Al-Halabi’s note on the hadith (Whoever takes on a task knowing that he is not qualified for it, let him take his place in the Fire) and its application to the practice of professions.
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Al-Halabi : Look, our Shaykh, the hadith, glory be to Allah the Great, a hadith of the Shaykh that you have placed in a context other than... I mean, not in its proper place, I won’t say in a different place.
The Shaykh : Which hadith?
Al-Halabi : Yes, our Shaykh, the hadith that you cited in this, in the fifth... This hadith is narrated in several places by you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : But look, here the hadith is:.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
Al-Halabi : Truly, our Shaykh, this meaning is very great, and it comes in the text, meaning one does not sometimes pay attention to it because it came in the course of the narrative.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
Al-Halabi : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Put it for me here, please.
Al-Halabi : There is a point—glory be to Allah!—wonderful, the negligence of many people, and as the Egyptians say, whatever it was that he used to do, whatever, hehe, Allah is the helper.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Which hadith?
Al-Halabi : Yes, our Shaykh, the hadith that you cited in this, in the fifth...
Cursed is the one who asks by the face of Allah, and cursed is the one who asks by the face of Allah and then withholds from the one who asked him what he did not ask for, out of spite.
ملعونٌ مَن سألَ بوجه بالله ، وملعون مَن يسأل بوجه الله ثم مَنَعَ سائله ما لم يسأَلْه هجرًاThe Shaykh : Yes.
Al-Halabi : But look, here the hadith is:
Whoever takes on a task knowing that he is not qualified for it, let him take his place in the Fire.
مَن تولَّى عملًا وهو يعلم أنه ليس لذلك العمل بأهل فليتبوَّأْ مقعده من النارThe Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
Al-Halabi : Truly, our Shaykh, this meaning is very great, and it comes in the text, meaning one does not sometimes pay attention to it because it came in the course of the narrative.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
Al-Halabi : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Put it for me here, please.
Al-Halabi : There is a point—glory be to Allah!—wonderful, the negligence of many people, and as the Egyptians say, whatever it was that he used to do, whatever, hehe, Allah is the helper.
The Shaykh: Yes, by Allah.
Source
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