1 00:00:00,850 --> 00:00:04,799 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:11,810 The life of the salaf between speech and action. 3 00:00:11,810 --> 00:00:14,310 Guarding the hearing from the forbidden. 4 00:00:14,310 --> 00:00:18,429 Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 5 00:00:18,429 --> 00:00:22,820 "Singing sprouts hypocrisy in the heart." 6 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:26,820 It was mentioned in the presence of al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him: 7 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:29,320 Singing and finding solace in it. 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:30,820 He asked them: 9 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:32,320 "Tell me, 10 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:36,320 if the people of truth and the people of falsehood were distinguished, 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,820 in which group would singing be?" 12 00:00:39,820 --> 00:00:43,320 They replied, "In the group of falsehood." 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,039 He said, "Then I have no need for it." 14 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:50,539 Al-Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 15 00:00:50,539 --> 00:00:53,799 "Singing is the incantation of adultery." 16 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:56,299 Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 17 00:00:56,299 --> 00:00:58,799 "Two sounds are cursed: 18 00:00:58,799 --> 00:01:01,299 A flute played during a blessing, 19 00:01:01,299 --> 00:01:06,290 and wailing during a calamity." 20 00:01:06,290 --> 00:01:10,599 Guarding the sight from the forbidden. 21 00:01:10,599 --> 00:01:13,599 Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 22 00:01:13,599 --> 00:01:16,099 "If a woman passes by you, 23 00:01:16,099 --> 00:01:19,829 lower your gaze until she has passed you." 24 00:01:19,829 --> 00:01:23,829 A man entered a house with Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him. 25 00:01:23,829 --> 00:01:25,329 It was the house of a man, 26 00:01:25,329 --> 00:01:28,829 and the man began looking at a woman in the house. 27 00:01:28,829 --> 00:01:31,329 Ibn Mas‘ud said to him: 28 00:01:31,329 --> 00:01:33,329 "If your eyes were gouged out, 29 00:01:33,329 --> 00:01:37,180 it would be better for you than what I see you doing." 30 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:41,680 Hassan Ibn Abi Sinan, may Allah have mercy on him, went out to the ‘Eid prayer. 31 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,180 When he returned, it was said to him: 32 00:01:44,180 --> 00:01:46,180 "O Abu ‘Abdullah, 33 00:01:46,180 --> 00:01:50,180 we have never seen an ‘Eid with more women than this one." 34 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:51,680 He said: 35 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,180 "I did not encounter a single woman until I returned." 36 00:01:55,180 --> 00:01:58,599 Musa al-Juhani said: 37 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:03,099 "I was on a journey with Sa‘id Ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him. 38 00:02:03,099 --> 00:02:07,599 A woman approached us, and we all looked at her. 39 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:10,599 Then Sa‘id lowered his gaze, 40 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:12,599 but I continued to look. 41 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:13,599 He said: 42 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:15,599 'The first look is for you, 43 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:18,009 but the second is against you.'" 44 00:02:18,009 --> 00:02:22,009 Al-‘Ala’ Ibn Ziyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 45 00:02:22,009 --> 00:02:25,509 "Do not let your gaze follow the garment of a woman, 46 00:02:25,509 --> 00:02:29,009 for looking plants desire in the heart." 47 00:02:29,009 --> 00:02:33,199 Al-Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 48 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:37,699 "Many a look has planted desire in the heart of the one who cast it, 49 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:43,199 and many a desire has brought its possessor long-lasting sorrow." 50 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:47,020 Ibrahim Ibn Adham, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 51 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:49,520 "Looking excessively at falsehood 52 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,020 removes the knowledge of truth from the heart." 53 00:02:53,020 --> 00:02:56,620 Fudayl Ibn ‘Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 54 00:02:56,620 --> 00:02:59,620 "Do not look at their vehicles, 55 00:02:59,620 --> 00:03:04,620 for looking at them extinguishes the light of disapproval for their actions." 56 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:09,080 Condemnation of intoxicants. 57 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:15,430 ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, stood on the pulpit in Medina and said: 58 00:03:15,430 --> 00:03:20,430 "Intoxicants were forbidden the day they were forbidden, and they come from five sources: 59 00:03:20,430 --> 00:03:23,430 grapes, honey, dates, 60 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:25,430 wheat, and barley. 61 00:03:25,430 --> 00:03:28,430 An intoxicant is anything that clouds the intellect." 62 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:31,650 ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 63 00:03:31,650 --> 00:03:33,650 "Beware of intoxicants, 64 00:03:33,650 --> 00:03:36,680 for they are the key to every evil." 65 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,680 A man was brought and told: 66 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,680 "Either you burn this book, 67 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,680 or you kill this boy, 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,680 or you prostrate to this cross, 69 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,180 or you commit adultery with this woman, 70 00:03:52,180 --> 00:03:55,680 or you drink this cup." 71 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:00,180 He saw nothing easier for him than drinking the cup. 72 00:04:00,180 --> 00:04:01,680 So he drank the cup, 73 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,680 then he committed adultery with the woman, 74 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,180 killed the boy, 75 00:04:05,180 --> 00:04:07,180 burned the book, 76 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:09,180 and prostrated to the cross. 