1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:04,019 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:04,019 --> 00:00:09,560 The life of the salaf was defined by the harmony between their words and their deeds. 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:16,100 They prioritized the dissemination, teaching, and recording of knowledge. 4 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:20,640 Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,140 "Knowledge that is not acted upon 6 00:00:23,140 --> 00:00:26,620 is like a treasure from which nothing is spent." 7 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:30,620 Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 8 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:32,780 "The teacher of goodness 9 00:00:32,780 --> 00:00:35,780 is prayed for by everything, 10 00:00:35,780 --> 00:00:39,229 even the whale in the sea." 11 00:00:39,229 --> 00:00:42,229 Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say 12 00:00:42,229 --> 00:00:45,229 whenever people sat with him: 13 00:00:45,229 --> 00:00:47,229 "Listen and understand, 14 00:00:47,229 --> 00:00:50,229 and convey to others what you hear from us." 15 00:00:50,229 --> 00:00:53,740 It is narrated from Habib Ibn Abi Thabit 16 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:55,740 that he said: 17 00:00:55,740 --> 00:00:59,899 "Sa'id Ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said to me: 18 00:00:59,899 --> 00:01:05,900 'To spread knowledge is dearer to me than taking it with me to my grave.'" 19 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:10,159 Al-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 20 00:01:10,349 --> 00:01:13,349 "Knowledge is being seized away rapidly; 21 00:01:13,349 --> 00:01:17,349 for the spreading of knowledge is the stability of both religion and worldly life, 22 00:01:17,349 --> 00:01:22,799 and in the loss of knowledge lies the loss of all that." 23 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:25,799 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 24 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:28,930 "Beware of the 'ghulul' (misappropriation) of books." 25 00:01:28,930 --> 00:01:31,930 I asked, "What is their misappropriation?" 26 00:01:31,930 --> 00:01:36,379 He replied, "Withholding them from those who seek them." 27 00:01:36,379 --> 00:01:41,569 'Ata' al-Khurasani, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 28 00:01:41,569 --> 00:01:44,569 "The most reliable of my deeds in my own estimation 29 00:01:44,569 --> 00:01:46,950 is the spreading of knowledge." 30 00:01:46,950 --> 00:01:50,950 Ibn 'Uyaynah, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about piety (wara'), and he said: 31 00:01:50,950 --> 00:01:55,980 "Piety is seeking the knowledge through which piety is known." 32 00:01:55,980 --> 00:02:01,079 Some people think it is merely prolonged silence and speaking little, 33 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,079 but it is not so. 34 00:02:03,079 --> 00:02:10,270 "The knowledgeable speaker is, in my view, better and more pious than the ignorant silent one." 35 00:02:10,270 --> 00:02:14,659 Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say: 36 00:02:14,659 --> 00:02:20,719 "It is not appropriate for anyone who possesses knowledge to abandon teaching." 37 00:02:20,719 --> 00:02:26,300 When Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz Al Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, sensed 38 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:29,300 that his end was near, he said: 39 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:34,330 "I do not regret anything as much as I regret the knowledge I hold within me 40 00:02:34,330 --> 00:02:39,330 which I have not yet been able to pass on to anyone." 41 00:02:39,330 --> 00:02:43,469 Creed (Aqidah) 42 00:02:43,469 --> 00:02:47,050 The status and position of the Sunnah. 43 00:02:47,050 --> 00:02:51,050 Condemnation of those who use the Qur'an as an excuse to reject the Sunnah. 44 00:02:51,050 --> 00:02:57,009 Hassan Ibn 'Atiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 45 00:02:57,009 --> 00:03:03,139 "Jibril used to descend upon the Prophet, peace be upon him, with the Sunnah, 46 00:03:03,139 --> 00:03:07,710 just as he would descend upon him with the Qur'an." 47 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:10,710 Sa'id Ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, 48 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:16,710 once narrated a hadith from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 49 00:03:16,710 --> 00:03:19,900 and a man from the people of Makkah said: 50 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:23,969 "There is something in the Book of Allah that contradicts this." 51 00:03:23,969 --> 00:03:28,000 Sa'id became intensely angry 52 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:33,030 and said, "Do I see you opposing the Book of Allah 53 00:03:33,030 --> 00:03:37,030 with a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him? 54 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:41,030 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 55 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:44,030 was more knowledgeable of the Book of Allah than you." 56 00:03:44,030 --> 00:03:48,800 Muhammad Ibn Isma'il al-Tirmidhi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 57 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,960 "Ahmad Ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhi, may Allah have mercy on him, and I 58 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,960 were with Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, 59 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,120 when Ahmad Ibn al-Hasan said to him: 60 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,120 'O Abu 'Abd Allah, 61 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:08,250 they mentioned the scholars of hadith to Ibn Abi Qutilah in Makkah, 62 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:12,280 and he said: "The scholars of hadith are a wicked people."' 63 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,660 Abu 'Abd Allah stood up, shaking his garment and saying: 64 00:04:17,660 --> 00:04:21,660 'A heretic, a heretic, a heretic!' 65 00:04:22,660 --> 00:04:24,660 Then he entered his house." 66 00:04:24,660 --> 00:04:29,180 Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said 67 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:32,180 when asked about the hadith which states: 68 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:36,180 "The Sunnah is a judge over the Book," 69 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:41,180 "I would not dare to say it in those terms; 70 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:46,180 rather, the Sunnah interprets the Book and clarifies it." 71 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:48,660 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 72 00:04:49,660 --> 00:04:54,660 "Whoever rejects a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 73 00:04:54,660 --> 00:05:00,339 is on the brink of destruction." 74 00:05:00,339 --> 00:05:06,689 The position of the salaf regarding those who say the Qur'an is created. 75 00:05:06,689 --> 00:05:11,689 Ja'far Ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: 76 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:15,750 "Is the Qur'an a creator or created?" 77 00:05:15,750 --> 00:05:19,750 He replied, "It is neither a creator nor created; 78 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:23,300 rather, it is the speech of Allah." 79 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:26,300 Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 80 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:31,300 "Whoever claims that 'Say, He is Allah, [who is] One' is created, 81 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:34,300 has committed disbelief in Allah, the Almighty and Majestic." 82 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:38,779 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Mahdi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 83 00:05:38,779 --> 00:05:41,870 "Whoever says the Qur'an is created, 84 00:05:41,870 --> 00:05:43,870 do not pray behind him, 85 00:05:43,870 --> 00:05:46,870 do not walk with him on the road, 86 00:05:46,870 --> 00:05:49,800 and do not intermarry with him." 87 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Harun al-Farwi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 88 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,899 "I have not heard anyone among the scholars of Madinah and the people of the Sunnah 89 00:05:57,899 --> 00:06:01,899 except that they denounce anyone who says: 90 00:06:01,899 --> 00:06:03,899 'The Qur'an is created,' 91 00:06:03,899 --> 00:06:05,899 and they declare him a disbeliever." 92 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:10,019 He added, "And I hold to this Sunnah." 93 00:06:10,019 --> 00:06:13,120 "And whoever hesitates regarding the Qur'an, 94 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,120 and does not say it is uncreated, 95 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,120 is like one who said it is created." 96 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,699 'Abd al-Malik Ibn al-Majishun, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 97 00:06:23,699 --> 00:06:27,759 "I heard those I met among our scholars saying: 98 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:32,759 'The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, not created.'"