A Note on the Shaykh's Explanation of the Poet's Verse: "And indeed, they have donned their disbelief, fifty in *** ten of the scholars in the lands"
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The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
"A Chapter on Mentioning the Methodology of the People of Hadith"
The Shaykh : In it, too, my brothers, we said
"And indeed, they have donned their disbelief, fifty in *** ten of the scholars in the lands"
We mentioned that "they have donned their disbelief, fifty in ten" means that they disbelieved in the same manner as they did, but the meaning mentioned by the commentators is: "they have donned their disbelief" meaning: fifty in ten, i.e., five hundred scholars, five hundred scholars declared the people of the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah to be disbelievers by this statement of theirs, i.e., by their statement that the speech of Allah is created. Yes, therefore you must correct this, O Abd al-Rahman, record it correctly, and likewise you, your recording from yesterday is void regarding our explanation of his saying: "And indeed, they have donned their disbelief, fifty"
The student: We have it in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: We have it in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Their disbelief is in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : No, we have it, okay, and fifty? Hmm?
The student: Fifty is in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : In the nominative case? Then the correct version is with us, in my copy, yes, hmm?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : As for the translations, I would like you to put them in a notebook, may Allah reward you with good.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Hmm? Leave them in a notebook so that...
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
"A Chapter on Mentioning the Methodology of the People of Hadith"
The Shaykh : In it, too, my brothers, we said
"And indeed, they have donned their disbelief, fifty in *** ten of the scholars in the lands"
We mentioned that "they have donned their disbelief, fifty in ten" means that they disbelieved in the same manner as they did, but the meaning mentioned by the commentators is: "they have donned their disbelief" meaning: fifty in ten, i.e., five hundred scholars, five hundred scholars declared the people of the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah to be disbelievers by this statement of theirs, i.e., by their statement that the speech of Allah is created. Yes, therefore you must correct this, O Abd al-Rahman, record it correctly, and likewise you, your recording from yesterday is void regarding our explanation of his saying: "And indeed, they have donned their disbelief, fifty"
The student: We have it in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: We have it in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Their disbelief is in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : No, we have it, okay, and fifty? Hmm?
The student: Fifty is in the nominative case.
The Shaykh : In the nominative case? Then the correct version is with us, in my copy, yes, hmm?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : What?
The student: The translation?
The Shaykh : As for the translations, I would like you to put them in a notebook, may Allah reward you with good.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Hmm? Leave them in a notebook so that...