77 00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:12,469 Indeed, it is the key to every evil. 78 00:04:12,469 --> 00:04:14,469 Some of the salaf said: 79 00:04:14,469 --> 00:04:16,970 "If intellect could be purchased, 80 00:04:16,970 --> 00:04:20,040 people would pay a high price to acquire it. 81 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:28,550 It is astonishing that people spend their wealth on what destroys their intellects." 82 00:04:28,550 --> 00:04:31,829 Keeping secrets. 83 00:04:31,829 --> 00:04:34,829 ‘Amr Ibn al-‘As, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 84 00:04:34,829 --> 00:04:39,329 "I have never entrusted a man with a secret and had him reveal it, then blamed him, 85 00:04:39,329 --> 00:04:44,120 because I was the one with the narrower chest when I entrusted it to him." 86 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,120 Al-Hasan, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 87 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,970 "It is a form of betrayal to speak of your brother's secret." 88 00:04:51,970 --> 00:04:54,970 Dhu al-Nun, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 89 00:04:54,970 --> 00:04:56,970 "The chests of the free-spirited 90 00:04:56,970 --> 00:04:58,970 are the graves of secrets." 91 00:04:58,970 --> 00:05:03,550 Joking and its etiquette. 92 00:05:03,550 --> 00:05:08,800 Sa‘id Ibn al-‘As, may Allah be pleased with him, said to his son: 93 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,800 "My son, do not joke with a noble person, for he will hold a grudge against you, 94 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,089 and do not joke with a base person, for he will become emboldened against you." 95 00:05:18,089 --> 00:05:21,089 Al-Ahnaf Ibn Qays, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 96 00:05:21,089 --> 00:05:25,089 "Whoever speaks, laughs, and jokes too much, 97 00:05:25,089 --> 00:05:27,089 his dignity diminishes. 98 00:05:27,089 --> 00:05:30,470 Whoever does something excessively becomes known by it." 99 00:05:30,470 --> 00:05:34,470 Muhammad Ibn al-Munkadir, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 100 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:36,470 "Do not joke with children, 101 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:40,569 for you will become insignificant to them, and they will take your rights lightly." 102 00:05:40,569 --> 00:05:44,569 ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 103 00:05:44,569 --> 00:05:48,569 "Fear Allah and beware of joking, 104 00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:52,600 for it breeds resentment and leads to indecency." 105 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,600 Speak of the Qur'an and sit together with it, 106 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,600 and if it becomes heavy upon you, 107 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,860 then [listen to] a good hadith from the hadiths of men. 108 00:06:03,860 --> 00:06:05,860 Everything has a seed, 109 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:11,029 and the seed of enmity is joking. 110 00:06:11,029 --> 00:06:15,379 Refreshing the soul and providing it with rest. 111 00:06:15,379 --> 00:06:19,379 ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 112 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:23,379 "These hearts grow weary just as bodies grow weary, 113 00:06:23,379 --> 00:06:27,470 so seek for them pearls of wisdom." 114 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:30,470 Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 115 00:06:30,470 --> 00:06:33,470 "Grant your soul some leeway and do not force it, 116 00:06:33,470 --> 00:06:37,470 for if you force the heart toward something, it becomes blind." 117 00:06:37,470 --> 00:06:40,470 He, may Allah be pleased with him, also said: 118 00:06:40,470 --> 00:06:43,470 "Hearts have moments of desire and receptivity, 119 00:06:43,470 --> 00:06:47,470 and hearts have moments of lethargy and aversion. 120 00:06:47,470 --> 00:06:51,470 So seize them during their desire and receptivity, 121 00:06:51,470 --> 00:06:55,660 and leave them during their lethargy and aversion." 122 00:06:55,660 --> 00:06:57,660 Some of the salaf said: 123 00:06:57,660 --> 00:07:00,660 "Refresh the hearts so they may retain the remembrance [of Allah]." 124 00:07:00,660 --> 00:07:03,889 Wahb Ibn Munabbih, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 125 00:07:03,889 --> 00:07:08,889 "It is written in the wisdom of the family of David, peace be upon him: 126 00:07:08,889 --> 00:07:13,889 'It is fitting for the wise person not to be heedless of four hours: 127 00:07:13,889 --> 00:07:16,889 an hour in which he holds his soul to account, 128 00:07:16,889 --> 00:07:19,889 an hour in which he whispers to his Lord, 129 00:07:19,889 --> 00:07:22,889 an hour in which he meets his brothers 130 00:07:22,889 --> 00:07:25,889 who inform him of his faults 131 00:07:25,889 --> 00:07:28,889 and are truthful with him about himself, 132 00:07:28,889 --> 00:07:32,889 and an hour in which he leaves his soul to its own pleasures 133 00:07:32,889 --> 00:07:35,920 in what is lawful and beautiful. 134 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,920 For this hour is an aid for those other hours, 135 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,920 a source of provision, and a refreshment for the hearts.'" 136 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:49,970 The stance of the salaf regarding concessions and adopting them. 137 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:54,250 Sulayman al-Taymi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 138 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:59,250 "If you were to adopt the concession of every scholar or the slip of every scholar, 139 00:08:00,250 --> 00:08:03,439 all evil would gather within you." 140 00:08:03,439 --> 00:08:06,439 Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 141 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:10,439 "Knowledge, in our view, is only the reliable concessions from trustworthy sources; 142 00:08:10,439 --> 00:08:14,439 as for being strict, every person can do that."