Explanation of the author's statement: And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: (Musa said: O my Lord
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The Shaykh : He said "And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 62:82" Teach me something by which I may remember You—is it with the nominative case or the jussive case?
The student: Teach me something by which I may remember You is the answer to the request, it is permissible
The Shaykh :[Maryam 19:5-6] bequeath to me
The student: bequeath to me
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Read it yourself
The student: bequeath to me
The Shaykh : Bequeath to me, with the damma, bequeath to me, yes, good. This, this is like... something by which I remember You is a description of "something." Teach me something by which I remember You and supplicate to You. And in this matter, the meaning is not that this thing was taught to me for the sake of me remembering You and supplicating to You. Is it a request for two things? Remembering Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and supplicating to Him. With what did Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) answer him? He said: "Say, O Musa, 'There is no god but Allah'" Say "There is no god but Allah," and it is a request for two things. A request for two things: the remembrance, something by which he remembers and supplicates. And is this remembrance and not supplication? Here, this is remembrance. This is remembrance, but it includes supplication. It includes supplication, because the one who remembers, what does he want?
The student: The pleasure of Allah
The Shaykh : He wants the pleasure of Allah and to reach the abode of His honor. So it includes supplication, yes.
The student: ... he remembers it along with the supplication
The Shaykh : No, no, but he says "There is no god but Allah." He says:
"Shall I mention my need, or is Your love sufficient for me? *** For Your love is Your custom"
Meaning, Your giving. And there is also another verse cited by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the fact that remembrance means supplication. I forgot it. Glory be to Allah, it was on my mind, but I forgot.
The student: If a servant praises You for a day
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. "If a servant praises You for a day *** Praise suffices him from his exposure" If a servant praises You for a day, praise suffices him from his exposure. So here, "There is no god but Allah" is praise of Allah, but it is sufficient for Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) because He is the most generous of the generous. So here we say that this remembrance truly includes supplication, because the one who remembers only wants to attain his objective, which is the pleasure of Allah (the Exalted) and the attainment of His honor.
The student: The Sufis say, "My knowledge of my state is sufficient for me from my asking"
The Shaykh : No, no, I seek refuge in Allah. This is not what the Sufi did. This is not what he did. He says, "I am not asking, neither by remembrance nor by supplication. The Sufi says, 'I am not remembering, and I am not supplicating. My knowledge of my state is sufficient for me from my asking.'"
The student : Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Or...
The Shaykh : No, and seeing Him, because He is seen (Blessed and Exalted is He)
"He said: O my Lord, all Your servants say this" All Your servants say "There is no god but Allah." And it does not mean from Musa that it is a light word at all. But he says, "I want something by which I am distinguished. I want something by which I am distinguished, because a person's being distinguished by a matter indicates a virtue for him and his elevation. So that is what he wants. And it is not permissible for us to understand from it that it is said lightly, ever. Because Musa knows this. So Allah made clear to him that whatever he is given, he will not be given something better than this word. Allah said to him: "O Musa, if the seven heavens" The seven, meaning the seven heavens, with the kasrah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And these seven are a description of the heavens, and a description of the genitive. Genitive, here.
The student: No, it is in the accusative case
The Shaykh : ... Accusative, the heavens are in the accusative case, O Ahmad?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...؟
The student: With the kasrah
The Shaykh : With the kasrah, so the seven? Here, good. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mu'minun 23:86]
The student: ...
The Shaykh : This is in the genitive case
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. "If the seven heavens and their inhabitants other than Me" Their inhabitants other than Me. The inhabitant of a thing is the one by whom the thing is inhabited. And his intended meaning is not the builder of the thing. In our colloquial language, "he built the house" means he constructed it, here. And the intended meaning of "inhabitation" is dwelling. The intended meaning of "inhabitation" in the language is not construction, but dwelling. So the meaning of his saying "their inhabitants" is "those who dwell in them," meaning those who are in them. And his saying: He excepted Himself (Blessed and Exalted is He) because saying "There is no god but Allah" is praise of Him. Praise of Him. And the one praised is greater than the praise. The one praised is greater than the praise. So for this reason, he excepted and said "other than Me." And here we must say that we should know that the fact that Allah (the Exalted) is in the sky is not like the fact of the angels being in the sky. The fact of the angels being in the sky is that they are dwellers in the sky, needing the sky. But the Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) is not in need of it. Rather, the sky and other than the sky are in need of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). Yes.
The student: He excepted "other than Me." Is Allah (the Exalted) in the heavens?
The Shaykh : Yes, He is in the heavens.
The student: Or on the Throne?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. But He is in them, above. In the above-ness. And the hadith, if Allah wills, will speak about it.
He said: "And the seven earths" Also, meaning, if the seven earths. Some of you have it with the nominative case. This is not correct, because if it is conjoined to the name of "in" before the completion of the news, the accusative case is obligatory. Yes, good. And the seven earths and their inhabitants, yes.
"Were in one scale, and 'There is no god but Allah' in one scale, it would outweigh them with it" Because of its greatness. Meaning, its meaning is that "There is no god but Allah" is greater than the heavens and the earth and those in them, because it inclines with them and outweighs them. So that indicates its virtue and its greatness. But as we mentioned before, it must have the conditions. And as for merely the one who says it, how many people say it, but it is like a feather for them, it is worth nothing, because they did not say it in the way in which the conditions are completed and the preventers are removed. And his saying:
The student: It means it outweighed
The Shaykh : It outweighed, so that it inclines with it.Sunan Abi Dawud 3117Sahih (Al-Albani) "Narrated by Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim, and he graded it authentic" We hope the brothers will bring it out for us.
The student: It was previously that all...
