Explanation of the author's statement: It contains issues. The first: granting protection to one who seeks refuge in Allah.
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The Shaykh :"Whoever seeks refuge in Allah, grant him protection" We said that this is also obligatory, except if he seeks refuge from something obligatory upon him, or seeks refuge from what prevents him from a forbidden act. If he seeks refuge from something obligatory upon him, I come to demand my right and he says, "I seek refuge in Allah from you," I say, "I too seek refuge in Allah from your procrastination. Give me my right, or what?" We do not grant him protection. If we ordered him to attend the congregation and he said, "I seek refuge in Allah from you," we do not grant him protection. If we forbade him from falling into a forbidden act and he said, "I seek refuge in Allah from you," we do not grant him protection. There is harm in what is not obligatory.
The student: If an ignorant person...
The Shaykh : An ignorant person? It is not obligatory for me to respond to him. Whether I am ignorant or knowledgeable, as long as it entails harm to me, I do not respond to him.
Well, can we not add a sixth condition? A sixth condition, which is that it does not entail the dropping of what is more obligatory. For example, if he invites you to something that entails leaving the congregational prayer, is that possible? It is possible. Well, then there are six conditions.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that it does not entail the dropping of an obligation or something more obligatory than it.
The questioner : Is this invitation general or not?
The Shaykh : No, this invitation is general. This generality, if these are conditions for the obligatory, how does it return to what is not obligatory? Well, yes, ... this is refuted. This is the most important thing for me, otherwise the author can derive from his words what Brother Abd al-Rahman mentioned, that the "al" is for the definite article. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What...
The questioner : ... asked by Allah
The Shaykh : Come, Abd al-Rahman, give us the first benefit from it.
The student: If an ignorant person...
The Shaykh : An ignorant person? It is not obligatory for me to respond to him. Whether I am ignorant or knowledgeable, as long as it entails harm to me, I do not respond to him.
Well, can we not add a sixth condition? A sixth condition, which is that it does not entail the dropping of what is more obligatory. For example, if he invites you to something that entails leaving the congregational prayer, is that possible? It is possible. Well, then there are six conditions.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that it does not entail the dropping of an obligation or something more obligatory than it.
The questioner : Is this invitation general or not?
The Shaykh : No, this invitation is general. This generality, if these are conditions for the obligatory, how does it return to what is not obligatory? Well, yes, ... this is refuted. This is the most important thing for me, otherwise the author can derive from his words what Brother Abd al-Rahman mentioned, that the "al" is for the definite article. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What...
The questioner : ... asked by Allah
The Shaykh : Come, Abd al-Rahman, give us the first benefit from it.