Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And the basis of this is that the prescribed acts of worship which repeat with the repetition of times
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The reader: "And the basis of this is that the prescribed acts of worship which repeat with the repetition of times until they become established practices and seasons, Allah has legislated from them what suffices the servants, so if an innovation is made"
The Shaykh : I have "suffices the servants"
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : "suffices the servants"
The reader: Yes, "suffices the servants"
The Shaykh : Yes, you said "suffices for the servants"
The reader: A mistake
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "Allah has legislated from them what suffices the servants, so if a gathering is innovated that is in excess of these gatherings and becomes customary, that is a parallel to what Allah has legislated and established. And in it is corruption, some of which has been previously indicated, unlike what a man does alone, or a specific group does occasionally. For this reason, the Companions disliked singling out the fasting of Rajab, because it was likened to Ramadan"
The Shaykh : Fasting, what is it in my copy?
The reader: It says in my copy "Fasting is missing from the letter alif and ba'"
The Shaykh : By Allah, in any case, its presence is good. Singling out the fasting, yes.
The reader: "For this reason, the Companions disliked singling out the fasting of Rajab, because it was likened to Ramadan. And 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered the cutting down of the tree which they suspected was the tree under which the Companions pledged allegiance in the Pledge of Aqabah. When he saw people visiting it and praying at it, as if it were the Sacred Mosque or the Mosque of the Prophet, and likewise when he saw them staying in i'tikaf at a place where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had stayed in i'tikaf for a year, he forbade them from that and said: 'Do you want to make the sites of your prophets into mosques?' Or as he said (may Allah be pleased with him)
Just as voluntary prayer, whether alone or in congregation, is prescribed, without establishing a general, recurring congregation that resembles the prescribed Friday prayer, the two festivals, and the five daily prayers, so too is voluntary recitation, dhikr, and supplication, whether in congregation or alone, and voluntary visiting of some shrines, and the like, all of this is of one type. It distinguishes between the much that is apparent of it, and the little that is hidden, and the customary and the non-customary. And likewise, every place is prescribed in its type"
The Shaykh : Whenever it is
The reader: And likewise, every place is prescribed in its type
The Shaykh : I have "whenever it is, whenever it is" in your copy
The reader: Connected
The Shaykh : Here, yes, "whenever" is a tool
The reader: Correction.
The Shaykh : "Whenever it is," yes
The reader: "And likewise, whenever it is prescribed in its type, but the innovation is making it a binding custom, until it becomes as if it is obligatory. And the ruling of its vow and the condition of its performance in endowments and bequests, and the like, is established upon its recommendation and dislike, where the vow is not binding except in acts of nearness to Allah. And likewise, the work conditioned in an endowment is not permissible to be anything but good and righteous, according to the apparent view of the school of jurisprudence and the statement of the majority of scholars. And we will point to that, if Allah wills. And these issues require more elaboration than this, which this place does not allow, and the aim is only to point out the innovated seasons
As for what is done in these seasons of the type that is forbidden in the Shari'ah, this does not need to be mentioned; because that does not need to be included in this chapter, such as raising voices in the mosques, the mixing of men and women, or the excessive lighting of Yes "or the excessive lighting of lamps beyond need, or harming the worshippers or others by word or deed, for the ugliness of this is apparent to every Muslim. And this is of the type of the rest of"
The Shaykh : The excessive lighting of lamps now exists with us. Excessive lighting without need; you find on the walls of some mosques or some buildings large, huge lighting that consumes a lot of electrical energy and puts a heavy burden on the machines, for example, and also puts expenses on its owner. So the Shaykh al-Islam says this: "For the ugliness of this is apparent to every Muslim." May Allah help us.
The student: But this is at night, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In other times, it is even more so. You see, in my copy, "excessive lighting of lamps," yes.
The Shaykh : I have "suffices the servants"
The reader: Listen
The Shaykh : "suffices the servants"
The reader: Yes, "suffices the servants"
The Shaykh : Yes, you said "suffices for the servants"
The reader: A mistake
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "Allah has legislated from them what suffices the servants, so if a gathering is innovated that is in excess of these gatherings and becomes customary, that is a parallel to what Allah has legislated and established. And in it is corruption, some of which has been previously indicated, unlike what a man does alone, or a specific group does occasionally. For this reason, the Companions disliked singling out the fasting of Rajab, because it was likened to Ramadan"
The Shaykh : Fasting, what is it in my copy?
The reader: It says in my copy "Fasting is missing from the letter alif and ba'"
The Shaykh : By Allah, in any case, its presence is good. Singling out the fasting, yes.
The reader: "For this reason, the Companions disliked singling out the fasting of Rajab, because it was likened to Ramadan. And 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered the cutting down of the tree which they suspected was the tree under which the Companions pledged allegiance in the Pledge of Aqabah. When he saw people visiting it and praying at it, as if it were the Sacred Mosque or the Mosque of the Prophet, and likewise when he saw them staying in i'tikaf at a place where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had stayed in i'tikaf for a year, he forbade them from that and said: 'Do you want to make the sites of your prophets into mosques?' Or as he said (may Allah be pleased with him)
Just as voluntary prayer, whether alone or in congregation, is prescribed, without establishing a general, recurring congregation that resembles the prescribed Friday prayer, the two festivals, and the five daily prayers, so too is voluntary recitation, dhikr, and supplication, whether in congregation or alone, and voluntary visiting of some shrines, and the like, all of this is of one type. It distinguishes between the much that is apparent of it, and the little that is hidden, and the customary and the non-customary. And likewise, every place is prescribed in its type"
The Shaykh : Whenever it is
The reader: And likewise, every place is prescribed in its type
The Shaykh : I have "whenever it is, whenever it is" in your copy
The reader: Connected
The Shaykh : Here, yes, "whenever" is a tool
The reader: Correction.
The Shaykh : "Whenever it is," yes
The reader: "And likewise, whenever it is prescribed in its type, but the innovation is making it a binding custom, until it becomes as if it is obligatory. And the ruling of its vow and the condition of its performance in endowments and bequests, and the like, is established upon its recommendation and dislike, where the vow is not binding except in acts of nearness to Allah. And likewise, the work conditioned in an endowment is not permissible to be anything but good and righteous, according to the apparent view of the school of jurisprudence and the statement of the majority of scholars. And we will point to that, if Allah wills. And these issues require more elaboration than this, which this place does not allow, and the aim is only to point out the innovated seasons
As for what is done in these seasons of the type that is forbidden in the Shari'ah, this does not need to be mentioned; because that does not need to be included in this chapter, such as raising voices in the mosques, the mixing of men and women, or the excessive lighting of Yes "or the excessive lighting of lamps beyond need, or harming the worshippers or others by word or deed, for the ugliness of this is apparent to every Muslim. And this is of the type of the rest of"
The Shaykh : The excessive lighting of lamps now exists with us. Excessive lighting without need; you find on the walls of some mosques or some buildings large, huge lighting that consumes a lot of electrical energy and puts a heavy burden on the machines, for example, and also puts expenses on its owner. So the Shaykh al-Islam says this: "For the ugliness of this is apparent to every Muslim." May Allah help us.
The student: But this is at night, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In other times, it is even more so. You see, in my copy, "excessive lighting of lamps," yes.