WEBVTT 00:00:00.820 --> 00:00:04.019 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:09.560 The life of the salaf: between word and deed. 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:13.630 Knowledge and the scholars. 00:00:13.630 --> 00:00:17.940 Reverence for knowledge and honoring its people. 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:24.589 Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, saw a man whose garment was trailing below his ankles. 00:00:24.589 --> 00:00:27.890 He said, "Raise your garment." 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:33.460 The man replied, "And you, O Ibn Mas'ud, raise your garment." 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:40.079 He said, "My shins are thin, and I am an imam for the people." 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.579 This reached 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:43.579 --> 00:00:46.579 He began to strike the man, saying, 00:00:46.579 --> 00:00:49.969 "Do you talk back to Ibn Mas'ud?" 00:00:49.969 --> 00:00:53.469 It is narrated from Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:00:53.469 --> 00:00:57.969 that he held the stirrup for Zayd ibn Thabit. 00:00:57.969 --> 00:00:59.469 Zayd said, 00:00:59.469 --> 00:01:04.969 "Move away, O cousin of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:01:04.969 --> 00:01:06.530 Ibn 'Abbas replied, 00:01:06.530 --> 00:01:11.599 "This is how we are commanded to treat our scholars and our elders." 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:16.599 Thabit al-Bunani, may Allah have mercy on him, whenever he came, 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:20.099 would say to Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:01:20.099 --> 00:01:21.599 "O Jamila, 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:26.129 bring me some perfume so I may apply it to my hands, 00:01:26.129 --> 00:01:31.629 for the son of Umm Thabit will not be satisfied until he kisses my hands." 00:01:31.629 --> 00:01:33.129 He would say, 00:01:33.129 --> 00:01:38.980 "They have touched the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:44.480 Nafi' ibn Jubayr said to 'Ali ibn al-Husayn, may Allah have mercy on them both, 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.109 "May Allah forgive you! 00:01:47.109 --> 00:01:50.109 You are the master of the people and the best of them, 00:01:50.109 --> 00:01:54.109 yet you go to this slave and sit with him?" 00:01:54.109 --> 00:01:56.739 He meant Zayd ibn Aslam. 00:01:56.739 --> 00:01:58.239 'Ali replied, 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:04.500 "Indeed, it is fitting that knowledge be sought wherever it may be." 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:11.500 Ibn al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked a question in the presence of Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah. 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:13.159 He said, 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:18.550 "We have been forbidden from speaking in the presence of our elders." 00:02:18.550 --> 00:02:23.050 A man once mentioned a scholar in the presence of one of the salaf, speaking of him in a certain way. 00:02:23.050 --> 00:02:24.550 The man said, 00:02:24.550 --> 00:02:25.550 "Hush! 00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:28.550 Do not speak of the scholars in such a way, 00:02:28.550 --> 00:02:31.900 lest Allah cause your heart to die." 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:35.400 Qatadah, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:41.960 "It is preferred that one does not read the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.379 except while in a state of ritual purity." 00:02:45.379 --> 00:02:50.379 Muhammad ibn Sirin, may Allah have mercy on him, used to recite poetry, 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:53.439 mention various things, and laugh, 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.939 but when a hadith from the Sunnah was mentioned, 00:02:56.939 --> 00:03:01.900 his expression would change, and he would become solemn. 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:05.030 Al-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 00:03:05.030 --> 00:03:09.599 "I served 'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Utbah, 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.599 to the point that his servant would come out and say, 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.599 'Who is at the door?' 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.599 And the maid would say, 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.099 'Your little servant, al-A'imash.' 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:22.599 She thought I was a young servant, 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:29.199 even though I would serve him to the extent of drawing water for his ablution." 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:35.240 A man came to Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, may Allah have mercy on him, while he was lying down, 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:39.270 and asked him about a hadith while he was in that position. 00:03:39.270 --> 00:03:41.270 Sa'id sat up and narrated it to him. 00:03:41.270 --> 00:03:44.520 The man said to him, 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:48.650 "I wish you had not troubled yourself." 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:49.650 Sa'id replied, 00:03:49.650 --> 00:03:55.680 "I disliked narrating to you from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:57.680 while I was lying down." 