Explanation of the Book: The Beginning of Revelation, Faith, and Knowledge-03a
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The reader: Isma'il narrated to us, saying: Malik narrated to me from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 22.
The Shaykh : We have "al-hibah" in our copy.
The student: Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : With the kasrah on the haa.
The student: And I have it the same way in my copy as well.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student:Sahih al-Bukhari 22.
The Shaykh : Hmm, yes?
The questioner : In another copy, it is with the fathah.
The Shaykh : Hmm, and what does it say?
The questioner : It says: "al-hibah" with the kasrah on the first letter.
The questioner : Abu Hanifah al-Dinawari said: "Al-hibah is the plural of plant seeds".
The Shaykh : Al-hibah.
The questioner :"Al-hibah is the plural of plant seeds, its singular being habah with the fathah. As for al-hab, it is wheat and barley, its singular being habah with the fathah as well. They differ only in the plural. And Abu al-Ma'ali said in al-Muntaha: 'Al-hibah with the kasrah are the seeds of the desert, which are not food'".
The Shaykh : The apparent one is al-hibah, which is better. It did not mention a copy. It is not our concern. All right.
Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Chapter on the difference in rank among the people of faith in their deeds. Does the difference in their deeds necessitate a difference in their faith?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, especially if we say that deeds are part of faith. If we say that deeds are part of faith, then it is necessary that faith differs in degree as they differ in degree. So, the one who reads a portion of the Qur'an has more deeds than the one who reads half a portion, and by this, his faith is stronger; his faith is better.
But it may be that the deed is more, yet the faith in the heart is stronger. In that case, each of the workers has a merit over his brother from his own angle. The one who has more deeds has the merit of abundance, and the one in whose heart the deed has settled and whose faith in his heart has increased is better from the angle of the faith that has settled in his heart. This is a matter that is real and apparent.
If someone were to ask: Do people differ in certainty? The answer is: Yes, they differ in certainty, to the point that a person himself is sometimes more certain and more faithful than at other times. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said:[Al-Baqarah 2:260] And whenever a person increases his knowledge of Allah and of His signs, his faith increases without doubt. Allah the Exalted said: [At-Tawbah 9:124] Therefore, if you want your faith to increase, increase your reflection on the signs of Allah, His legislative signs and His cosmic signs, for that increases faith. Increase in righteous deeds with humility and presence of heart. Strive to keep the company of people of good, who guide you when you go astray and lead you when you are lost, remind you when you forget, and teach you when you are ignorant. All of these are among the causes of the increase of faith. Yes.
When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. So they will be taken out but (by then) they will be blackened (charred). Then they will be put in the river of Haya' (rain) or Hayat (life) (the Narrator is in doubt as to which is the right term), and they will revive like a grain that grows near the bank of a flood channel. Don't you see that it comes out
يدخل أهل الجنة الجنة وأهل النار النار ثم يقول الله تعالى : أخرجوا من النار من كان في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمان فيخرجون منها قد اسودوا فيلقون في نهر الحيا أو الحياة - شك مالك - فينبتون كما تنبت الحَبة في جانب السيل ألم تر أنها تخرج ...The Shaykh : We have "al-hibah" in our copy.
The student: Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : With the kasrah on the haa.
The student: And I have it the same way in my copy as well.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student:
like a grain that grows near the bank of a flood channel
كما تنبت الحبة في جانب السيلThe Shaykh : Hmm, yes?
The questioner : In another copy, it is with the fathah.
The Shaykh : Hmm, and what does it say?
The questioner : It says: "al-hibah" with the kasrah on the first letter.
The questioner : Abu Hanifah al-Dinawari said: "Al-hibah is the plural of plant seeds".
The Shaykh : Al-hibah.
The questioner :"Al-hibah is the plural of plant seeds, its singular being habah with the fathah. As for al-hab, it is wheat and barley, its singular being habah with the fathah as well. They differ only in the plural. And Abu al-Ma'ali said in al-Muntaha: 'Al-hibah with the kasrah are the seeds of the desert, which are not food'".
The Shaykh : The apparent one is al-hibah, which is better. It did not mention a copy. It is not our concern. All right.
Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Chapter on the difference in rank among the people of faith in their deeds. Does the difference in their deeds necessitate a difference in their faith?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, especially if we say that deeds are part of faith. If we say that deeds are part of faith, then it is necessary that faith differs in degree as they differ in degree. So, the one who reads a portion of the Qur'an has more deeds than the one who reads half a portion, and by this, his faith is stronger; his faith is better.
But it may be that the deed is more, yet the faith in the heart is stronger. In that case, each of the workers has a merit over his brother from his own angle. The one who has more deeds has the merit of abundance, and the one in whose heart the deed has settled and whose faith in his heart has increased is better from the angle of the faith that has settled in his heart. This is a matter that is real and apparent.
If someone were to ask: Do people differ in certainty? The answer is: Yes, they differ in certainty, to the point that a person himself is sometimes more certain and more faithful than at other times. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: