and they obeyed them.
ما عبدوهم ولكن أحلوا لهم الحرام فأطاعوهم وحرموا عليهم الحلال فأطاعوهمThe Shaykh : ... So whoever obeys
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized, in making something lawful or forbidden"
The Shaykh : In my copy, it is "in making something lawful"
The reader: "in making something forbidden"
The Shaykh : From "in making something lawful," you have "in"
The reader: in
The Shaykh : It is correct, it is correct, we say both readings are correct
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized"
The Shaykh : In a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized
The reader: "So whoever obeys anyone in a matter of religion that Allah has not authorized, in making something lawful or forbidden, or in recommending something or making it obligatory, then he has incurred a share of this blame, just as the one who commands and forbids also incurs a share. Then it may be that each of them"
The Shaykh : Every
The reader: "Then it may be that each of them is excused for his independent legal reasoning (ijtihad), and rewarded as well for his independent legal reasoning, so the blame does not attach to him because a condition for it is missing or a preventer is present, even if the cause for it remains. And the blame attaches to the one who the truth became clear to him and he left it, or the one who was deficient in seeking it until it did not become clear to him, or the one who turned away from seeking to know it for a desire, or for laziness, or something similar"
The Shaykh : Sufficiency
The reader: In the book *Al-Iqtida'*, "Also, Allah, the Exalted, criticized the polytheists for two things, the first of which is"
The Shaykh : The first of which is
The reader: "The first of which is that they associated with Him what He had not sent down authority for, and the second is that they forbade what He had not forbidden for them. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that in what Muslim narrated from 'Iyad ibn"
The Shaykh : His statement "they associated with Allah what He had not sent down authority for," as it came in the Noble Qur'an, does it have a concept (mafhum) of "what He had not sent down authority for"? No, but it is for clarifying the reality and clarifying that they have no evidence. So they associated with Allah something for which He had not sent down authority, and they have no evidence for it. And the meaning is not that there may be authority from Allah for the partner. Yes, that is right.