WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:09.779 Riyadh al-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:17.329 Chapter: Miscellaneous and Rare Narrations. 00:00:17.329 --> 00:00:20.329 Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: 00:00:20.329 --> 00:00:25.359 There was a tree trunk against which the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to lean. 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.359 That is, during the sermon. 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.460 When the pulpit was placed, 00:00:30.460 --> 00:00:33.460 we heard the trunk make a sound like a she-camel in the tenth month of pregnancy. 00:00:33.460 --> 00:00:37.460 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came down, 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:40.460 placed his hand upon it, and it became quiet. 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:42.649 In another narration: 00:00:42.649 --> 00:00:45.679 When it was Friday, 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:49.679 the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sat on the pulpit, 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.679 and the palm trunk he used to stand by cried out, 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:56.679 until it almost split. 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.100 In another narration: 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:01.100 It cried out with the wailing of a child. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:05.129 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came down, 00:01:05.129 --> 00:01:09.129 took it, and held it close to him, 00:01:09.129 --> 00:01:13.129 and it began to moan like a child being hushed, 00:01:13.129 --> 00:01:15.129 until it settled down. 00:01:15.129 --> 00:01:16.189 He said: 00:01:16.189 --> 00:01:20.189 "It wept for what it used to hear of the dhikr (remembrance of Allah)." 00:01:20.189 --> 00:01:23.420 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:27.280 "Jidh'" means the trunk of a palm tree. 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.500 "Al-'ishar" is the plural of "'ushara'," 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:35.500 which is a she-camel that has reached ten months of pregnancy, 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:38.370 until she gives birth. 00:01:38.370 --> 00:01:40.370 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:45.879 The Sunnah for the Friday sermon is to be delivered from the pulpit. 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:48.879 The desirability of using a pulpit. 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.879 Because it is more effective for the congregation to see the speaker and hear from him. 00:01:53.230 --> 00:01:58.230 Allah may grant inanimate objects perception like animals, 00:01:58.230 --> 00:02:01.739 or even like the most noble of animals. 00:02:01.739 --> 00:02:06.739 It is a sign of the kindness and compassion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:06.739 --> 00:02:08.740 even toward inanimate objects. 00:02:08.740 --> 00:02:13.740 Thus, it becomes clear that he is a mercy to the worlds. 00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:17.060 The hearts of the servants find tranquility in the remembrance of Allah. 00:02:17.060 --> 00:02:19.060 Even the trunk, 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:26.349 when it lost this tranquility, it yearned and moaned like a child being hushed. 00:02:26.349 --> 00:02:32.349 This hadith is a manifest miracle of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:32.349 --> 00:02:36.439 From Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani, 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.439 Jurthum ibn Nashir, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.439 from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:48.469 "Allah the Exalted has ordained religious obligations, so do not neglect them; 00:02:48.469 --> 00:02:52.469 He has set limits, so do not transgress them; 00:02:52.469 --> 00:02:56.469 He has forbidden things, so do not violate them; 00:02:56.469 --> 00:03:00.469 and He has remained silent about things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, 00:03:00.469 --> 00:03:03.819 so do not inquire about them." 00:03:03.819 --> 00:03:05.819 Narrated by al-Daraqutni. 00:03:05.819 --> 00:03:10.360 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:15.900 The hadith points to principles that the rules of the Shari'ah confirm. 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:23.379 The lawful is what Allah has made lawful in His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:30.379 The unlawful is what Allah has forbidden in His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:34.860 One should not neglect the limits of Allah nor transgress them. 00:03:34.860 --> 00:03:39.340 Rather, the truth is to stop at them. 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:43.340 The mercy of Allah toward His servants and His kindness to them is vast. 00:03:43.340 --> 00:03:48.759 What the Shari'ah has remained silent about is a source of well-being for the Ummah. 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:51.759 Therefore, it must accept the well-being granted by Allah. 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.759 It should not be overly pedantic or burdensome in religion, 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.270 or ask about things the Shari'ah has remained silent about. 00:04:00.270 --> 00:04:04.270 Our Lord has enumerated everything and encompassed it in knowledge. 00:04:04.270 --> 00:04:07.270 “We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful -” (19:64) 00:04:07.270 --> 00:04:13.419 From 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:17.420 We went on military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:21.550 seven expeditions, eating locusts. 00:04:21.550 --> 00:04:25.550 In another narration: We ate locusts with him. 00:04:25.810 --> 00:04:27.810 Agreed upon. 00:04:27.810 --> 00:04:31.860 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:34.860 The permissibility of eating locusts regardless of how they died. 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:39.279 The humility of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:45.279 and that he shared with the common Muslims in their food and drink. 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:49.399 From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:53.399 that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:58.689 "A believer is not stung from the same hole twice." 