Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "And as for knowledge of the predominance of the cause: it has methods in legal matters
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The reader: "And as for knowledge of the predominance of the cause, it has methods in legal matters, just as it has methods in natural matters"
The Shaykh : I also have a missing part, do you have a missing part, Ya Husam? I have a missing part, huh? Do you have one? We have "just as it has methods regarding their corruption and they do not act upon what the Shari'ah has forbidden"
The reader: And if it is thought to have an effect
The Shaykh : After: forbidden by the Shari'ah?
The reader: Yes, by what the Shari'ah has forbidden, and if it is thought to have an effect
The Shaykh : in natural matters.
The reader: Among which is necessity
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "Among which is necessity, for when the people became thirsty and hungry in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he took a little water more than once, placed his noble hand in it until the water gushed out from between his fingers, and placed his noble hand in the food and blessed it until it increased to an amount beyond the usual, for knowledge of this specific conjunction".
The Shaykh : The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: And this verse regarding the gushing of water from between the fingers of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is greater than the verse given to Musa (peace be upon him) in that he strikes the stone and springs gush forth. They said: Because the type of vessel does not yield water, while the type of stone yields water, and Allah is capable of all things. A vessel separated from the earth gushes water from between the fingers of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as if they were springs, Glory be to Allah. Yes.
The reader: "For knowledge of this specific conjunction necessitates knowledge that the increase in water and food was due to him (peace and blessings be upon him), with necessary knowledge, just as it is known that if a man is struck with a sword with a severe blow that knocks him down and he dies, that the death was from it, indeed even more so, because knowledge that the increase in water and food has no usual cause in such a case at all, while knowledge of this correlation necessitates necessary knowledge of it.
And likewise, when such an event is known to have been due to that supplication.
And whoever sees a child crying intensely, and his mother puts the breast in his mouth and he calms down, knows with certainty that his calming was for the sake of the milk".
The Shaykh : Do you have "calmed down" or "stopped," forgive me? Even I have "calmed down." It was supposed to say: knew that his calming.
The reader: I have: in J and D: his calming.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "And although possibilities may intrude into the type, they may not intrude into the specific person.
And likewise supplications, for the believer supplicates with a supplication and sees the supplicated-for thing itself without the causes that necessitate it, or he does an action likewise and finds it so, like Al-'Ala' ibn al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) when he said:Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22:670 and it rained on them on a day of intense heat, a rain that did not go beyond their camp. And he said: and they walked on the great river in a manner that did not wet the soles of the feet of their mounts".
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest.
The reader: "And Ayub al-Sakhtiyani, when he galloped the mountain for his companion a gallop, a spring of water gushed out for him, so he drank, then it sank, so the supplication to Allah alone, who has no partner, the revealed revelation and sound intellects indicate its benefit and utility"
The Shaykh : What is it, "so the supplication" or "so the supplication"?
The reader: So the supplication to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "So the supplication to Allah alone, who has no partner, the revealed revelation and sound intellects indicate its benefit and utility, then the experiences whose number only Allah can count, so you will find that most believers have supplicated to Allah and asked Him for things whose causes are absent in their case, so Allah brought about for them those desires in the manner".
The Shaykh : Do you have "absent" or "consistent"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one I have does not make sense, absent. Yes.
The reader: "So Allah brought about for them those desires in the manner they requested, in a manner that necessitates knowledge sometimes, and predominant conjecture other times - that the supplication was the cause of this.
And you will find this established among those of intellect and insight who know the type of evidence, its conditions, and its consistency.
And as for the belief in the effect of forbidden supplications, most of it we only find the belief of it among people of ignorance who do not distinguish between evidence and other things, and do not understand what is required of evidence in terms of consistency, and it only occurs among people of darkness, from disbelievers and hypocrites, or those with major sins whose hearts have been darkened by sins until they do not distinguish between truth" .
