Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Chapter: The Second Type of Places
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The reader: "Chapter: The Second Type of Places: Those that have a special status but do not necessitate making them a festival, nor performing prayer or similar acts of worship at them. Among these places are the graves of the prophets and the righteous. It has been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Salaf the prohibition of making them a festival, both in general and specific terms, and they explained the meaning of a festival.
As for the general statement, Abu Dawud said in his Sunan: Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: I read to 'Abd Allah ibn Nafi', who informed me, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 2042Sahih (Al-Albani) This is a hasan chain of narration, for all its narrators are trustworthy and famous, but 'Abd Allah ibn Nafi' al-Sayyagh, the Medinan jurist, the companion of Malik, has a slight weakness that does not affect his hadith, or that is not affected in his hadith"
The Shaykh : Why? The first is better.
The reader: "does not affect his hadith. Yahya ibn Ma'in said: He is trustworthy, and Ibn Ma'in's attestation is sufficient for you. Abu Zur'ah said: There is no harm in him. Abu Hatim al-Razi said: He is not a hafiz, and he is weak; you know his memorization and you reject it".
The Shaykh : No, or from his memorization. The known phrase in such an expression is "you know from his memorization and you reject," but one may be lenient in it and say "you know and you reject."
The reader: In my copy, with the ba, and in the printed version: "you know his hadith and you reject it."
The Shaykh : You know and you reject?
The Reader: Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... but the known phrase in such an expression is "you know from his memorization and you reject." What contradicts it is not a problem. 'Abd Allah 'Awad, I don't know where he is today? If you take Mahmud's place.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills, he is excused, meaning, yes.
The reader: "These expressions from them lower his hadith from the rank of sahih to the rank of hasan, since there is no disagreement about his integrity and his jurisprudence, and that precision is predominant in him, but he may err occasionally. Then, this hadith is of the kind known from his memorization, not of the kind that is rejected, because it is a Medinan sunnah, and he needs it in his jurisprudence, and a jurist would memorize such a thing. The hadith has corroborating narrations from other routes".
The Shaykh : This kind of good speech from Shaykh al-Islam allows you to know the removal of defects in a hadith or the establishment of defects, and few understand this, even among the hadith scholars who rely on the apparent chain of narration. For example, this man is a jurist and a Medinan, and people's frequenting of the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is something this Medinan jurist needs to know, so he must be precise in what he narrates, even if there is a slight weakness in him. Such a thing cannot be weak in him, because it is related to his jurisprudence. Yes, that is right.
The reader: "The hadith has corroborating narrations from other routes, for this hadith is narrated from other directions, so it is not rejected.
Every sentence of this hadith has been narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with known chains of narration, and the purpose here is the prohibition of making it a festival.
Among that is what Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili narrated in his Musnad, saying: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Zayd ibn al-Habab narrated to us, Ja'far ibn Ibrahim—of the descendants of Dhu al-Janahayn—narrated to us, 'Ali ibn 'Umar narrated to us, from his father, from 'Ali ibn al-Husayn: Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maqdisi, the hafiz, narrated it in what he selected from good hadiths that are additional to the two Sahihs, and his condition in it is better than al-Hakim's condition in his Sahih".
The Shaykh : What is the meaning of his saying:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5:1006 The first sentence: Do not make it a festival that you habitually frequent, especially if that is restricted to specific days, such as if it were restricted to the days of the Mawlid.
And as for, it can have two meanings. The first meaning: Do not make them like graves so that you do not pray in them, because it is known by the Shari'ah that a graveyard is not a place for prayer. Or the meaning: Do not bury your dead in them, for if a person is buried in a house, that becomes a means to exaggeration in it and frequenting it, and both matters are prohibited.
As for the general statement, Abu Dawud said in his Sunan: Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us, saying: I read to 'Abd Allah ibn Nafi', who informed me, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not make your houses graves, and do not make my grave a place of festivity. But invoke blessings on me, for your blessings reach me wherever you may be.
لا تجعلوا بيوتكم قبورا، ولا تجعلوا قبري عيداً، وصلوا علي فإن صلاتكم تبلغني حيث كنتمThe Shaykh : Why? The first is better.
The reader: "does not affect his hadith. Yahya ibn Ma'in said: He is trustworthy, and Ibn Ma'in's attestation is sufficient for you. Abu Zur'ah said: There is no harm in him. Abu Hatim al-Razi said: He is not a hafiz, and he is weak; you know his memorization and you reject it".
The Shaykh : No, or from his memorization. The known phrase in such an expression is "you know from his memorization and you reject," but one may be lenient in it and say "you know and you reject."
The reader: In my copy, with the ba, and in the printed version: "you know his hadith and you reject it."
The Shaykh : You know and you reject?
The Reader: Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ... but the known phrase in such an expression is "you know from his memorization and you reject." What contradicts it is not a problem. 'Abd Allah 'Awad, I don't know where he is today? If you take Mahmud's place.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills, he is excused, meaning, yes.
The reader: "These expressions from them lower his hadith from the rank of sahih to the rank of hasan, since there is no disagreement about his integrity and his jurisprudence, and that precision is predominant in him, but he may err occasionally. Then, this hadith is of the kind known from his memorization, not of the kind that is rejected, because it is a Medinan sunnah, and he needs it in his jurisprudence, and a jurist would memorize such a thing. The hadith has corroborating narrations from other routes".
The Shaykh : This kind of good speech from Shaykh al-Islam allows you to know the removal of defects in a hadith or the establishment of defects, and few understand this, even among the hadith scholars who rely on the apparent chain of narration. For example, this man is a jurist and a Medinan, and people's frequenting of the grave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is something this Medinan jurist needs to know, so he must be precise in what he narrates, even if there is a slight weakness in him. Such a thing cannot be weak in him, because it is related to his jurisprudence. Yes, that is right.
The reader: "The hadith has corroborating narrations from other routes, for this hadith is narrated from other directions, so it is not rejected.
Every sentence of this hadith has been narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with known chains of narration, and the purpose here is the prohibition of making it a festival.
Among that is what Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili narrated in his Musnad, saying: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Zayd ibn al-Habab narrated to us, Ja'far ibn Ibrahim—of the descendants of Dhu al-Janahayn—narrated to us, 'Ali ibn 'Umar narrated to us, from his father, from 'Ali ibn al-Husayn:
He saw a man coming to a gap that was at the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), entering it and making supplication. So he forbade him, and said: Shall I inform you of a hadith I heard from my father from my grandfather from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? He said: Do not make my grave a festival, and do not make your houses graves, for your taslim reaches me wherever you are
أنه رأى رجلاً يجيء إلى فرجة كانت عند قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فيدخل فيها فيدعو، فنهاه، فقال : ألا أحدثكم حديثا سمعته عن أبي عن جدي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : لا تتخذوا قبري عيداً، ولا بيوتكم قبورا، فإن تسليمكم يبلغني أينما كنتمThe Shaykh : What is the meaning of his saying:
Do not make my grave a festival, and do not make your homes graves.
لا تتخذوا قبري عيداً، ولا بيوتكم قبوراًAnd as for