Reading from the author's words with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that a vow brings no good
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The reader: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that a vow brings no good, and that it is not among the causes that bring about good or avert evil in the first place. Rather, it coincides with the divine decree in the same way that other causes coincide with it, so that what the miser would not have given before is then given"
The Shaykh : What did not? What did not? Move the jīm.
The reader: I do not have a jīm.
The Shaykh : Move the jīm.
The reader: The jīm in which word?
The Shaykh : His saying: "so that what the miser would not have given before is then given"
The reader: was
The Shaykh : No, no, I have "what did not"
The reader: I have "was" O Shaykh, I have "was."
The Shaykh : What did not give before?
The reader: Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I have "what did not give," and you have?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Fine, let us leave it as a manuscript. Yes, that is right.
The reader: "so that what the miser would not have given before is then given. And yet, you see that those who claim to have fallen into hardships and made vows to remove those hardships are more numerous—or nearly so—than those who claim that they supplicated at graves or elsewhere and their needs were met. Indeed, due to the great deception of the misguiders by this, the vows forbidden by the Shari'ah have become a source of sustenance for many of the Sufi guides, those who reside near shrines, and those who perform i'tikaf at certain mosques or elsewhere".
The Shaykh : What did not? What did not? Move the jīm.
The reader: I do not have a jīm.
The Shaykh : Move the jīm.
The reader: The jīm in which word?
The Shaykh : His saying: "so that what the miser would not have given before is then given"
The reader: was
The Shaykh : No, no, I have "what did not"
The reader: I have "was" O Shaykh, I have "was."
The Shaykh : What did not give before?
The reader: Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I have "what did not give," and you have?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Fine, let us leave it as a manuscript. Yes, that is right.
The reader: "so that what the miser would not have given before is then given. And yet, you see that those who claim to have fallen into hardships and made vows to remove those hardships are more numerous—or nearly so—than those who claim that they supplicated at graves or elsewhere and their needs were met. Indeed, due to the great deception of the misguiders by this, the vows forbidden by the Shari'ah have become a source of sustenance for many of the Sufi guides, those who reside near shrines, and those who perform i'tikaf at certain mosques or elsewhere".