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Beware of situations of temptation. It was said, “What are the situations of temptations, O Abu Abdullah?” He said, “Chapters of the Umrah.” One of you enters upon the prince and believes him to be a lie and says something that is not in him.
إياكم ومواقف الفتن قيل وما مواقف الفتن يا أبا عبد الله قال أبواب العمراء يدخل أحدكم على الأمير فيصدقه بالكذب ويقول ما ليس فيه
Those who serve the Sultan should not be deceived by them if they are satisfied with him, nor should he change their mind if they are displeased with him, nor should he be burdened by what they carry, nor should he be hesitant in their requests.
ينبغي لمن خدم السلطان ألا يغتر بهم إذا رضوا عنه ولا يتغير لهم إذا سخطوا عليه ولا يستثقل ما حملوا ولا يلحف في مسألتهم
Whoever is in the presence of a ruler and he orders a matter that is not right and he does not fear that it will be missed, then he should not speak to him about it in that state and let him be alone with him. And if you see him ordering a matter that is feared that it will be missed, then you must speak to him and you will suffer from it what has befallen you.
من حضر سلطانا فأمر بأمر ليس بحق ولا يتخوف فيه الفوت فلا يكلمه فيه عند تلك الحال وليخل به وإذا رأيته يأمر بأمر يخاف فيه الفوت فلا بد لك من كلامه أصابك منه ما أصابك
Passion is a worshiped god
الهوى إله معبود
Have you seen the one who takes his own desires as his god?
أفرأيت من اتخذ إلهه هواه
Your effort is your passion
جهادك هواك
Do not be one of those who follow the truth if it agrees with his desires and oppose it if it contradicts his desires. For you will not be rewarded for what you followed of the truth and be punished for what you disobeyed.
لا تكن ممن يتبع الحق إذا وافق هواه ويخالفه إذا خالف هواه فإذا أنت لا تثاب على ما اتبعته من الحق وتعاقب على ما خالفته
The most severe jihad is the jihad of one’s desires. Whoever prevents himself from its desires has been relieved from the world and its afflictions and has been protected and free from its harm.
أشد الجهاد جهاد الهوى من منع نفسه هواها فقد استراح من الدنيا وبلائها وكان محفوظا ومعافا من أذاها
The rational person must know that opinion and inclination are mutually exclusive, and that it is the business of people to procrastinate opinion and help inclination. So he contradicts that and seeks to keep his inclinations and inclinations at bay and his opinion to be indifferent.
على العاقل أن يعرف أن الرأي والهوى متعاديان وأن من شأن الناس تسويف الرأي وإسعاف الهوى فيخالف ذلك ويلتمس أن لا يزال هواه مسوفا ورأيه مسعفا
If two things come to you, i.e. two things surprise you, and you do not know which of them is correct, then see which of them is closer to your desires and disagree, for most of what is correct is in the opposite of the desires.
إذا بدهك أمران أي فاجأك أمران لا تدري أيهما أصوب فانظر أيهما أقرب إلى هواك فخالف فإن أكثر الصواب في خلاف الهوى
The hypocrite does not understand his wisdom and does not believe in his temptation
المراء لا تعقل حكمته ولا تؤمن فتنته
It is enough of a sin for you not to continue practicing
كفى بك إثما ألا تزال مماريا
If God wants evil for a people, He will open arguments against them and prevent them from doing anything
إذا أراد الله بقوم شرا فتح عليهم الجدل ومنعهم العمل
Beware of hypocrisy, for it is the hour of the world's ignorance, and through it Satan seeks his slip
إياكم والمراء فإنها ساعة جهل العالم وبها يبتغي الشيطان زلته
Follow and do not innovate, for you have sufficed every innovation with its shadows.