00:04:58.689 --> 00:05:00.689 Agreed upon. 00:05:00.689 --> 00:05:03.579 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:07.899 A believer should be firm and cautious. 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:09.899 He should not be overcome due to negligence. 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:12.899 If he is deceived once, he should not be deceived again. 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:15.420 A noble Prophetic etiquette. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:19.420 An etiquette with which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, taught his Ummah, 00:05:19.420 --> 00:05:23.420 so that they may be wary of what they fear will have a bad outcome. 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:29.740 It is not the character of a believer to be deceived by a treacherous, base, rebellious person. 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:32.740 He should not show leniency toward him, 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:36.740 but rather take retribution against him out of anger for the sake of Allah the Exalted. 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:41.889 From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:05:41.889 --> 00:05:45.889 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:05:45.889 --> 00:05:50.949 "There are three whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, 00:05:50.949 --> 00:05:52.949 nor will He look at them, 00:05:52.949 --> 00:05:54.949 nor will He purify them, 00:05:54.949 --> 00:05:56.949 and they will have a painful punishment: 00:05:56.949 --> 00:06:01.079 A man who has surplus water in the wilderness 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:04.079 and withholds it from the traveler; 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:08.079 a man who sells goods to another man after the 'Asr prayer, 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:12.079 and swears by Allah that he bought it for such and such a price, 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:16.079 so the other believes him, while he is lying; 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:19.180 and a man who pledges allegiance to a leader, 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:22.180 only pledging for the sake of worldly gain; 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:25.180 if he is given some, he fulfills it, 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:29.180 and if he is not given any, he does not fulfill it." 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:31.300 Agreed upon. 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:35.329 "A man who has surplus water," 00:06:35.329 --> 00:06:38.329 meaning water beyond his own need. 00:06:38.329 --> 00:06:43.579 "Al-fala" means land that has no water. 00:06:43.579 --> 00:06:46.680 "Ibn al-sabil" means the traveler. 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.579 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:54.740 The owner of the well has more right to it than the traveler when he is in need. 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:59.740 Once he has taken what he needs, it is not permissible for him to withhold the surplus water. 00:06:59.740 --> 00:07:03.279 The best charity is providing water. 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:08.790 The severity of the prohibition of swearing falsely after 'Asr to sell goods. 00:07:08.790 --> 00:07:13.790 This is because it is the time when the angels of the night and the day gather. 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:16.790 It is also the time when deeds are concluded. 00:07:16.790 --> 00:07:21.300 The strictness regarding breaking an oath of allegiance and rebelling against the leader. 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:25.300 Because of the disunity it causes. 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:29.819 Any deed for which the doer does not seek the Face of Allah, 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:34.819 but rather desires a fleeting worldly gain or a specific travel objective, 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:38.819 is corrupt, and the doer is sinful. 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:42.360 The prohibition of stinginess, deceit, and treachery. 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.360 And the clarification that they are among the major sins, 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.360 due to the severe threat attached to committing them. 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:53.480 From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.480 from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.509 "Between the two blasts [of the Trumpet], there are forty." 00:08:00.509 --> 00:08:05.540 They asked, "O Abu Hurayrah, forty days?" 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:11.699 He said, "I refuse to say." They asked, "Forty years?" 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:17.959 He said, "I refuse to say." They asked, "Forty months?" 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:24.180 He said, "I refuse to say. Everything of a human being will decay, 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:29.339 except the coccyx (tailbone), from which the creation is assembled." 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:33.340 Then Allah will send down water from the sky, 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:37.500 and they will sprout as vegetation sprouts. 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.399 Agreed upon. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:45.779 "I refuse to say" means I refrained from specifying that. 00:08:46.779 --> 00:08:49.779 It is a delicate bone at the base of the spine. 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:51.779 It is the tip of the coccyx. 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:57.039 "Al-baql" is any plant with which the earth turns green. 00:08:57.039 --> 00:09:00.809 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:09:00.809 --> 00:09:04.220 A servant should refrain from answering 00:09:04.220 --> 00:09:07.220 if he is asked about something he does not know. 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:11.769 The entire body decays except the coccyx. 00:09:11.769 --> 00:09:13.769 It is what remains, 00:09:14.769 --> 00:09:18.769 so that the human being can be reassembled from it once again. 