The Shaykh : From...
The student: I ...
The Shaykh : ... Good, now you will answer it, if Allah wills, in the next lesson. You will answer this, and the brothers Mustafa, Waleed, and Abdul Karim will answer the second research. Allah knows best.
Musa said: O my Lord, teach me something by which I may remember You and supplicate to You
قال موسى يا رب علمني شيئا أذكرك وأدعوك بهThe student: Teach me something by which I may remember You is the answer to the request, it is permissible
The Shaykh :
(5) And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir (6) Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."
فهب لي من لدنك وليا يرثنيThe student: bequeath to me
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Read it yourself
The student: bequeath to me
The Shaykh : Bequeath to me, with the damma, bequeath to me, yes, good. This, this is like... something by which I remember You is a description of "something." Teach me something by which I remember You and supplicate to You. And in this matter, the meaning is not that this thing was taught to me for the sake of me remembering You and supplicating to You. Is it a request for two things? Remembering Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and supplicating to Him. With what did Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) answer him? He said: "Say, O Musa, 'There is no god but Allah'" Say "There is no god but Allah," and it is a request for two things. A request for two things: the remembrance, something by which he remembers and supplicates. And is this remembrance and not supplication? Here, this is remembrance. This is remembrance, but it includes supplication. It includes supplication, because the one who remembers, what does he want?
The student: The pleasure of Allah
The Shaykh : He wants the pleasure of Allah and to reach the abode of His honor. So it includes supplication, yes.
The student: ... he remembers it along with the supplication
The Shaykh : No, no, but he says "There is no god but Allah." He says:
"Shall I mention my need, or is Your love sufficient for me? *** For Your love is Your custom"
Meaning, Your giving. And there is also another verse cited by Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the fact that remembrance means supplication. I forgot it. Glory be to Allah, it was on my mind, but I forgot.
The student: If a servant praises You for a day
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. "If a servant praises You for a day *** Praise suffices him from his exposure" If a servant praises You for a day, praise suffices him from his exposure. So here, "There is no god but Allah" is praise of Allah, but it is sufficient for Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) because He is the most generous of the generous. So here we say that this remembrance truly includes supplication, because the one who remembers only wants to attain his objective, which is the pleasure of Allah (the Exalted) and the attainment of His honor.
The student: The Sufis say, "My knowledge of my state is sufficient for me from my asking"
The Shaykh : No, no, I seek refuge in Allah. This is not what the Sufi did. This is not what he did. He says, "I am not asking, neither by remembrance nor by supplication. The Sufi says, 'I am not remembering, and I am not supplicating. My knowledge of my state is sufficient for me from my asking.'"
The student : Shaykh
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Or...
The Shaykh : No, and seeing Him, because He is seen (Blessed and Exalted is He)
"He said: O my Lord, all Your servants say this" All Your servants say "There is no god but Allah." And it does not mean from Musa that it is a light word at all. But he says, "I want something by which I am distinguished. I want something by which I am distinguished, because a person's being distinguished by a matter indicates a virtue for him and his elevation. So that is what he wants. And it is not permissible for us to understand from it that it is said lightly, ever. Because Musa knows this. So Allah made clear to him that whatever he is given, he will not be given something better than this word. Allah said to him: "O Musa, if the seven heavens" The seven, meaning the seven heavens, with the kasrah.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And these seven are a description of the heavens, and a description of the genitive. Genitive, here.
The student: No, it is in the accusative case
The Shaykh : ... Accusative, the heavens are in the accusative case, O Ahmad?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...؟
The student: With the kasrah
The Shaykh : With the kasrah, so the seven? Here, good. Allah the Exalted said:
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens
قل من رب السماوات السبعِThe student: ...
The Shaykh : This is in the genitive case
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, correct. "If the seven heavens and their inhabitants other than Me" Their inhabitants other than Me. The inhabitant of a thing is the one by whom the thing is inhabited. And his intended meaning is not the builder of the thing. In our colloquial language, "he built the house" means he constructed it, here. And the intended meaning of "inhabitation" is dwelling. The intended meaning of "inhabitation" in the language is not construction, but dwelling. So the meaning of his saying "their inhabitants" is "those who dwell in them," meaning those who are in them. And his saying:
other than Me
غيريThe student: He excepted "other than Me." Is Allah (the Exalted) in the heavens?
The Shaykh : Yes, He is in the heavens.
The student: Or on the Throne?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. But He is in them, above. In the above-ness. And the hadith, if Allah wills, will speak about it.
He said: "And the seven earths" Also, meaning, if the seven earths. Some of you have it with the nominative case. This is not correct, because if it is conjoined to the name of "in" before the completion of the news, the accusative case is obligatory. Yes, good. And the seven earths and their inhabitants, yes.
"Were in one scale, and 'There is no god but Allah' in one scale, it would outweigh them with it" Because of its greatness. Meaning, its meaning is that "There is no god but Allah" is greater than the heavens and the earth and those in them, because it inclines with them and outweighs them. So that indicates its virtue and its greatness. But as we mentioned before, it must have the conditions. And as for merely the one who says it, how many people say it, but it is like a feather for them, it is worth nothing, because they did not say it in the way in which the conditions are completed and the preventers are removed. And his saying:
it would outweigh them with it
مالت بهنThe student: It means it outweighed
The Shaykh : It outweighed, so that it inclines with it.
There is no god but Allah.
لا إله إلا اللهThe student: It was previously that all...
The Shaykh : From...
The student: I ...
The Shaykh : ... Good, now you will answer it, if Allah wills, in the next lesson. You will answer this, and the brothers Mustafa, Waleed, and Abdul Karim will answer the second research. Allah knows best.