Explanation of the author's statement: It contains issues: The first: Exegesis of the verse from al-A'raf.
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The Shaykh : He says: "It contains issues: The first is the exegesis of the verse from al-A'raf", which is? [Al-A'raf 7:99].
"The second is the exegesis of the verse from al-Hijr"[Al-Hijr 15:56].
"The third is the severity of the warning for those who feel secure from the scheme of Allah", and what is it?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Or the two hadiths that it is among the greatest of major sins.
"The fourth is the severity of the warning for despair", which is also taken from the hadiths mentioned by the author.
Then he said: "Chapter of...".
The student: What is taken from the verse, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: What is taken from the verse, the verse from al-A'raf?
The Shaykh : The warning?
The student: Feeling secure?
The Shaykh : Feeling secure from the scheme of Allah? It can be taken...
The student: Shaykh...?
The Shaykh : No, a specific punishment is not prescribed for it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is known that what has a specific punishment prescribed for it is greater than what does not, without a doubt. This is certain, because if it were not greater than the others, a specific punishment would not have been prescribed for it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but the fact that it has a specific punishment indicates that it is a specific type, an independent type. Even if the individuals or varieties of a type differ, even zina itself differs; zina with the neighbor's wife is not like zina with a distant woman, and zina with those who are prohibited to marry is not like zina with others, and zina by an old man is not like zina by a young man. Yes, so the important point is that when a specific punishment was made for it, it means it was distinguished by a specific type. This issue is by way of approximation, and for this reason, many of the Salaf did not assert it definitively. You will find one saying: "It is closer to seventy than to seven," and the like of that.
The student: Because it indicates the definition of the open sinner.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known, it indicates the open sinner, but it was mentioned to us in fiqh that what some scholars mentioned regarding strictness... it should be said that this is according to what is possible, because there is no doubt that talebearing is among the major sins, and that backbiting is among the major sins, and if we took what some scholars said, we would be too strict with people.
The student: Do you mean the Shaykh's opinion is stronger in defining major sins?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is the closest thing to me, this is the closest thing, because there is no doubt that if a specific punishment is prescribed for it, it is an independent type.
Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.
أفأمنوا مكر الله فلا يأمن مكر الله إلا القوم الخاسرون"The second is the exegesis of the verse from al-Hijr"
He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
قال ومن يقنط من رحمة ربه إلا الضالون"The third is the severity of the warning for those who feel secure from the scheme of Allah", and what is it?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Or the two hadiths that it is among the greatest of major sins.
"The fourth is the severity of the warning for despair", which is also taken from the hadiths mentioned by the author.
Then he said: "Chapter of...".
The student: What is taken from the verse, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: What is taken from the verse, the verse from al-A'raf?
The Shaykh : The warning?
The student: Feeling secure?
The Shaykh : Feeling secure from the scheme of Allah? It can be taken...
The student: Shaykh...?
The Shaykh : No, a specific punishment is not prescribed for it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, it is known that what has a specific punishment prescribed for it is greater than what does not, without a doubt. This is certain, because if it were not greater than the others, a specific punishment would not have been prescribed for it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, but the fact that it has a specific punishment indicates that it is a specific type, an independent type. Even if the individuals or varieties of a type differ, even zina itself differs; zina with the neighbor's wife is not like zina with a distant woman, and zina with those who are prohibited to marry is not like zina with others, and zina by an old man is not like zina by a young man. Yes, so the important point is that when a specific punishment was made for it, it means it was distinguished by a specific type. This issue is by way of approximation, and for this reason, many of the Salaf did not assert it definitively. You will find one saying: "It is closer to seventy than to seven," and the like of that.
The student: Because it indicates the definition of the open sinner.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is known, it indicates the open sinner, but it was mentioned to us in fiqh that what some scholars mentioned regarding strictness... it should be said that this is according to what is possible, because there is no doubt that talebearing is among the major sins, and that backbiting is among the major sins, and if we took what some scholars said, we would be too strict with people.
The student: Do you mean the Shaykh's opinion is stronger in defining major sins?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is the closest thing to me, this is the closest thing, because there is no doubt that if a specific punishment is prescribed for it, it is an independent type.