Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And among them is what it is disliked to persist in leaving off, with a strong dislike."
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The reader: "And among them is what it is disliked to persist in leaving off, with a strong dislike. And among them is what it is disliked to leave off, or what is obligatory for the imams to do, unlike others. Generally, it is obligatory to teach them, encourage them, and call people to them. Many of those who denounce the innovations in worship and customs are found to be deficient in performing the recommended practices (sunnah) of that kind, or in commanding them. Perhaps the state of many of them is worse than the state of those who perform those acts of worship"
The Shaykh : A time will come
The reader: Yes. "Perhaps the state of many of them is worse than the state of those who perform those acts of worship that contain a type of dislike. Indeed, the religion is enjoining good and forbidding evil, and neither of them stands without the other. So one does not forbid an evil without commanding a good that replaces it, just as one is commanded to worship Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and forbidden to worship anything other than Him, for the head of the matter is the testimony that there is no deity but Allah"
The Shaykh : And what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said is the truth, and the Qur'an and the Sunnah indicate it. You do not forbid an evil without commanding a good that fills its place. For example, in the Noble Qur'an:[Al-Baqarah 2:104] So it brought a replacement for this forbidden word. And in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 4980Sahih (Al-Albani) And in it also: Or the reverse. So the important thing is that souls must have an action; they must have movement. If you forbid them from what they are doing of evil, then open for them what? What they do of the permissible. Yes, that is right.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad deed"
The Shaykh : For example, we have now among people those who forbid keeping a television and its like. But we say: open for people something that replaces it for them. Open for them a video to watch lectures or events in it that contain good and benefit. Because people now are afflicted, either with this or that, and they are not in the state they were in twenty or thirty years ago. They must stay up late as people do, and they must take what people take. So if you forbid them from an evil, open for them the door of good. Yes.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed"
The student: The time for questions has come.
The Shaykh : The time for questions has come. Do you have a question?
The reader: If we complete the two lines, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: If we complete the two lines?
The Shaykh : Two lines.
The reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad or deficient deed. But because some bad deeds spoil the good deed, it spoils it, it spoils it, it spoils it"
The Shaykh : Yes, with a good that replaces it. And what comes after?
The reader: Where, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Before two lines.
The reader: Yes, that is right. "So one does not forbid an evil without commanding a good that replaces it, just as one is commanded to worship Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and forbidden to worship anything other than Him, for the head of the matter is the testimony that there is no deity but Allah. Souls are created to work, not to leave off, and leaving off is only intended for something else. If one does not occupy oneself"
The Shaykh : Yes, souls are created to work, without doubt. And for this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Every person must work; every person must desire. People were not created to leave off. [Adh-Dhariyat 51:56] Yes.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad or deficient deed. But because some bad deeds spoil the good deed, I forbid them in order to preserve the good deed"
The Shaykh : A time will come
The reader: Yes. "Perhaps the state of many of them is worse than the state of those who perform those acts of worship that contain a type of dislike. Indeed, the religion is enjoining good and forbidding evil, and neither of them stands without the other. So one does not forbid an evil without commanding a good that replaces it, just as one is commanded to worship Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and forbidden to worship anything other than Him, for the head of the matter is the testimony that there is no deity but Allah"
The Shaykh : And what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said is the truth, and the Qur'an and the Sunnah indicate it. You do not forbid an evil without commanding a good that fills its place. For example, in the Noble Qur'an:
O you who have believed, say not [to Allah 's Messenger], "Ra'ina" but say, "Unthurna"
يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تقولوا راعنا وقولوا انظرناDo not say: "What Allah wills and so and so wills,"
لا تقولوا ما شاء الله وشاء فلان بل ما شاء الله وحدهDo not sell good dates for more of the bad ones, but sell the good ones for dirhams, then buy the bad ones with the dirhams.
لا تبع التمر الطيب بأزيد منه من الردي ولكن بع الطيب بالدراهم ثم اشتر بالدراهم رديئاThe reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad deed"
The Shaykh : For example, we have now among people those who forbid keeping a television and its like. But we say: open for people something that replaces it for them. Open for them a video to watch lectures or events in it that contain good and benefit. Because people now are afflicted, either with this or that, and they are not in the state they were in twenty or thirty years ago. They must stay up late as people do, and they must take what people take. So if you forbid them from an evil, open for them the door of good. Yes.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed"
The student: The time for questions has come.
The Shaykh : The time for questions has come. Do you have a question?
The reader: If we complete the two lines, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: If we complete the two lines?
The Shaykh : Two lines.
The reader: Yes.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad or deficient deed. But because some bad deeds spoil the good deed, it spoils it, it spoils it, it spoils it"
The Shaykh : Yes, with a good that replaces it. And what comes after?
The reader: Where, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Before two lines.
The reader: Yes, that is right. "So one does not forbid an evil without commanding a good that replaces it, just as one is commanded to worship Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and forbidden to worship anything other than Him, for the head of the matter is the testimony that there is no deity but Allah. Souls are created to work, not to leave off, and leaving off is only intended for something else. If one does not occupy oneself"
The Shaykh : Yes, souls are created to work, without doubt. And for this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:
The most truthful of names are Harith and Hammad
أصدق الأسماء حارث وهمامAnd I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وما خلقنا الجن والإنس إلا ليعبدونThe reader: "If one does not occupy oneself with a good deed, one will not leave off the bad or deficient deed. But because some bad deeds spoil the good deed, I forbid them in order to preserve the good deed"