Explanation of the author's statement: It contains issues. The first is that the coordination of supplication with calling for aid is an instance of coordinating the general with the specific.
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The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It contains issues:
The first is that the coordination of supplication with calling for aid is an instance of coordinating the general with the specific." This is in the heading in your book. These issues are in the heading. What is the heading, Hussein? The heading of the chapter.
The student: The chapter on shirk (associating partners with Allah) is that one calls for aid from other than Allah or supplicates to other than Him.
The Shaykh : His statement: "calls for aid." Calling for aid is a type of supplication, and "supplicates" is broader. So it is from the category of coordinating the general with the specific. Is that permissible in the Arabic language or not? What is an example?
The student: The saying of Allah the Exalted: ...
The Shaykh : No, this is coordinating the specific with the general.
The student: Coordinating the general with the specific?
The Shaykh : Yes.[Al-Hajj 22:77] For worship is broader than bowing and prostration, and bowing and prostration are included in it, are they not? They are included in it. This is from the category of coordinating the general with the specific, and it is permissible in the Arabic language, in the Qur'an, and in the Sunnah as well.
"Secondly: The interpretation of his statement:[Yunus 10:106]" To whom is the address directed? Or to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Yes, because the verses before it are: [Yunus 10:94] ... No, it is not this verse. Is it not in the mushaf? [Yunus 10:104-106] So to whom is the address directed? To the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specifically. So if someone asks: How does Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) prohibit him from something that cannot happen from him legally? Yes, we said: It is possible to prohibit it for the purpose of denouncing those who did it. That is, as if He is saying: Do not follow the path that the people of misguidance followed. And the purpose of that is, yes, the denunciation of those who followed this path. [Yunus 10:106] Even though it is not possible for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) for this to happen from him legally. Now, the discussion on the benefits of the verse has preceded.
"The third is that this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah)" Where is this taken from? The author took it from his statement:[Yunus 10:106] Added to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Luqman 31:13] So he said: The "unjust ones" referred to here. This is the indication from the verse that injustice is major shirk.
The first is that the coordination of supplication with calling for aid is an instance of coordinating the general with the specific." This is in the heading in your book. These issues are in the heading. What is the heading, Hussein? The heading of the chapter.
The student: The chapter on shirk (associating partners with Allah) is that one calls for aid from other than Allah or supplicates to other than Him.
The Shaykh : His statement: "calls for aid." Calling for aid is a type of supplication, and "supplicates" is broader. So it is from the category of coordinating the general with the specific. Is that permissible in the Arabic language or not? What is an example?
The student: The saying of Allah the Exalted: ...
The Shaykh : No, this is coordinating the specific with the general.
The student: Coordinating the general with the specific?
The Shaykh : Yes.
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اركعوا واسجدوا واعبدوا ربكم"Secondly: The interpretation of his statement:
And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"
وَلَا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَSo if you are in doubt, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.
فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ فَاسْأَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جَاءَكَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِينَthen I do not worship those which you worship besides Allah; but I worship Allah, who causes your death. And I have been commanded to be of the believers (105) And [commanded], 'Direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth, and never be of those who associate others with Allah; (106) And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"
فَلَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ أَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ * وَأَنْ أَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ * وَلَا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَAnd do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"
وَلَا تَدْعُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِنْ فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ"The third is that this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah)" Where is this taken from? The author took it from his statement: