Is injustice placing a thing in its wrong place?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Some people, I mean, have interpretations...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The meanings of injustice are mentioned by some scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : They say it is placing a thing in its wrong place.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And dealing with another person's property without his permission.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : These are all names...
The Shaykh : Yes, first, placing a thing in its wrong place is not correct. This is not injustice; this is foolishness, because this is the opposite of wisdom. Wisdom is placing a thing in its proper place, and foolishness is placing it in its wrong place. So, if you, for example, placed the pitcher in a place other than where the pitchers are, is this injustice? No, you have simply placed it in its wrong place. Do you understand? If you honored an ignorant person who is not in a position to be honored, and you honored him, is this injustice? It is not injustice, unless it necessitated that you insult the other person who is more deserving. Do you understand?
It is mentioned that one of the students... Do we say that we have now done injustice to this man because we elevated him above the student's status? No. In any case, the statement that injustice is placing a thing in its wrong place is not correct. However, taking from a person without right, that is correct, but it falls under what we call... aggression, because we said in the definition of injustice that it is deprivation and aggression. Yes.
The reader: ... "Tashbih (likening Allah to creation) is when we say" "Tashbih is when one says in his heart or with his tongue that the attributes of Allah are like the attributes of the created beings. Takyif (asking how an attribute is) is when one says in his heart or with his tongue that the result of the attributes of Allah the Exalted is such and such, and we believe... that Allah has negated from Himself, or His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has negated from Him, that this negation includes the affirmation of the perfection of its opposite, and we remain silent about what Allah and His Messenger have remained silent about, and we see that... on this path. And that is because what Allah has affirmed for Himself or negated from Himself" "or negated"
The Shaykh : From it.
The reader: "or negated from Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, is a report" "and it is a report in which Allah informed about Himself, and He is the most knowledgeable about Himself, the most truthful in speech, and the best in narration. The servants do not encompass it with knowledge. And what the Messenger affirmed for Him or negated from Him is a report in which he informed about Him, and he is the most knowledgeable of people about his Lord, the most sincere of creation, and the most truthful of them"
The Shaykh : Creation
The reader: "and the most sincere of creation and the most truthful of them" "and the most truthful of them"
The Shaykh : The most truthful of them
The reader: "and the most sincere of creation and the most truthful of them and the most eloquent of them in the speech of Allah the Exalted and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in perfection of knowledge, truth, and eloquence. So there is no excuse for rejecting it or hesitating in accepting it"
The Shaykh : Hesitating
The reader: "So there is no excuse for rejecting it or hesitating in accepting it"
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The meanings of injustice are mentioned by some scholars.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : They say it is placing a thing in its wrong place.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : And dealing with another person's property without his permission.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : These are all names...
The Shaykh : Yes, first, placing a thing in its wrong place is not correct. This is not injustice; this is foolishness, because this is the opposite of wisdom. Wisdom is placing a thing in its proper place, and foolishness is placing it in its wrong place. So, if you, for example, placed the pitcher in a place other than where the pitchers are, is this injustice? No, you have simply placed it in its wrong place. Do you understand? If you honored an ignorant person who is not in a position to be honored, and you honored him, is this injustice? It is not injustice, unless it necessitated that you insult the other person who is more deserving. Do you understand?
It is mentioned that one of the students... Do we say that we have now done injustice to this man because we elevated him above the student's status? No. In any case, the statement that injustice is placing a thing in its wrong place is not correct. However, taking from a person without right, that is correct, but it falls under what we call... aggression, because we said in the definition of injustice that it is deprivation and aggression. Yes.
The reader: ... "Tashbih (likening Allah to creation) is when we say" "Tashbih is when one says in his heart or with his tongue that the attributes of Allah are like the attributes of the created beings. Takyif (asking how an attribute is) is when one says in his heart or with his tongue that the result of the attributes of Allah the Exalted is such and such, and we believe... that Allah has negated from Himself, or His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has negated from Him, that this negation includes the affirmation of the perfection of its opposite, and we remain silent about what Allah and His Messenger have remained silent about, and we see that... on this path. And that is because what Allah has affirmed for Himself or negated from Himself" "or negated"
The Shaykh : From it.
The reader: "or negated from Him, Glorified and Exalted is He, is a report" "and it is a report in which Allah informed about Himself, and He is the most knowledgeable about Himself, the most truthful in speech, and the best in narration. The servants do not encompass it with knowledge. And what the Messenger affirmed for Him or negated from Him is a report in which he informed about Him, and he is the most knowledgeable of people about his Lord, the most sincere of creation, and the most truthful of them"
The Shaykh : Creation
The reader: "and the most sincere of creation and the most truthful of them" "and the most truthful of them"
The Shaykh : The most truthful of them
The reader: "and the most sincere of creation and the most truthful of them and the most eloquent of them in the speech of Allah the Exalted and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in perfection of knowledge, truth, and eloquence. So there is no excuse for rejecting it or hesitating in accepting it"
The Shaykh : Hesitating
The reader: "So there is no excuse for rejecting it or hesitating in accepting it"