اتَّبِعُوا وَلَا تَبْتَدِعُوا فَقَدْ كُفِيتُمْ كلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ظَلَالَه
So what did you tell them? He said I didn't say anything to them Waiting for your opinion Then he went on until he came to one of those rings He stood over them and said What is this that I see you doing? They said O Abu Abdul Rahman Pebbles that we promise to glorify, glorify, and glorify He said So count your bad deeds I guarantee that nothing of your good deeds will be lost And rule, O nation of Muhammad How quickly I destroyed you These companions of your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, are available And these clothes did not wear out And his ego was not broken By the One in whose hand is my soul You may be following a religion that is more guided than the religion of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace Or they open the door to misguidance They said By God, Abu Abdul Rahman We only wanted good He said How many people who want goodness will not get it The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, told us There are people who recite the Qur’an but it does not go beyond their throats God bless I don't know, maybe most of them are among you
فماذا قلت لهم
قال
ما قلت لهم شيئا
انتظار رأيك
ثم مضى حتى أتى حلقة من تلك الحلق
فوقف عليهم فقال
ما هذا الذي أراكم تصنعون
قالوا
يا أبا عبد الرحمن
حصى نعد به التكبير والتهليل والتسبيح
قال
فعدوا سيئاتكم
فأنا ضامنٌ ألا يضيع من حسناتكم شيء
ويحكم يا أمة محمد
ما أسرع هلكتكم
هؤلاء صحابة نبيكم صلى الله عليه وسلم متوافرون
وهذه ثيابه لم تبلى
وأنيته لم تكسر
والذي نفسي بيده
إنكم لعلى ملة هي أهدا من ملة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم
أو مفتتحوا باب ضلالة
قالوا
والله يا أبا عبد الرحمن
ما أردنا إلا الخير
قال
وكم من مريد للخير لن يصيبه
إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حدثنا
أن قوما يقرأون القرآن لا يجاوز تراقيهم
ويم الله
ما أدري لعل أكثرهم منكم
Heresy is more beloved to Satan than sin. Transgression is a sin from which he repents, and heresy is not repented from
البدعة أحب إلى إبليس من المعصية المعصية يتاب منها والبدعة لا يتاب منها
Whoever hears of an innovation should not tell it to those who meet him or put it in their hearts
من سمع ببدعة فلا يحكها لجلسائه لا يلقها في قلوبهم
Most of the imams of the Salaf adhered to this warning, seeing that hearts are weak and suspicions are deceitful
أكثر أئمة السلف على هذا التحذير يرون أن القلوب ضعيفة والشبه خطافة
Because my Lord Almighty will ask me on the Day of Resurrection and say, O Mutarrif, did I not do that which is more beloved to me than that He should say, “Why did I do that?”
لأن يسألني ربي عز وجل يوم القيامة فيقول يا مطرف ألا فعلت أحب إلي من أن يقول لما فعلت
People argue with you based on what is similar to the Qur’an, so take them based on the Sunnahs, for the authors of the Sunnahs are more knowledgeable about the Book of God Almighty
إن ناسا يجادلونكم بشبه القرآن فخذوهم بالسنن فإن أصحاب السنن أعلم بكتاب الله عز وجل
Do not sit with people of whims, for sitting with them nourishes the hearts
لا تجالس أهل الأهواء فإن مجالستهم ممرضة للقلوب
Whenever an innovator increases his diligence, he increases his distance from God Almighty
ما زداد صاحب بدعة اجتهادا إلا زاد من الله عز وجل بعدا
Because sitting with pigs is more beloved to me than sitting with one of the people of desires
لأن أجالس الخنازير أحب إلي من أن أجالس أحدا من أهل الأهواء
If you meet an innovator on a path, take another path
إذا لقيت صاحب بدعة في طريق فخذ في غيره
I said to Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him, at the time of Hudaybiyyah: O Abu Bakr, isn’t this truly the Prophet of God? He said, “Yes.” I said, “Aren’t we on the truth and our enemy on falsehood?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “Why do we give this worldly value to our religion then?” He said, “O man, this belongs to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he does not disobey his Lord, and He is his supporter.” So hold on to his roots, for by God, he is on the truth.
قلت لأبي بكر رضي الله عنه زمن الحديبية يا أبا بكر أليس هذا نبي الله حقا؟ قال بلى قلت ألسنا على الحق وعدونا على الباطل؟ قال بلى قلت فلم نعطي الدنية في ديننا إذن؟ قال أيها الرجل إنه لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وليس يعصي ربه وهو ناصره فاستمسك بغرزه فوالله إنه على الحق
Omar, may God be pleased with him, sat next to me and said, “I have decided not to leave any yellow or white Kaaba in it without dividing it among the Muslims.” I said, “You are not an actor.” He said, “When I said, your two companions did not do it.” He said, “They are the people of the Qur’an to follow.”
