Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And most of these people whom you find are eager for such religious innovations
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The reader: "And most of these people whom you find are eager for such religious innovations, despite their good intentions"
The Shaykh : in them, despite what they have in them
The reader: Correction, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes, correct
The reader: "despite what they have in them of good intentions and exertion, through which reward is hoped for them"
The Shaykh : which, so it is with you
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : in the dual form, good intentions and exertion
The reader : He referred to it
The Shaykh : He pointed to it
The reader: Yes, exactly
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "despite what they have in them of good intentions and exertion, through which reward is hoped for them, you find them negligent in the matter of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding what they were commanded to be energetic in. They are in the position of one who decorates the mushaf but does not read from it, or reads from it but does not follow it, or in the position of one who adorns the mosque but does not pray in it, or prays in it only a little, or in the position of one who takes prayer beads and decorated prayer mats, and similar to these apparent decorations that were not prescribed, accompanied by showing off, arrogance, and preoccupation with what is not prescribed, which corrupts the state of their owner, as came in the hadith And know"
The Shaykh : Who cites this hadith, you cite it
The reader: May Allah reward you. He said the hadith was cited by Ibn Majah in the Book of Mosques, Chapter on Building Mosques, hadith number such-and-such, and al-Suyuti said in al-Jami' al-Saghir number such-and-such
The Shaykh : And he said, and he said
The reader: And al-Suyuti said
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: in al-Jami' al-Saghir number such-and-such, the hadith is good
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And what does he say?
The student: Ibn Majah cited it from Abu ...
The Shaykh : Yes, from the one who cited it
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, from
The student: It is not well known
The Shaykh : ...
The reader: No, no
The Shaykh : The reality bears witness to this, in fact, the reality bears witness to this. The practice of the Ummah now is undoubtedly not at the satisfactory level, and the decoration of mosques continues to rise greatly, and they put in them decorations that would fill several mosques, even though this is not commanded. And the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said "in the position of one who takes prayer beads" what are prayer beads?
The reader: The beads
The Shaykh : The beads, yes, and the prayer mats. You find the prayer mat always in the mosque, and the prayer beads are long, and his heart is empty of the two good states. May Allah reward you, yes
The reader: And know that among deeds there is what contains good because it includes types of what is prescribed, and in it there is also evil from religious innovation and other things, so that deed is good in relation to what it included of types of what is prescribed, and evil in relation to what it included of turning away from the religion
The Shaykh : We have, it is missing with you
The student: ...
The Shaykh : He dictated to me, yes, it will be in the good of its inclusion
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : of types
The reader: so that deed is good in relation to what it included
The Shaykh : of what it included
The reader: of types of what is prescribed
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: and evil in relation to what it included
The Shaykh : of what it included
The reader: of turning away from the religion entirely
The Shaykh : And how
The reader: of turning away from the religion entirely, like the state of the hypocrites and the open sinners
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: Do you have up to whom, O Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: Is there not after with you, or not?
The Shaykh : Read it in relation to what it included of types of what is prescribed, and evil in relation to what it included of turning away
The reader: Yes, because he says what is between brackets, I established it from the letter ba only, and it is missing from the rest of the manuscripts and printed editions
The Shaykh : Yes, very well.
The Shaykh : in them, despite what they have in them
The reader: Correction, O Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes, correct
The reader: "despite what they have in them of good intentions and exertion, through which reward is hoped for them"
The Shaykh : which, so it is with you
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : in the dual form, good intentions and exertion
The reader : He referred to it
The Shaykh : He pointed to it
The reader: Yes, exactly
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "despite what they have in them of good intentions and exertion, through which reward is hoped for them, you find them negligent in the matter of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding what they were commanded to be energetic in. They are in the position of one who decorates the mushaf but does not read from it, or reads from it but does not follow it, or in the position of one who adorns the mosque but does not pray in it, or prays in it only a little, or in the position of one who takes prayer beads and decorated prayer mats, and similar to these apparent decorations that were not prescribed, accompanied by showing off, arrogance, and preoccupation with what is not prescribed, which corrupts the state of their owner, as came in the hadith
No nation's deeds have ever become bad except that they decorated their mosques
ما ساء عمل أمة قط إلا زخرفوا مساجدهمThe Shaykh : Who cites this hadith, you cite it
The reader: May Allah reward you. He said the hadith was cited by Ibn Majah in the Book of Mosques, Chapter on Building Mosques, hadith number such-and-such, and al-Suyuti said in al-Jami' al-Saghir number such-and-such
The Shaykh : And he said, and he said
The reader: And al-Suyuti said
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: in al-Jami' al-Saghir number such-and-such, the hadith is good
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And what does he say?
The student: Ibn Majah cited it from Abu ...
The Shaykh : Yes, from the one who cited it
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, from
The student: It is not well known
The Shaykh : ...
The reader: No, no
The Shaykh : The reality bears witness to this, in fact, the reality bears witness to this. The practice of the Ummah now is undoubtedly not at the satisfactory level, and the decoration of mosques continues to rise greatly, and they put in them decorations that would fill several mosques, even though this is not commanded. And the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said "in the position of one who takes prayer beads" what are prayer beads?
The reader: The beads
The Shaykh : The beads, yes, and the prayer mats. You find the prayer mat always in the mosque, and the prayer beads are long, and his heart is empty of the two good states. May Allah reward you, yes
The reader: And know that among deeds there is what contains good because it includes types of what is prescribed, and in it there is also evil from religious innovation and other things, so that deed is good in relation to what it included of types of what is prescribed, and evil in relation to what it included of turning away from the religion
The Shaykh : We have, it is missing with you
The student: ...
The Shaykh : He dictated to me, yes, it will be in the good of its inclusion
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : of types
The reader: so that deed is good in relation to what it included
The Shaykh : of what it included
The reader: of types of what is prescribed
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: and evil in relation to what it included
The Shaykh : of what it included
The reader: of turning away from the religion entirely
The Shaykh : And how
The reader: of turning away from the religion entirely, like the state of the hypocrites and the open sinners
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: Do you have up to whom, O Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: Is there not after with you, or not?
The Shaykh : Read it in relation to what it included of types of what is prescribed, and evil in relation to what it included of turning away
The reader: Yes, because he says what is between brackets, I established it from the letter ba only, and it is missing from the rest of the manuscripts and printed editions
The Shaykh : Yes, very well.