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:02.419 Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 00:04:02.419 --> 00:04:07.419 "We used to visit Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:13.449 and when we mentioned a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to him, 00:04:13.449 --> 00:04:16.449 he would weep until we felt pity for him." 00:04:16.449 --> 00:04:20.709 Malik ibn Anas, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:04:20.709 --> 00:04:22.709 whenever he intended to narrate a hadith, 00:04:22.709 --> 00:04:26.740 would perform ablution and sit on the edge of his mattress, 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:28.740 comb his beard, 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:32.740 and sit with dignity and solemnity. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.930 Then he would narrate. 00:04:34.930 --> 00:04:36.930 When he was asked about this, 00:04:36.930 --> 00:04:38.959 he said, 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:43.959 "I love to honor the hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:50.060 and I do not narrate it except while in a state of purity and composed." 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:56.319 He disliked narrating on the road, while standing, or while in a hurry. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:58.410 He said, 00:04:58.410 --> 00:05:05.410 "I love for what I narrate from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, to be understood." 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:12.149 Whenever someone raised his voice in his presence, he would say, 00:05:12.149 --> 00:05:14.149 "Lower your voice, 00:05:14.149 --> 00:05:17.149 for Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says: 00:05:17.149 --> 00:05:24.240 “O ye who believe! Lift not up your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor shout when speaking to him as ye shout one to another, lest your works be rendered vain while ye perceive not.” (49:2) 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:31.399 So whoever raises his voice at the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:39.660 is as if he has raised his voice above the voice of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:42.199 Malik ibn Anas 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:48.199 used to lead Nafi', the freed slave of Ibn 'Umar, from his house to the mosque, 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:51.199 as Nafi' had lost his sight. 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.269 He would ask him questions, and Nafi' would narrate to him. 00:05:54.269 --> 00:05:58.269 Nafi''s house was in the area of al-Baqi'. 00:05:58.269 --> 00:06:03.589 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 00:06:03.589 --> 00:06:07.589 "We would go to a man for the knowledge we sought, 00:06:07.589 --> 00:06:13.589 but it was not just for that; we went to learn from his guidance, his demeanor, and his character." 00:06:13.589 --> 00:06:19.319 Yahya ibn Yahya, may Allah have mercy on him, collected issues 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.420 that he had asked Ashhab, Ibn Nafi', 00:06:22.420 --> 00:06:27.420 and others among the companions of Malik, may Allah have mercy on them, 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:29.420 and wrote them down from them. 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:33.579 He then presented them to Ibn al-Qasim, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:06:33.579 --> 00:06:35.579 to see his school of thought regarding them. 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:39.930 Ibn al-Qasim began to criticize them. 00:06:39.930 --> 00:06:43.160 When Yahya saw that, 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.160 he folded his book and tucked it into his sleeve. 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:49.480 Ibn al-Qasim said to him, 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.480 "What is the matter with you?" 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:52.639 He replied, 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:57.639 "These people have a right over me just as you do, 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.800 and I have written from them. 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.800 I did not intend to expose them to disparagement. 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:09.990 If this is the case, then I have no need for this." 00:07:09.990 --> 00:07:15.529 Abu 'Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, may Allah have mercy on him, said, 00:07:15.529 --> 00:07:17.689 "Part of showing gratitude for knowledge 00:07:17.689 --> 00:07:22.689 is that you sit with a group of people, and they mention something you do not know, 00:07:22.689 --> 00:07:25.689 so you learn it from them. 00:07:25.689 --> 00:07:29.920 Then, you sit in another place later, 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.920 and they mention that same thing you learned, 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:36.949 so you say, 00:07:36.949 --> 00:07:40.949 'By Allah, I knew nothing of this, 00:07:40.949 --> 00:07:44.949 until I heard so-and-so say such-and-such,' 00:07:44.949 --> 00:07:46.949 and so I learned it. 00:07:46.949 --> 00:07:49.009 If you do that, 00:07:49.009 --> 00:07:51.009 you have shown gratitude for knowledge. 00:07:51.009 --> 00:07:56.170 Do not let them imagine that you said this from your own self." 00:07:56.170 --> 00:08:02.870 The life of the salaf: between word and deed.