جلس إلي عمر رضي الله عنه فقال لقد هممت ألا أدع فيها أي للكعبة صفراء ولا بيضاء إلا قسمتها بين المسلمين قلت ما أنت بفاعل قال لما قلت لم يفعله صاحباك قال هم المرآن يقتدى بهما
You must acquire knowledge before it is seized, and its seizure may take away its companions. You must possess knowledge, for none of you knows when he will lack it or lack what he has. You will find people who claim that they call you to the Book of God, but they have abandoned it behind their backs. So you must seek knowledge, beware of innovation, beware of exaggeration, beware of going deeper, and beware of the old.
عليكم بالعلم قبل أن يقبض وقبضه أن يذهب بأصحابه عليكم بالعلم فإن أحدكم لا يدري متى يفتقر إليه أو يفتقر إلى ما عنده إنكم ستجدون أقواما يزعمون أنهم يدعونكم إلى كتاب الله وقد نبذوه وراء ظهورهم فعليكم بالعلم وأياكم والتبدع وأياكم والتنطع وأياكم والتعمق وعليكم بالعتيق
Are you not afraid that you will be punished or that you will be humiliated if you say that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, and so-and-so said?
أما تخافون أن تعذبوا أو يخسف بكم أن تقولوا قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال فلان
Do not be frightened, for the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, forbade frightening and said that no game can be caught with it, nor may an enemy be harmed with it, but it may break a tooth and gouge out an eye.
لا تخذف فإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن الخذف وقال إنه لا يصاد به صيد ولا ينكى به عدو ولكنها قد تكسر السن وتفقأ العين
He forbade cutting and said that no game could be caught or an enemy harmed by it, but it may break a tooth and gouge out an eye.
نهى عن الخذف وقال إنه لا يصاد به صيد ولا ينكى به عدو ولكنها قد تكسر السن وتفقأ العين
I tell you about the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he forbade cutting and while you are cutting, I will not talk to you such-and-such.
أحدثك عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه نهى عن الخذف وأنت تخذف لا أكلمك كذا وكذا
Do not prevent your women from going to mosques if they ask your permission to enter them
لا تمنع نساءكم المساجد إذا استأذنكم إليها
O community of towns, be upright and follow the path of those who came before you. By God, if you are upright, you have far advanced. If you turn to the right and to the left, you have gone far astray.
يا معشر القرى استقيموا واخذوا طريق من كان قبلكم فوالله لأن استقمتم فقد سبقتم سبقا بعيدا فإن أخذتم يمينا وشمالا لقد ضللتم ضلالا بعيدا
The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and the rulers after him enacted laws that should be followed in accordance with the Book of God Almighty, to complete obedience to God Almighty, and to strengthen the religion of God. No one among the creation can change or change them, nor will anything be considered that contradicts them. Whoever is guided by them is guided, and whoever seeks victory by them is victorious. Whoever abandons them follows other than the path of the believers, and God will protect him as long as he turns, and his destination will be Hell, and an evil destination.
سن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وولاة الأمر من بعده سننا الأخذ بها اتباع لكتاب الله تعالى واستكمال لطاعة الله تعالى وقوة على دين الله ليس لأحد من الخلق تغييرها ولا تبديلها ولن نظر في شيء خالفها من اهتدى بها فهو مهتد ومن استنصر بها فهو منصور ومن تركها اتبع غير سبيل المؤمنين وولاه الله ما تولى وأصلاه جهنم وساءة مصيرا
Do not insult the companions of Muhammad, for one of them did not stand for an hour better than the action of one of you, Omar
لا تسبوا أصحاب محمد فلم قام أحدهم ساعة خير من عمل أحدكم عمر
People will continue to be well as long as knowledge has come to them from the Companions of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and their elders. If knowledge has come to them from the youngest of them, that is when they perish.
لا يزال الناس بخير ما أتاهم العلم من قبل أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وأكابرهم فإذا أتاهم العلم من قبل أصاغرهم فذلك حين هلكوا
A prayer like the prayer of the angels. By God, you pray more than us, and we were better than you
صلاة كصلاة الملائكة والله لأنتم أكثر صلاة منا ولنحن كنا خيرا منكم
Shall I not tell you about a hardship that your brothers, meaning the Companions, may God be pleased with them, faced? The first of which was that meeting God was more beloved to them than witnessing. The second was that they were not afraid of enemies, whether small or large. The third was that they were not afraid of want in this world. They were confident in God that He would provide for them.
