Reading and Annotation: Aim for the equals, not the extremes*** For honor lies beneath the battle of the equals
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The reader: "Aim for the equals, not the extremes*** For honor lies beneath the battle of the equals".
The Shaykh : This is also a trial. If you want to demonstrate the defeat of your opponent, do not go to the common people. The common people are not... do not go to the common people. Go to the scholars who are your equals and debate them and argue with them until they are defeated before their common people, and then they will move. Is that right or not? Because the common people cannot... absolutely not... Therefore he says... he says: "Aim for the equals, not the extremes". Do not go to the periphery... but look at your equals, who are scholars like you, and debate them until they are defeated before you, and consequently they will be defeated before their common people. As for going to the common people, do not even think about it, and... This is among the wisdoms to which he (may Allah have mercy on him) guided...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Not part of it...
The Shaykh : This is also a trial. If you want to demonstrate the defeat of your opponent, do not go to the common people. The common people are not... do not go to the common people. Go to the scholars who are your equals and debate them and argue with them until they are defeated before their common people, and then they will move. Is that right or not? Because the common people cannot... absolutely not... Therefore he says... he says: "Aim for the equals, not the extremes". Do not go to the periphery... but look at your equals, who are scholars like you, and debate them until they are defeated before you, and consequently they will be defeated before their common people. As for going to the common people, do not even think about it, and... This is among the wisdoms to which he (may Allah have mercy on him) guided...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Not part of it...