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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: The fourth point: That the best of people, if he were to do it to please someone other than Allah, would become one of the wrongdoers.

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The Shaykh :"The fourth point: That the best of people, if he were to do it to please someone other than Allah, would become one of the wrongdoers".
Where do we take this from? From the generality of the verse and the address to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the best of people. So if you do it to please someone other than Allah, you are among the wrongdoers. Even if you intended to be accommodating to, for example, a polytheist by calling upon the occupant of a grave or a wali (close friend of Allah) or something similar to please him, you would be a polytheist, because it is not permissible... Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
"The fifth point: The interpretation of the verse that follows it", which is:
And if Allah should touch you with harm, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He should will for you good, there is no repeller of His favor. He strikes with it whom He wills of His servants, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. وَإِنْ يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ وَإِنْ يُرِدْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَلَا رَادَّ لِفَضْلِهِ يُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ
مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
This is what is meant by the verse that follows it, or...
The important thing is that the verse that follows it, which is
And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him وَإِنْ يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فلا كاشف له إلا هو
[Al-An'am 6:17]
, its interpretation is appropriate for that. So if Allah is the only One who removes hardship, then who is more deserving of being called upon for aid? Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because He is the only One who removes hardship. So if He is the only One who removes hardship, it is obligatory that the call for aid be directed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The fifth point: "That this does not benefit in this world, even though it is disbelief"
The student: The sixth point

The Shaykh :"The sixth point: That this does not benefit in this world, even though it is disbelief" Where do we take this from?
And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him وَإِنْ يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ
[Al-An'am 6:17]
So you will not benefit from this call, based on the assumption that he means by the verse the one in the same surah.
"The seventh point: The interpretation of the third verse" And what is it?
The student:
So seek from Allah provision فابتغوا عند الله الرزق
[Al-'Ankabut 29:17]


The Shaykh :
So seek from Allah provision فابتغوا عند الله الرزق
[Al-'Ankabut 29:17]
And in my view, it is possible that the third one is His saying:
And who is more astray ومن أضل
But his saying, "The eighth point: That seeking provision should not be sought from anyone but Allah," indicates that what is meant by the interpretation of the third verse is:
So seek from Allah provision فابتغوا عند الله الرزق
[Al-'Ankabut 29:17]
From Allah. And the way seeking provision is restricted to Allah is the placement of His saying "from Allah" before it. And it has been established for us that His saying:
with Allah عند الله
is a state (hal) describing the provision. So on this basis, the provision is with Allah alone.
The eighth, not the ninth, not before it. "The eighth point: That seeking provision should not be sought from anyone but Allah, just as Paradise is not sought from anyone but Him".
So seek from Allah provision فابتغوا عند الله الرزق
[Al-'Ankabut 29:17]
But "Paradise is not sought from anyone but Him"—is there anything in the verse that points to this? It can be taken from His saying:
and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned." واعبدوه واشكروا له إليه ترجعون
[Al-'Ankabut 29:17]
For worship is a cause and gratitude is a cause for entering Paradise, especially since he pointed to that by his saying:
and to Him you will return وإليه ترجعون
.
"The ninth point: The interpretation of the fourth verse". And it is His saying:
And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
[Al-Ahqaf 46:5]
And we have explained that His saying:
those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection من لا يستجيب له إلى يوم القيامة
[Al-Ahqaf 46:5]
is an explanation of the reality, so it has no implied negation (mafhum).
Source alathar.net

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