ألا أخبركم عن خلال كان عليها إخوانكم يعني الصحابة رضي الله عنهم أولها لقاء الله كان أحب إليهم من الشهد والثانية لم يكونوا يخافون عدوا قلوا أو كثروا والثالثة لم يكونوا يخافون عوزا من الدنيا كانوا واثقين بالله أن يرزقهم والرابع إن نزل به مطاعون لم يبرحوا حتى يقضي الله فيهم ما قضى
They were the most righteous of this nation in heart, the deepest in knowledge, and the least self-effacing, a people whom God Almighty chose for the company of His Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, so they imitated them in their morals and ways, for they, by the Lord of the Kaaba, were on straight guidance.
إنهم كانوا أبر هذه الأمة قلوبا وأعمقها علما وأقلها تكلفا قوم اختارهم الله عز وجل لصحبة نبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم فتشبهوا بأخلاقهم وطرائقهم فإنهم ورب الكعبة على الهدى المستقيم
Nothing was kept for you that was hidden from the people because of your preference
لم يدخر لكم شيء خبئ عن القوم لفضل عندكم
What I fear most for you is polytheism and hidden desires. It was said to him, “After Islam, you fear polytheism for us.” He said, “There is no polytheism unless you place another god with God.”
أخوف ما أخاف عليكم الشرك والشهوة الخفية قيل له بعد الإسلام تخاف علينا الشرك قال ما من الشرك إلا أن تجعل مع الله إلها آخر
Isn’t there the key to Paradise? There is no god but God. He said, “Yes, but there is no key that does not have teeth.” He who approaches the door with his teeth will have it opened for him, and he who does not approach the door with his teeth will not have it opened for him.
أليس مفتاح الجنة لا إله إلا الله قال بلى ولكن ليس من مفتاح إلا وله أسنان من أتى الباب بأسنانه فتح له ومن لم يأت الباب بأسنانه لم يفتح له
There is no better blessing bestowed upon His servants by God Almighty than to make them know that there is no god but God and that there is no god but God for them in the Hereafter like water in this world.
ما أنعم الله عز وجل على العباد نعمة أفضل من أن عرفهم لا إله إلا الله وإن لا إله إلا الله لهم في الآخرة كالماء في الدنيا
I said to Omar, may God be pleased with him, “I have a Christian scribe.” He said, “What is the matter with you? Have you not heard God say, ‘O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and Christians as allies of one another. Have you taken a Hanif?’” He said, “O Commander of the Faithful, my record is mine, and he has his religion.” He said, “I do not honor them when God has insulted them, nor do I honor them when God permits them, nor do I mean them when God excludes them.”
قلت لعمر رضي الله عنه إن لي كاتبا نصرانية قال ما لك أما سمعت الله يقول يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تتخذوا اليهود والنصارا أولياء بعضهم أولياء بعض أل اتخذت حنيفا قال قلت يا أمير المؤمنين لي كتابته وله دينه قال لا أكرمهم إذ أهانهم الله ولا أعزهم إذ أذن لهم الله ولا أدنيهم إذ أقصاهم الله
Whoever knows his Lord aspires to His pardon and hopes in His bounty, and what you worship is worshiped with more than love for God’s friends as they love, because loving God’s friends is evidence of love for God.
من عرف ربه طمع في عفوه ورجى فضله وما تعبد متعبد بأكثر من التحب إلى أولياء الله بما يحبون لأن محبة أولياء الله دليل على محبة الله
I came with Ziyad bin Hudayr Al-Asadi, may God have mercy on him, from the sweeper, and the sweeper is the place where he throws dirt and dirt and sweeps up houses. So I said in my words, “No” and “honesty.” Ziyad started crying and weeping. I thought I had done something great. I said to him, “Does he hate this?” He said, “Yes.” He strictly forbade swearing by honesty.
أقبلت مع زياد بن حدير الأسدي رحمه الله من الكناسة والكناسة هي الموضع الذي يرما فيه التراب والأوساخ وما يكنس من المنازل فقلت في كلامي لا والأمانة فجعل زياد يبكي ويبكي فظننت أني أتيت أمرا عظيما فقلت له أكان يكره هذا قال نعم كان ينهى عن الحلف بالأمانة أشد النهي
These hadiths were brought to us by those who brought the Sunnahs on the authority of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, prayer, fasting, zakat, and Hajj. Rather, God Almighty introduced us to these hadiths.
