Reading from the author’s statement, with commentary on it and collation of the manuscripts: “And so the Qur’an was compiled
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The reader: “And so the Qur’an was compiled, for the obstacle to its compilation during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was that revelation was still descending, so Allah would change what He willed and decree what He intended. Had it been compiled in a single mushaf, changing it every time would have been difficult or impossible. When the Qur’an became settled with his death and the Shari’ah became settled with his death (peace and blessings be upon him), people were safe from any addition to the Qur’an”
The Shaykh : safe
The reader: “people were safe from any addition to or subtraction from the Qur’an, and they were safe from any addition to obligations or prohibitions. The basis for action remained in his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), so the Muslims acted in accordance with the requirements of his Sunnah, and that action is part of his Sunnah, even if it is called an innovation in the linguistic sense. This became like the expulsion by ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Jews of Khaybar and the Christians of Najran and the like from the land of the Arabs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded this in his illness, sayingJami` at-Tirmidhi 1606Sahih (Darussalam) Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) did not implement this because he was occupied with fighting the people of apostasy and had begun fighting the Persians and the Romans. Likewise, ‘Umar was not able to do it at first because he was occupied with fighting the Persians and the Romans. When he was able to do so, he did what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded, even if this action could be called an innovation in the linguistic sense, as the Jews said to him: ‘How can you expel us when Abu al-Qasim had accepted us?’ And as they came to ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) during his caliphate and wanted him to readmit them, saying: ‘Your document is in your own handwriting.’ He refused to do so, because that action was based on the command of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), even if it was a new matter after him and a change, a change, and a change”
The Shaykh : a change
The reader: “and a change of what he (peace and blessings be upon him) had done. And likewise his saying”
The Shaykh : His saying, or because that action was based on the command of the Messenger of Allah. The intended meaning of “his command” here is not “his era,” but “his command,” because he commanded his ummah to expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula. That is why he said “was by his command” using the preposition “bi” (by) and not “fi” (in). Be alert to this, because it may be confusing for a person, and one might say that the intended meaning of “his command” here is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded his ummah to do by his saying
The Shaykh : safe
The reader: “people were safe from any addition to or subtraction from the Qur’an, and they were safe from any addition to obligations or prohibitions. The basis for action remained in his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), so the Muslims acted in accordance with the requirements of his Sunnah, and that action is part of his Sunnah, even if it is called an innovation in the linguistic sense. This became like the expulsion by ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Jews of Khaybar and the Christians of Najran and the like from the land of the Arabs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had commanded this in his illness, saying
expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula
أخرجوا اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العربThe Shaykh : a change
The reader: “and a change of what he (peace and blessings be upon him) had done. And likewise his saying”
The Shaykh : His saying, or because that action was based on the command of the Messenger of Allah. The intended meaning of “his command” here is not “his era,” but “his command,” because he commanded his ummah to expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula. That is why he said “was by his command” using the preposition “bi” (by) and not “fi” (in). Be alert to this, because it may be confusing for a person, and one might say that the intended meaning of “his command” here is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded his ummah to do by his saying