00:09:18.769 --> 00:09:22.220 The power of Allah, glory be to Him, 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:24.220 for the second creation, 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:26.220 and the resurrection of those in the graves, 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:29.700 for the Day of Resurrection, Gathering, and Rising. 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:33.700 Clarification of how the creation is reassembled once again. 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:35.700 This is among the matters of the Unseen, 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:40.700 which we believe in as the authentic reports have stated. 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:44.750 From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 00:09:44.750 --> 00:09:47.750 While the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:47.750 --> 00:09:50.750 was in a gathering speaking to the people, 00:09:50.750 --> 00:09:53.750 a Bedouin came and said, 00:09:53.750 --> 00:09:55.750 "When is the Hour?" 00:09:55.750 --> 00:09:59.909 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued 00:09:59.909 --> 00:10:00.909 speaking. 00:10:00.909 --> 00:10:03.100 Some of the people said, 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:05.100 "He heard what he said, 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:07.100 but disliked what he said." 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:09.100 And some of them said, 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:11.100 "Rather, he did not hear." 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:14.200 Until he finished his speech, 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:15.200 he said, 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.200 "Where is the one asking about the Hour?" 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:19.330 He said, 00:10:19.330 --> 00:10:22.330 "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." 00:10:22.330 --> 00:10:23.519 He said, 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:26.519 "When the trust is lost, 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.519 then wait for the Hour." 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:29.710 He said, 00:10:29.710 --> 00:10:32.940 "How will it be lost?" 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:33.940 He said, 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:36.940 "When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:40.289 then wait for the Hour." 00:10:40.289 --> 00:10:42.289 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 00:10:42.289 --> 00:10:46.149 "Authority is given to those who do not deserve it," 00:10:46.149 --> 00:10:52.080 meaning authority is entrusted to those who are not competent. 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.080 From the benefits of the hadith: 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:58.500 The permissibility of repeating a question if the one asked does not answer. 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:03.980 The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, does not know the Unseen. 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:08.490 He only knows what Allah has taught him. 00:11:08.490 --> 00:11:11.490 Clarification of the etiquette of the scholar and the student. 00:11:11.490 --> 00:11:13.490 As for the scholar, 00:11:13.490 --> 00:11:18.490 it includes not rebuking the questioner by turning away from him initially, 00:11:18.490 --> 00:11:21.490 until he had completed what he was doing. 00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:25.490 Then he returned to him, answering with gentleness and kindness. 00:11:25.490 --> 00:11:27.490 As for the student, 00:11:27.490 --> 00:11:32.490 it includes the dislike of asking a scholar while he is occupied with something else, 00:11:32.490 --> 00:11:36.000 because the right of the first [matter] takes precedence. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:40.000 From this, one learns the ordering of lessons based on priority. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:43.000 Likewise for issuing fatwas and resolving disputes. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.480 The permissibility of questioning the scholar 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:49.480 if the questioner does not understand what the scholar says, 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.480 until the answer becomes clear to him. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.480 This is due to the Bedouin saying, 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.899 "How will it be lost?" 00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:00.899 Clarification that among the means of teaching and learning 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:04.309 are question and answer. 00:12:04.309 --> 00:12:07.309 The desirability of taking care in answering the questioner, 00:12:07.309 --> 00:12:11.309 even if the question or the answer was not urgent. 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:15.919 It is permissible to interrupt a sermon to ask a question. 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:19.919 However, the scholar must determine whether to delay the answer 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.919 or to provide it immediately. 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.919 This depends entirely on the necessity of the situation. 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.919 For the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has done 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:30.399 both of these things. 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:35.399 A Prophetic report regarding the future of knowledge and the affairs of the people, 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.399 stating that these matters will fall into the hands of the ignorant and the base. 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.399 This will occur when knowledge is withdrawn and ignorance becomes widespread. 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:46.940 This is among the signs of the Hour. 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:50.940 A warning to the Muslims to acquire knowledge from the elders— 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:53.940 those possessed of righteousness, virtue, knowledge, and faith. 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:56.940 This is because one of the signs of the Hour 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:59.940 is that knowledge will be sought from the juniors. 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:03.070 Riyad al-Salihin.