WEBVTT 00:00:00.850 --> 00:00:04.049 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:04.049 --> 00:00:09.599 The life of the predecessors between words and deeds 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:13.580 Preserving the tongue 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:18.730 Protecting the tongue from speaking against God without knowledge 00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:24.429 Piety in youth and narration from the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. 00:00:24.429 --> 00:00:29.260 Al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:34.259 Because a man lives ignorant after knowing God’s rights over him 00:00:34.259 --> 00:00:38.259 It is better for him than to say what he does not know 00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:42.420 By God, we do not know everything you ask about 00:00:42.420 --> 00:00:45.420 If we had known, we would not have concealed it from you 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:48.420 There is no solution for us to silence you 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:52.869 On the authority of Ibn al-Munkadir, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:00:52.869 --> 00:00:57.869 The world enters between God and His servants 00:00:57.869 --> 00:01:00.869 Let him find a way out for himself 00:01:00.869 --> 00:01:05.189 Al-Rabi’ Ibn Khathim, may God have mercy on him, said 00:01:05.189 --> 00:01:10.189 Let one of you beware of saying that God has permitted such-and-such and forbidden such-and-such 00:01:10.189 --> 00:01:13.189 Then God says: You lied 00:01:13.189 --> 00:01:17.189 I did not permit such-and-such, nor did I prohibit such-and-such 00:01:17.189 --> 00:01:20.609 Sahnoun, may God have mercy on him, was asked 00:01:20.609 --> 00:01:25.640 Can the world say I don't know what he knows? 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:31.640 He said: As for what is in the book or established Sunnah, then no 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.640 As for what this opinion was 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.640 He can do that 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.640 Because he does not know whether he is right or wrong 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.019 On the authority of Zubaid Al-Yami, he said: 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:49.019 I did not ask Ibrahim Al-Nakhai, may God have mercy on him, about anything 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:52.019 Except I knew the hatred in his face 00:01:52.019 --> 00:01:56.019 He says I hope you will be 00:01:56.019 --> 00:01:59.409 Al-A'mash, may God have mercy on him, said 00:01:59.409 --> 00:02:03.439 I never heard Ibrahim Al-Nakha'i say Qatah 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:05.469 Halal or haram? 00:02:05.469 --> 00:02:07.469 But he was saying 00:02:07.469 --> 00:02:11.469 They hated it and they loved it 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:14.699 On the authority of Ibn Mahdi, he said: 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:19.699 A man asked Malik bin Anas, may God have mercy on him, about his issue 00:02:19.699 --> 00:02:22.699 He said, “It is not the best.” 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:24.699 The man said 00:02:24.699 --> 00:02:29.699 I sent you such-and-such to ask you about it 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:31.699 Malik said to him 00:02:31.699 --> 00:02:34.699 So if you return to your place and position 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:37.699 So tell them I told you 00:02:37.699 --> 00:02:39.699 Not the best 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:41.949 On the authority of Ibn Wahb, he said: 00:02:41.949 --> 00:02:47.949 If I wished, I could fill myself with revelations from the words of Malik bin Anas, may God have mercy on him 00:02:47.949 --> 00:02:51.210 I don't know I did 00:02:51.210 --> 00:02:53.210 He said, may God have mercy on him 00:02:53.210 --> 00:02:55.210 It was not a matter of people 00:02:55.210 --> 00:02:58.210 Nor any of our predecessors 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:01.210 I did not realize anyone to follow 00:03:01.210 --> 00:03:05.210 He says about something: this is permissible and this is forbidden 00:03:05.210 --> 00:03:09.270 They did not dare to do so 00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:11.270 But they were saying 00:03:11.270 --> 00:03:15.270 We hate this and see this as okay 00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:17.270 This should be done 00:03:17.270 --> 00:03:19.270 We don't see this 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:22.270 They do not say halal or haram 00:03:22.270 --> 00:03:25.270 Did you not hear what God Almighty said? 00:03:25.270 --> 00:03:30.270 Say, “Have you seen what God has sent down to you of provision?” 00:03:30.270 --> 00:03:34.270 So you made it forbidden and permissible 00:03:34.270 --> 00:03:38.270 Say, “Oh, God has given you permission.” 00:03:38.270 --> 00:03:40.270 Or do you invent anything against God? 00:03:40.270 --> 00:03:44.430 What is permissible is what God and His Messenger have made permissible 00:03:44.430 --> 00:03:48.939 Forbidden is what God and His Messenger have forbidden 00:03:48.939 --> 00:03:52.939 A man asked Imam Ahmed, may God have mercy on him 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:58.460 He said to him, “Ask the one who knows. Ask the one who knows.” 