Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "The purpose here is not to establish the well-known issues, for they are already known
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The reader: "The purpose here is not to establish the well-known issues, for they are already known; rather, the purpose is to point out what is hidden among the others. What falls under this"
The Shaykh : Do you have it from others, or not from others? Is there no copy from others?
The reader: Shall I continue?
The Shaykh : It seems to be from others, because he said: on what is hidden from others.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes? In a copy from others? In the singular? Then make it a copy.
The reader: "Rather, the purpose is to point out what is hidden among the others"
The Shaykh : From others.
The reader: "Rather, the purpose is to point out what is hidden from others. What falls under this is intending graves for supplication at them or through them, for supplication at graves and other places is divided into two types: The first is"
The Shaykh : Supplication at them, like those who intend to supplicate to Allah the Exalted at the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), believing that it is closer to being answered, and he says: "or through them", through them by saying: I ask You by the owner of this grave to forgive me, for example. All of this is among the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
The reader: "For supplication at graves and other places is divided into two types: The first is that supplication occurs in the place by coincidence, not with the intention of supplicating there, such as a person who supplicates to Allah on his way and happens to pass by graves, or one who visits them, sends greetings to them, and asks Allah for well-being for himself and the deceased, as the Sunnah has come. This and the like are permissible.
The second is that one specifically seeks supplication at them, feeling that supplication there is more likely to be answered than elsewhere. This type is prohibited, either by a prohibition of prohibition or a prohibition of disapproval".
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The reader: "Either by a prohibition of prohibition or a prohibition of disapproval, and it is closer to prohibition.
The difference between the two categories is clear, for if a man were supplicating to Allah and passed by an idol, a cross, or a church in his path, or if he were supplicating in a place where there is a cross and he is unaware of it, or if he entered a church to stay there for a permissible stay and supplicated to Allah at night, or if he stayed at the house of one of his friends and supplicated to Allah, there would be no harm in this.
But if he specifically sought supplication at an idol, a cross, or a church, hoping for his supplication to be answered in that place, this would be among the great sins. Indeed, if he intended a house or a shop in the market, or some of the pillars of the roads, to supplicate at them, hoping for his supplication to be answered at them, this would be among the forbidden abominations, for there is no virtue in supplicating at them".
The Shaykh : As is found now in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi, there are pillars that some people play with the pilgrims, saying: this pillar, supplication at it is answered. Indeed, we have heard that some of them say to the pilgrim: O so-and-so, buy this pillar and dedicate it to your father. Is this permissible or not permissible? Do you understand? Do you understand, Mahmoud? The important thing is the poor pilgrim says: buy this pillar and dedicate it to your father. All of this is forbidden. There is no pillar in al-Masjid al-Nabawi or al-Masjid al-Haram at which one hopes for supplication to be answered. Allah is the helper. Yes.
The reader: "For there is no virtue in supplicating at them. So intending graves for supplication at them is of this category, and it is even more severe than some of it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited taking them as mosques, taking them as festivals, and praying at them, unlike many of these places".
The Shaykh : Do you have it from others, or not from others? Is there no copy from others?
The reader: Shall I continue?
The Shaykh : It seems to be from others, because he said: on what is hidden from others.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes? In a copy from others? In the singular? Then make it a copy.
The reader: "Rather, the purpose is to point out what is hidden among the others"
The Shaykh : From others.
The reader: "Rather, the purpose is to point out what is hidden from others. What falls under this is intending graves for supplication at them or through them, for supplication at graves and other places is divided into two types: The first is"
The Shaykh : Supplication at them, like those who intend to supplicate to Allah the Exalted at the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), believing that it is closer to being answered, and he says: "or through them", through them by saying: I ask You by the owner of this grave to forgive me, for example. All of this is among the means of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
The reader: "For supplication at graves and other places is divided into two types: The first is that supplication occurs in the place by coincidence, not with the intention of supplicating there, such as a person who supplicates to Allah on his way and happens to pass by graves, or one who visits them, sends greetings to them, and asks Allah for well-being for himself and the deceased, as the Sunnah has come. This and the like are permissible.
The second is that one specifically seeks supplication at them, feeling that supplication there is more likely to be answered than elsewhere. This type is prohibited, either by a prohibition of prohibition or a prohibition of disapproval".
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The reader: "Either by a prohibition of prohibition or a prohibition of disapproval, and it is closer to prohibition.
The difference between the two categories is clear, for if a man were supplicating to Allah and passed by an idol, a cross, or a church in his path, or if he were supplicating in a place where there is a cross and he is unaware of it, or if he entered a church to stay there for a permissible stay and supplicated to Allah at night, or if he stayed at the house of one of his friends and supplicated to Allah, there would be no harm in this.
But if he specifically sought supplication at an idol, a cross, or a church, hoping for his supplication to be answered in that place, this would be among the great sins. Indeed, if he intended a house or a shop in the market, or some of the pillars of the roads, to supplicate at them, hoping for his supplication to be answered at them, this would be among the forbidden abominations, for there is no virtue in supplicating at them".
The Shaykh : As is found now in al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi, there are pillars that some people play with the pilgrims, saying: this pillar, supplication at it is answered. Indeed, we have heard that some of them say to the pilgrim: O so-and-so, buy this pillar and dedicate it to your father. Is this permissible or not permissible? Do you understand? Do you understand, Mahmoud? The important thing is the poor pilgrim says: buy this pillar and dedicate it to your father. All of this is forbidden. There is no pillar in al-Masjid al-Nabawi or al-Masjid al-Haram at which one hopes for supplication to be answered. Allah is the helper. Yes.
The reader: "For there is no virtue in supplicating at them. So intending graves for supplication at them is of this category, and it is even more severe than some of it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited taking them as mosques, taking them as festivals, and praying at them, unlike many of these places".