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 was defined by the harmony between their words and their deeds. 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:16.100 They prioritized the dissemination, teaching, and recording of knowledge. 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:20.640 Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.140 "Knowledge that is not acted upon 00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.620 is like a treasure from which nothing is spent." 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.620 Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:32.780 "The teacher of goodness 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:35.780 is prayed for by everything, 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:39.229 even the whale in the sea." 00:00:39.229 --> 00:00:42.229 Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say 00:00:42.229 --> 00:00:45.229 whenever people sat with him: 00:00:45.229 --> 00:00:47.229 "Listen and understand, 00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:50.229 and convey to others what you hear from us." 00:00:50.229 --> 00:00:53.740 It is narrated from Habib Ibn Abi Thabit 00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:55.740 that he said: 00:00:55.740 --> 00:00:59.899 "Sa'id Ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, said to me: 00:00:59.899 --> 00:01:05.900 'To spread knowledge is dearer to me than taking it with me to my grave.'" 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:10.159 Al-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:10.349 --> 00:01:13.349 "Knowledge is being seized away rapidly; 00:01:13.349 --> 00:01:17.349 for the spreading of knowledge is the stability of both religion and worldly life, 00:01:17.349 --> 00:01:22.799 and in the loss of knowledge lies the loss of all that." 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.799 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:28.930 "Beware of the 'ghulul' (misappropriation) of books." 00:01:28.930 --> 00:01:31.930 I asked, "What is their misappropriation?" 00:01:31.930 --> 00:01:36.379 He replied, "Withholding them from those who seek them." 00:01:36.379 --> 00:01:41.569 'Ata' al-Khurasani, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:01:41.569 --> 00:01:44.569 "The most reliable of my deeds in my own estimation 00:01:44.569 --> 00:01:46.950 is the spreading of knowledge." 00:01:46.950 --> 00:01:50.950 Ibn 'Uyaynah, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about piety (wara'), and he said: 00:01:50.950 --> 00:01:55.980 "Piety is seeking the knowledge through which piety is known." 00:01:55.980 --> 00:02:01.079 Some people think it is merely prolonged silence and speaking little, 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.079 but it is not so. 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:10.270 "The knowledgeable speaker is, in my view, better and more pious than the ignorant silent one." 00:02:10.270 --> 00:02:14.659 Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say: 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:20.719 "It is not appropriate for anyone who possesses knowledge to abandon teaching." 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:26.300 When Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz Al Mubarak, may Allah have mercy on him, sensed 00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.300 that his end was near, he said: 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:34.330 "I do not regret anything as much as I regret the knowledge I hold within me 00:02:34.330 --> 00:02:39.330 which I have not yet been able to pass on to anyone." 00:02:39.330 --> 00:02:43.469 Creed (Aqidah) 00:02:43.469 --> 00:02:47.050 The status and position of the Sunnah. 00:02:47.050 --> 00:02:51.050 Condemnation of those who use the Qur'an as an excuse to reject the Sunnah. 00:02:51.050 --> 00:02:57.009 Hassan Ibn 'Atiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:02:57.009 --> 00:03:03.139 "Jibril used to descend upon the Prophet, peace be upon him, with the Sunnah, 00:03:03.139 --> 00:03:07.710 just as he would descend upon him with the Qur'an." 00:03:07.710 --> 00:03:10.710 Sa'id Ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:16.710 once narrated a hadith from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:03:16.710 --> 00:03:19.900 and a man from the people of Makkah said: 00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:23.969 "There is something in the Book of Allah that contradicts this." 00:03:23.969 --> 00:03:28.000 Sa'id became intensely angry 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.030 and said, "Do I see you opposing the Book of Allah 00:03:33.030 --> 00:03:37.030 with a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him? 00:03:37.030 --> 00:03:41.030 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:41.030 --> 00:03:44.030 was more knowledgeable of the Book of Allah than you." 00:03:44.030 --> 00:03:48.800 Muhammad Ibn Isma'il al-Tirmidhi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.960 "Ahmad Ibn al-Hasan al-Tirmidhi, may Allah have mercy on him, and I 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.960 were with Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:00.120 when Ahmad Ibn al-Hasan said to him: 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.120 'O Abu 'Abd Allah, 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.250 they mentioned the scholars of hadith to Ibn Abi Qutilah in Makkah, 00:04:08.250 --> 00:04:12.280 and he said: "The scholars of hadith are a wicked people."' 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:17.660 Abu 'Abd Allah stood up, shaking his garment and saying: 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:21.660 'A heretic, a heretic, a heretic!' 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:24.660 Then he entered his house." 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:29.180 Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, said 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:32.180 when asked about the hadith which states: 00:04:32.180 --> 00:04:36.180 "The Sunnah is a judge over the Book," 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:41.180 "I would not dare to say it in those terms; 00:04:41.180 --> 00:04:46.180 rather, the Sunnah interprets the Book and clarifies it." 00:04:46.180 --> 00:04:48.660 He also said, may Allah have mercy on him: 00:04:49.660 --> 00:04:54.660 "Whoever rejects a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:04:54.660 --> 00:05:00.339 is on the brink of destruction." 00:05:00.339 --> 00:05:06.689 The position of the salaf regarding those who say the Qur'an is created. 00:05:06.689 --> 00:05:11.689 Ja'far Ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: 00:05:11.689 --> 00:05:15.750 "Is the Qur'an a creator or created?" 00:05:15.750 --> 00:05:19.750 He replied, "It is neither a creator nor created; 00:05:19.750 --> 00:05:23.300 rather, it is the speech of Allah." 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:26.300 Sufyan al-Thawri, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:31.300 "Whoever claims that 'Say, He is Allah, [who is] One' is created, 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:34.300 has committed disbelief in Allah, the Almighty and Majestic." 00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:38.779 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Mahdi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:41.870 "Whoever says the Qur'an is created, 00:05:41.870 --> 00:05:43.870 do not pray behind him, 00:05:43.870 --> 00:05:46.870 do not walk with him on the road, 00:05:46.870 --> 00:05:49.800 and do not intermarry with him." 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.800 Harun al-Farwi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:57.899 "I have not heard anyone among the scholars of Madinah and the people of the Sunnah 00:05:57.899 --> 00:06:01.899 except that they denounce anyone who says: 00:06:01.899 --> 00:06:03.899 'The Qur'an is created,' 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:05.899 and they declare him a disbeliever." 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:10.019 He added, "And I hold to this Sunnah." 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:13.120 "And whoever hesitates regarding the Qur'an, 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.120 and does not say it is uncreated, 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.120 is like one who said it is created." 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:23.699 'Abd al-Malik Ibn al-Majishun, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:27.759 "I heard those I met among our scholars saying: 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.759 'The Qur'an is the speech of Allah, not created.'"