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:02.460 Abu Sahl Muhammad bin Omar narrated 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:04.460 About some of the sheikhs of Balkh 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:07.460 He said I entered Baghdad 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:12.460 And if a man was on the bridge calling for three days, saying: 00:04:12.460 --> 00:04:17.459 Except that Judge Ahmed bin Amran Al-Khasafa, may God have mercy on him 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:20.459 I ask a question about such and such issue 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:22.459 He replied with such and such 00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:24.459 And it's wrong 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:26.459 The answer is such and such 00:04:26.459 --> 00:04:30.459 May God have mercy on whoever conveyed it to its owner 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:36.839 Taqi al-Din bin Abdul Qadir al-Tamimi al-Ghazi, may God have mercy on him, said 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:39.839 Commenting on this story 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.839 This is how scientists should be 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.839 Thus, there must be reservation in the religion of God 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.839 And advice to the servants of God 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:53.220 Sheikh Atiya Salem said 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:58.220 On the authority of his sheikh, the scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqeeti, may God have mercy on them 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:02.220 It was noticed in his last years 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:05.220 His distance from fatwas 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:07.220 And if the bird says 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:10.220 I am not responsible for anything 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:14.350 Scientists say such and such 00:05:14.350 --> 00:05:16.350 I once asked him about that 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:18.350 And he said 00:05:18.350 --> 00:05:22.350 A person is in good health as long as he is not afflicted 00:05:22.350 --> 00:05:24.350 And the question is afflicted 00:05:24.350 --> 00:05:26.350 Because you are talking about God 00:05:26.350 --> 00:05:30.350 You do not know whether you will comply with God’s judgment or not 00:05:30.350 --> 00:05:34.449 Unless there is a definitive text from the Book of God on it 00:05:34.449 --> 00:05:38.449 Or the Sunnah of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:05:38.449 --> 00:05:40.449 It must be reserved 00:05:40.449 --> 00:05:43.449 It is represented by the poet's words 00:05:43.449 --> 00:05:47.480 If you kill something knowingly, say so 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:51.480 And do not say something that you are ignorant of 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:55.579 Who would love to see a leader? 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:59.579 I don't know if his fighter was injured 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:05.819 Preserving the tongue from speaking about what does not mean it 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:12.060 He entered Abu Dujana, may God be pleased with him, while he was sick 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:15.060 His face beams 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:16.060 And he said 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:21.060 There is nothing I am more confident in doing than two things 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:24.060 I did not speak about what did not concern me 00:06:24.060 --> 00:06:28.060 My heart for Muslims was healthy 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:30.800 Some predecessors said 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:33.800 Whoever costs what does not concern him 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:35.800 Lose what it means 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:39.120 Al-Fudayl bin Iyad, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:42.149 You spoke about what did not concern you 00:06:42.149 --> 00:06:45.149 So distract yourself from what concerns you 00:06:45.149 --> 00:06:47.180 Even if it's your job, it doesn't matter to you 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:50.540 Leave what doesn't concern you 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:53.540 Imam Malik, may God have mercy on him, said 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:58.569 A man is not fit until he abandons what does not concern him 00:06:58.569 --> 00:07:00.569 If so 00:07:00.569 --> 00:07:03.569 Or he doubted that God would open his heart 00:07:03.569 --> 00:07:07.889 Marufni Al-Karkhi, may God have mercy on him, said 00:07:07.889 --> 00:07:11.019 The servant's talk about what does not concern him 00:07:11.019 --> 00:07:14.019 A disappointment from God Almighty 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:21.449 The words of the Salaf about preferring silence over speech sometimes 00:07:21.449 --> 00:07:22.449 And vice versa 00:07:22.449 --> 00:07:28.540 On the authority of Ubaidullah bin Abi Jaafar, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:31.660 If one happens in a council 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:33.660 He liked the conversation 00:07:33.660 --> 00:07:34.660 Let him hold on 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:36.660 And if he is silent 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:38.660 He liked the silence 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:40.660 Let him speak 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:45.079 Malik bin Dinar, may God have mercy on him, said 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.079 Patience is silence 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.079 Silence is patience 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.110 The speaker is not more pious than the silent one 00:07:53.110 --> 00:07:57.110 Except a learned man who speaks in his place 00:07:57.110 --> 00:07:59.110 And he stays silent in his place 00:07:59.110 --> 00:08:06.819 Preserving the tongue from slurring speech 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:10.819 Ibrahim bin Mahdi said to Abdullah bin Saed 00:08:10.819 --> 00:08:13.889 Writer, may God have mercy on them 00:08:13.889 --> 00:08:16.889 Beware of immoral speech 00:08:16.889 --> 00:08:19.889 Hoping to gain eloquence 00:08:19.889 --> 00:08:22.889 For that is the greatest consciousness 00:08:22.889 --> 00:08:24.920 You do what is easy 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:31.189 While avoiding inferior words 00:08:31.189 --> 00:08:33.190 Whose absence is permissible? 