Explanation of the author's statement: The third: that insight is among the obligations.
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The Shaykh : All right, "The third: that insight is among the obligations". That insight is among the obligations, where do we take this from, Ya Saleh?
The student: From "with insight"
The Shaykh : Calling to Allah
The student: With insight
The Shaykh : And what is the aspect of it being among the obligations?
The student: Because insight is knowledge
The Shaykh : Yes, correct, but what is the aspect of its obligation, that it is among the obligations?
The student: That it is said that knowledge is an obligation
The Shaykh : From the verse
The student: With insight, because knowledge is an obligation, as Allah the Sublime and Exalted said, He made it obligatory, so therefore...
The Shaykh : Meaning, because the caller must have
The student: Knowledge.
The Shaykh : knowledge of what he is calling to, and the call is an obligation, so knowledge of that is
The student: An obligation
The Shaykh : An obligation, all right
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, with insight, with insight
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the call to Allah is not completed except with knowledge
"The fourth: among the proofs of the excellence of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is that it is a purification of Allah from insult"
The student: From His saying "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah)
The Shaykh :[Yusuf 12:108] Here
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Purifying Allah from insult, due to His saying
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What is the aspect of this being among the excellences of tawhid? Praise
The student: Our saying "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah)
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Because if Allah the Sublime and Exalted is not purified from shirk (associating partners with Allah), then He has not been made one
The Shaykh : He has not been made one with perfection
The student: He has not been made one
The Shaykh : He has not been made one with perfection, good, all right. And his saying "from insult" means and from being likened to the created beings, because likening the Creator to the created is undoubtedly a purification, a purification of Him. And whoever likens the Creator to the created, then likening the Perfect to the deficient makes Him deficient. The poet says:
"Have you not seen that the sword's worth is diminished *** When it is said that the sword is sharper than the stick"
This is like, for example, if Ghani said, "I have a sword sharper than the stick," this... he says sharper than the stick, what happens?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Is this sword good, Ya Ghani, or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: Allah knows best...
The Shaykh : No, it is not good, because if it is said sharper than the stick, what does one imagine? That... yes, all right
"The fifth: that among the ugliness of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is that it is an insult to Allah" Yes
The student: His saying:[Al-An'am 6:79]
The Shaykh : Correct, all right
The student: From "with insight"
The Shaykh : Calling to Allah
The student: With insight
The Shaykh : And what is the aspect of it being among the obligations?
The student: Because insight is knowledge
The Shaykh : Yes, correct, but what is the aspect of its obligation, that it is among the obligations?
The student: That it is said that knowledge is an obligation
The Shaykh : From the verse
The student: With insight, because knowledge is an obligation, as Allah the Sublime and Exalted said, He made it obligatory, so therefore...
The Shaykh : Meaning, because the caller must have
The student: Knowledge.
The Shaykh : knowledge of what he is calling to, and the call is an obligation, so knowledge of that is
The student: An obligation
The Shaykh : An obligation, all right
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, with insight, with insight
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the call to Allah is not completed except with knowledge
"The fourth: among the proofs of the excellence of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is that it is a purification of Allah from insult"
The student: From His saying "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah)
The Shaykh :
And exalted is Allah; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."
وسبحان الله وما أنا من المشركينThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Purifying Allah from insult, due to His saying
The student: ...
The Shaykh : What is the aspect of this being among the excellences of tawhid? Praise
The student: Our saying "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah)
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: Because if Allah the Sublime and Exalted is not purified from shirk (associating partners with Allah), then He has not been made one
The Shaykh : He has not been made one with perfection
The student: He has not been made one
The Shaykh : He has not been made one with perfection, good, all right. And his saying "from insult" means and from being likened to the created beings, because likening the Creator to the created is undoubtedly a purification, a purification of Him. And whoever likens the Creator to the created, then likening the Perfect to the deficient makes Him deficient. The poet says:
"Have you not seen that the sword's worth is diminished *** When it is said that the sword is sharper than the stick"
This is like, for example, if Ghani said, "I have a sword sharper than the stick," this... he says sharper than the stick, what happens?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Is this sword good, Ya Ghani, or not?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Good?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Ah?
The student: Allah knows best...
The Shaykh : No, it is not good, because if it is said sharper than the stick, what does one imagine? That... yes, all right
"The fifth: that among the ugliness of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is that it is an insult to Allah" Yes
The student: His saying:
and I am not of those who associate others with Allah."
وما أنا من المشركينThe Shaykh : Correct, all right