Explanation of the author's statement: The nineteenth: That everything by which Allah has censured the Jews and the Christians in the Qur'an is applicable to us.

The reader: The nineteenth: That what Allah has censured the Jews and the Christians with

The Shaykh : that everything
The reader: here

The Shaykh : that everything
The reader: what we have

The Shaykh : do you have that what Allah has censured? Okay

The Shaykh : that what Allah has censured the Jews and the Qur'an with in the Qur'an is applicable to us.

The Shaykh : No, this is not absolute in the sense that it is applicable to us, meaning that it may be from some of us, or rather, it is applicable to us, not absolutely in general. But the meaning is that it may occur from some of us. So if it occurs from us, imitating the Jews and the Christians, then the censure that is for the Jews and the Christians is for us. And there is no one among people but in him is a resemblance to the Jews or the Christians, is there not? There is a resemblance to the Jews and the Christians. For example, the one who disobeys Allah with full knowledge has a resemblance to whom? To the Jews. And the one who worships Allah in ignorance has a resemblance to the Christians. And the one who envies people for what Allah has given them of His bounty has a resemblance to the Jews, and so on. I mean, if the author (may Allah have mercy on him) intends by this that there must be a trait in the community, then this is in its generality, meaning it is said... And if he intends that everything by which the Christians were censured is for this community in the sense of generality, then yes.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, yes, but he only says that it is for us; he did not say that it is for the one who committed... If he had said (may Allah have mercy on him) that everything by which the Jews and the Christians were censured is for the one who committed... then there is no harm, yes.
The reader: "The twentieth: That it is established with them that acts of worship are based on command, so this serves as a reminder regarding the questions of the grave. As for Who is your Lord"

The Shaykh : As for who, as for who
The reader: As for Who is your Lord, it is clear

The Shaykh : ... do you have from?
The reader: "As for Who is your Lord, it is clear, and as for Who is your Prophet? It is from his reporting of the unseen, and as for What is your religion?"

The Shaykh : What is your religion, and as for What is your religion
The reader: "And as for What is your religion? It is from their saying:

Make for us a god

اجعل لنا إلهاً

and so on".

The Shaykh : Okay, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) says: "That it is established with them that acts of worship are based on command" and this is clear. Acts of worship are based on command, so whatever is not established by the command of the Lawgiver is a religious innovation. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he said: So acts of worship are therefore based on command. If we find a person worshipping with something, we say to him, why do you worship with this? He says, because it is an act of worship. We say to him, what is your evidence, or not? Okay, we see someone who hunted and ate it, so we say, why do you eat it? He says: because it is permissible. We say, what is your evidence? No, we do not say what is your evidence unless we have evidence that it is forbidden. Do you understand the difference now? Or do you not understand?
The student: We understood

The Shaykh : Why? Because the original ruling for acts of worship is prohibition and restriction, unless evidence is established for their prescription. As for eating, transactions, and customs, the original ruling for them is permissibility, except what evidence is established for its prohibition. Is this clear? Okay, the author says: "So this serves as a reminder regarding the questions of the grave" The questions of the grave that a person is asked in his grave: Who is your Lord? Who is your Prophet? What is your religion? Meaning, in this story is evidence for the three questions of the grave. As for Who is your Lord, it is clear
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, no, my intention is the questions of the grave, because the questions of the grave that a person is asked are these three matters. It does not say evidence that a person is asked in his grave, but evidence for these questions, meaning evidence for establishing lordship, prophethood, and worship. As for Who is your Prophet? It is from his reporting of the unseen. He said: And how did he know? Because he is a prophet, such and such? And as for What is your religion? It means what is the deed by which you worship Allah. It is taken from their saying: Meaning, its meaning is that worship is the religion of a god, meaning his worshipped one, i.e., the one worshipped. So worship is the religion. The author (may Allah have mercy on him), Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, means his understanding is very precise for the meanings of the texts sometimes, as... in some instances it is difficult for a person to explain the aspect of deriving the issue from the Book.