00:08:33.190 --> 00:08:37.500 Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.789 The immoral person has no sanctity 00:08:40.789 --> 00:08:44.789 On the authority of Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:08:44.789 --> 00:08:47.789 Three have no backbiting 00:08:47.789 --> 00:08:49.789 The traitorous imam 00:08:49.789 --> 00:08:53.789 And the owner of desires who calls for desires 00:08:53.789 --> 00:08:57.240 And the declared immoral person is his immorality 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:01.240 On the authority of Ibrahim al-Taymi, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:04.240 Three have no backbiting 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:07.240 The unjust and the immoral 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.429 And the owner of innovation 00:09:09.429 --> 00:09:12.460 He also said, may God have mercy on him 00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:15.460 They did not see it as backbiting 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:19.539 Unless its owner is named 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:24.309 Preserving the tongue from breaking a promise 00:09:24.309 --> 00:09:30.340 When Abdullah bin Omar, may God be pleased with them both, attended his death, he said 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:34.340 A man from the Quraish had proposed to my daughter 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:38.440 It was like a promise from me to him 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:42.440 By God, God did not cast the trout of hypocrisy 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:46.950 Bear witness that I married her to him 00:09:46.950 --> 00:09:50.049 On the authority of Shu`bah, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:09:50.049 --> 00:09:55.049 I never dated Ayoub Al-Sakhtiani, may God have mercy on him 00:09:55.049 --> 00:09:59.049 Except he told me when he wanted to leave me 00:09:59.049 --> 00:10:02.049 I don't have a date with you 00:10:02.049 --> 00:10:08.289 When I came, I found that he had preceded me 00:10:08.289 --> 00:10:12.289 Preserving the tongue from looseness and sharpness 00:10:12.289 --> 00:10:15.090 Some predecessors said 00:10:15.090 --> 00:10:18.220 People did not speak harsh words 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:23.220 Unless there is a word next to it that is softer than it 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:25.220 Its fragmentation is fragmented 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:28.440 Abu Al-Aaliyah, may God have mercy on him, said 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:34.440 God Almighty said in the covenant that He took from the Children of Israel 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:37.440 And tell people well 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.440 That is, tell them kind words 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:45.440 Reward them with the best way you would like to be rewarded 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:51.870 Preserving the tongue from asking about what did not happen 00:10:51.870 --> 00:10:56.830 One day a man came to Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both 00:10:56.830 --> 00:11:00.830 So he asked him about something, I don't know what it is 00:11:00.830 --> 00:11:02.830 Ibn Omar said to him 00:11:02.830 --> 00:11:05.830 Don't ask what wasn't 00:11:05.830 --> 00:11:09.830 For I heard Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him 00:11:09.830 --> 00:11:13.830 Cursed be he who asks about what did not happen 00:11:13.830 --> 00:11:18.120 Omar, may God be pleased with him, said on the pulpit 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:23.120 I am embarrassed by God for a man who asked about something that did not happen 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:27.120 God has made clear what is 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:31.389 Other benefits 00:11:31.389 --> 00:11:36.799 On the authority of Abu Darda, may God be pleased with him, he said 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.799 There is nothing in a believer more beloved to God Almighty than his tongue 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.799 With it he will enter Paradise 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:49.860 There is nothing in an infidel more hateful to God Almighty than his tongue 00:11:49.860 --> 00:11:52.860 With it he enters the fire 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:56.149 Abu Hazem, may God have mercy on him, said 00:11:56.149 --> 00:11:58.149 The believer should 00:11:58.149 --> 00:12:03.149 To be more careful with his tongue than the place of my feet 00:12:03.149 --> 00:12:07.759 On the authority of Ibn Uyaynah, may God have mercy on him, he said: 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.759 Hakim found people talking 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.759 He stood over them and greeted them and said 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:21.759 They spoke the words of a people who knew that God would hear their words 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:24.759 And the angels write 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.179 Yahya Ibn Muadh, may God have mercy on him, said 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:33.179 Hearts are like pots in the chest, boiling with what is in them 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:36.179 And their ladles are their tongues 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:40.179 He waited for the man to speak 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:44.179 His tongue reveals to you what is in his heart 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:48.179 Between sweet and sour, sweet and bitter 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:52.179 He tells you about the taste of his heart and the taste of his tongue 00:12:52.179 --> 00:12:55.620 Some wise men said to his sons 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:58.620 Fix your tongues 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:01.620 The man is replaced by a female representative 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:05.620 He borrows his brother's animal and his brother's clothing 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:08.620 He finds no one to lend his tongue to him 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:17.019 A life of peace between words and deeds