The Shaykh : I also have a missing part, do you have a missing part, Ya Husam? I have a missing part, huh? Do you have one? We have "just as it has methods regarding their corruption and they do not act upon what the Shari'ah has forbidden"
The reader: And if it is thought to have an effect
The Shaykh : After: forbidden by the Shari'ah?
The reader: Yes, by what the Shari'ah has forbidden, and if it is thought to have an effect
The Shaykh : in natural matters.
The reader: Among which is necessity
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "Among which is necessity, for when the people became thirsty and hungry in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he took a little water more than once, placed his noble hand in it until the water gushed out from between his fingers, and placed his noble hand in the food and blessed it until it increased to an amount beyond the usual, for knowledge of this specific conjunction".
The Shaykh : The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) said: And this verse regarding the gushing of water from between the fingers of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is greater than the verse given to Musa (peace be upon him) in that he strikes the stone and springs gush forth. They said: Because the type of vessel does not yield water, while the type of stone yields water, and Allah is capable of all things. A vessel separated from the earth gushes water from between the fingers of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as if they were springs, Glory be to Allah. Yes.
The reader: "For knowledge of this specific conjunction necessitates knowledge that the increase in water and food was due to him (peace and blessings be upon him), with necessary knowledge, just as it is known that if a man is struck with a sword with a severe blow that knocks him down and he dies, that the death was from it, indeed even more so, because knowledge that the increase in water and food has no usual cause in such a case at all, while knowledge of this correlation necessitates necessary knowledge of it.
And likewise, when
He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for Anas ibn Malik that Allah would increase his wealth and children, so his date palms bore fruit twice a year, contrary to the custom of his land, and he saw more than a hundred from his children and the children of his children
دعا صلى الله عليه وسلم لأنس بن مالك أن يكثر الله ماله وولده، فكان نخله يحمل في السنة مرتين، خلاف عادة بلده، ورأى من ولده وولد ولده أكثر من مائةAnd whoever sees a child crying intensely, and his mother puts the breast in his mouth and he calms down, knows with certainty that his calming was for the sake of the milk".
The Shaykh : Do you have "calmed down" or "stopped," forgive me? Even I have "calmed down." It was supposed to say: knew that his calming.
The reader: I have: in J and D: his calming.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The reader: "And although possibilities may intrude into the type, they may not intrude into the specific person.
And likewise supplications, for the believer supplicates with a supplication and sees the supplicated-for thing itself without the causes that necessitate it, or he does an action likewise and finds it so, like Al-'Ala' ibn al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) when he said:
O All-Knowing, O Forbearing, O High, O Magnificent, give us rain
يا عليم، يا حليم، يا علي، يا عظيم، اسقناCarry us
احملناThe Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest.
The reader: "And Ayub al-Sakhtiyani, when he galloped the mountain for his companion a gallop, a spring of water gushed out for him, so he drank, then it sank, so the supplication to Allah alone, who has no partner, the revealed revelation and sound intellects indicate its benefit and utility"
The Shaykh : What is it, "so the supplication" or "so the supplication"?
The reader: So the supplication to Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: "So the supplication to Allah alone, who has no partner, the revealed revelation and sound intellects indicate its benefit and utility, then the experiences whose number only Allah can count, so you will find that most believers have supplicated to Allah and asked Him for things whose causes are absent in their case, so Allah brought about for them those desires in the manner".
The Shaykh : Do you have "absent" or "consistent"?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one I have does not make sense, absent. Yes.
The reader: "So Allah brought about for them those desires in the manner they requested, in a manner that necessitates knowledge sometimes, and predominant conjecture other times - that the supplication was the cause of this.
And you will find this established among those of intellect and insight who know the type of evidence, its conditions, and its consistency.
And as for the belief in the effect of forbidden supplications, most of it we only find the belief of it among people of ignorance who do not distinguish between evidence and other things, and do not understand what is required of evidence in terms of consistency, and it only occurs among people of darkness, from disbelievers and hypocrites, or those with major sins whose hearts have been darkened by sins until they do not distinguish between truth" .