إنما جاءنا بهذه الأحاديث من جاء بالسنن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج وإنما عرفنا الله عز وجل بهذه الأحاديث
God Almighty is in heaven, and His knowledge is everywhere, and no place is without His knowledge
الله عز وجل في السماء وعلمه في كل مكان لا يخلو من علمه مكان
There are no secret conversations between three people but he is the fourth of them, nor of five but he is the sixth of them
ما يكون من نجوى ثلاثة إلا هو رابعهم ولا خمسة إلا هو سادسهم
Its being equal is known, its how is unreasonable, asking about this is an innovation, and believing in it is obligatory
الاستواء منه معلوم والكيف منه غير معقول والسؤال عن هذا بدعة والإيمان به واجب
Read it as it came
اقرأها كما جاءت
What land will carry me and what sky will shade me and where will I go or what will I do if I say in a verse from the Book of God something other than what God intended by it?
أيَّة أرض تقلني وأية سماء تظلني وأين أذهب أو كيف أصنع إذا أنا قلت في آية من كتاب الله بغير ما أراد الله بها
We knew this fruit, but what about the father? Then he returned to himself and said to your age: This is affectation, O Omar
هذه الفاكهة قد عرفناها فما الأب ثم رجع إلى نفسه فقال لعمرك إن هذا لهو التكلف يا عمر
It is sufficient for you for the sheikhs of Islam, the Imams of guidance, and the two successors of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, the guided and rightly guided, for their halting and reluctance to interpret a verse from the Book of God Almighty, and they are the most knowledgeable of creation about God Almighty after the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and His Messenger, and the Book of God and its interpretation. So what can we say about the audacity of the Mu’tazilites, the Ash’aris, and the rest of the misguided theologians in interpreting the attributes of the Most Gracious, the Almighty, that were spoken by the Qur’an? It was transmitted by proven imams and trustworthy scholars
حسبك لشيخي الإسلام وأمامي الهدى وخليفتي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الهاديين الراشدين توقفهما وإحجامهما عن تفسير آية من كتاب الله جل وعز وهما أعلم الخلق بالله عز وجل بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وبرسوله وبكتاب الله وتأويله فماذا عسى أن نقول في جسارة المعتزلة والأشاعرة وبقية المتكلمين الضالين في تأويل صفات الرحمن عز وجل التي نطق بها القرآن ونقلها الأئمة الأثبات والعلماء الثقات
From God Almighty is knowledge, and upon the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, is the message, and upon us is submission
من الله عز وجل العلم وعلى الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم البلاغ وعلينا التسليم
They ordered it as it came without explanation
أمروها كما جاءت بلا تفسير
How is unreasonable, being equal to it is not unknown, believing in it is a duty, and asking about it is an innovation, and I fear that you are going astray
الكيف غير معقول والاستواء منه غير مجهول والإيمان به واجب والسؤال عنه بدعة وإني لأخاف أن تكون ضالا
I thought about the reports of attributes, and I saw that the Companions, may God be pleased with them, and the followers, may God have mercy on them, were silent about their interpretation despite the strength of their knowledge, so I looked at the reason for their silence, and it was the strength of the prestige of the one described, and because their interpretation does not come except by presenting parables to God, and the Almighty said, “Do not give parables to God.”
تفكرت في أخبار الصفات فرأيت الصحابة رضي الله عنهم والتابعين رحمهم الله سكتوا عن تفسيرها مع قوة علمهم فنظرت السبب في سكوتهم فإذا هو قوة الهيبة للموصوف ولأن تفسيرها لا يتأتى إلا بضرب الأمثال لله وقد قال عز وجل فلا تضرب لله الأمثال
We were with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, while we were young boys. We learned faith before he learned the Qur’an, then we learned the Qur’an, and we increased. With faith in Him
كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْ وَنَحْنُ فِتْيَانٌ حَزَاوِرَةٌ فَتَعَلَّمْنَ الْإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ أَنَّ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنِ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمْنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَازْدَدْنَا بِهِ إِيمَانًا