Explanation of the author's statement: It contains issues: The first: Exegesis of the two verses in Al-Imran.
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The reader: The saying of Allah the Exalted [Ali 'Imran 3:168]
The Shaykh : This is one, and the second is the second?
The reader:[Ali 'Imran 3:156]
The Shaykh : No[Ali 'Imran 3:154] Look, O Abd al-Rahman, bring us ... , well, and it has been mentioned before that they say "If we had had any authority, we would not have been killed here," meaning we would not have gone out or been killed, but Allah the Exalted invalidated that by His saying [Ali 'Imran 3:154] The second, they say [Ali 'Imran 3:168] Is this correct?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. If they had obeyed them, they would not have been saved from death; they would have had to die. But if they had obeyed them and left jihad, they would have been in clear error. Yes.
The reader: "The second is the explicit prohibition of saying 'If' when something befalls you"
The Shaykh : Isa, where is the explicit prohibition?
The student: The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 2664
The Shaykh : No.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: So do not say ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: In the hadithAs-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1059
The Shaykh :As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1059 Yes, this is the prohibition, Sahih Muslim 2664 Yes.
The reader: "The third is the reasoning for the issue that it opens the door to the work of Satan"
The Shaykh : What is the issue?
The student: "If"
The Shaykh : In the prohibition of saying "If," what is its cause?
The student: That it opens the door to the work of Satan.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is the work of Satan?
The student: ... and regret and sorrow over what has passed.
The Shaykh : Yes, even though it will not benefit anything.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes? Perhaps it falls under this, but mostly it is sorrow ... Yes.
The reader: "The fourth is guidance to good speech"
The Shaykh : Into what?
The student: In saying "Qadar Allah and what He willed happened."
The Shaykh : But say "Qadar Allah and what He willed happened." Yes.
The reader: "The fifth is the command to strive for what benefits with seeking help from Allah"
The Shaykh : Where is it taken from, O Rashid?
The student: ...
The Shaykh :Sahih Muslim 2664 Yes.
The reader: "The sixth is the prohibition of the opposite of that, which is weakness"
The Shaykh : Where is it taken from, O Abd Allah?
The student: In the hadith, he said
The Shaykh : And do not be weak. Well, if someone says that weakness is not by human choice; a person may be afflicted with an illness and become weak, so how did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibit something over which a person has no power?
The student: ... it is prohibited. So weakness, when a person intends to do a good deed, he should not say, for example, "I cannot do this thing," and thus be weak in starting this work.
The Shaykh : ... What is meant by weakness?
The student: Weakness means that a person says he does not have the capacity for this work, for example, and sits, and it does not mean ...
The Shaykh : It means his intention is negligence.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Negligence and laziness in doing the thing.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because that is what is within the power of the person. Well. Yes.
Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from
الذين قالوا لإخوانهم وقعدوا لو أطاعونا ما قتلوا قل فادرأوا عن أنفسكم الموت ..The Shaykh : This is one, and the second is the second?
The reader:
O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us
يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تكونوا كالذين كفروا وقالوا لإخوانهم إذا ضربوا في الأرض أو كانوا غزى لو كانوا عندناThe Shaykh : No
If there was anything we could have done in the matter, some of us would not have been killed right here.
لو كان لنا من الأمر شيء ما قتلنا ها هناSay, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds."
قل لو كنتم في بيوتكم لبرز الذين كتب عليهم القتل إلى مضاجعهمThose who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed."
الذين قالوا لإخوانهم وقعدوا لو أطاعونا ما قتلواThe student: No.
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. If they had obeyed them, they would not have been saved from death; they would have had to die. But if they had obeyed them and left jihad, they would have been in clear error. Yes.
The reader: "The second is the explicit prohibition of saying 'If' when something befalls you"
The Shaykh : Isa, where is the explicit prohibition?
The student: The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
and your" if" opens the (gate) for the Satan.
فإن لو تفتح عمل الشيطانThe Shaykh : No.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: So do not say ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No.
The student: In the hadith
So if something befalls you, do not say "If it had been so."
فإن أصابك شيء فلا تقل لو كان كذاThe Shaykh :
If I had done so, it would have been so.
لو أني فعلت كذا لكان كذاif anything (in the form of trouble) comes to you, don't say: If I had not done that, it would not have happened so and so
إن أصابك شيء فلا تقل لو أني فعلت كذا لكان كذا وكذاThe reader: "The third is the reasoning for the issue that it opens the door to the work of Satan"
The Shaykh : What is the issue?
The student: "If"
The Shaykh : In the prohibition of saying "If," what is its cause?
The student: That it opens the door to the work of Satan.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is the work of Satan?
The student: ... and regret and sorrow over what has passed.
The Shaykh : Yes, even though it will not benefit anything.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes? Perhaps it falls under this, but mostly it is sorrow ... Yes.
The reader: "The fourth is guidance to good speech"
The Shaykh : Into what?
The student: In saying "Qadar Allah and what He willed happened."
The Shaykh : But say "Qadar Allah and what He willed happened." Yes.
The reader: "The fifth is the command to strive for what benefits with seeking help from Allah"
The Shaykh : Where is it taken from, O Rashid?
The student: ...
The Shaykh :
cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter) and seek help from Allah
احرص على ما ينفعك واستعن باللهThe reader: "The sixth is the prohibition of the opposite of that, which is weakness"
The Shaykh : Where is it taken from, O Abd Allah?
The student: In the hadith, he said
And do not be weak.
ولا تعجزنThe Shaykh : And do not be weak. Well, if someone says that weakness is not by human choice; a person may be afflicted with an illness and become weak, so how did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibit something over which a person has no power?
The student: ... it is prohibited. So weakness, when a person intends to do a good deed, he should not say, for example, "I cannot do this thing," and thus be weak in starting this work.
The Shaykh : ... What is meant by weakness?
The student: Weakness means that a person says he does not have the capacity for this work, for example, and sits, and it does not mean ...
The Shaykh : It means his intention is negligence.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Negligence and laziness in doing the thing.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because that is what is within the power of the person. Well. Yes.