قال: فإن جاء رجل، فكلمنا، فغلبنا؟ قال: اتبعناه، فقال مالك: يا هذا، إن الله بعث محمداً - صلى الله عليه وسلم - بدين واحد، وأراك تتنقل.

Imām Mālik left the Masjid one day and was caught up by a man who was called Abul Juwayriyyah who was accused of irjā (the belief that actions are not from īmān) and he said: “O Abā ‘Abdillāh! Listen to something from me that I may speak to you about and I may debate with you and inform you of my opinion. Imām Mālik said; (what happens) if you gain the upperhand? He (Abul Juwayriyyah) said if I gain the upperhand, then you follow me. Imām Mālik replied, what if another man comes and speaks to us and gains the upperhand? Abul Juwayriyyah replied: we follow him. Imām Mālik then said: “O Slave of Allāh!, Allāh ﷻ sent Muhammad ﷺ with one religion and I see you moving from religion to religion.

☑️ ‘Umar Bin ‘Abdilazīz rahimahullāh said:

من جعل دينه غرضا للخصومات أكثر التنقل

“whoever makes his religion susceptible to debates then much is his shifitng”. (Sunan Ad-Dārimī, 1/342)

☑️Ibn Muflih Al-Maqdisī rahimahullāh reported that Abū Ismā’īl Al-Harawī said:

"عرضت على السيف خمس مرات لا يقال لي: إرجع عن مذهبك لكن يقال لي: اسكت عمن خالفك، فأقول:لا أسكت"

“I was subject to the sword (to be killed) five times, it was not said to me; return from your religion, rather it was said to me; keep quiet regarding those who oppose you, so I said I will not keep silent”.

That which is benefited from the speech of Ibn ‘Aqīl rahimahullāh and others from the people of knowledge is that women in regards to the ruling of greeting them are of two categories:

1: That a woman is your wife, a slave or someone your are mahram for and that she’s is forbidden for you (in marriage) by way of lineage, or a reason which is permissible and that is suckling or being an in-law (e.g mother in-law) then greeting them is sunnah and returning it is obligatory and likewise for her to greet the man, similar or that which came before regarding men greeting one another.

2: That a woman is foreign to the man, not from those he can be a mahram for and they are those who it is permissible for him to marry. If they are from those who are known to him like his sister in-law or the wife of his uncle or his cousin then it is permissible to greet them with the condition that there’s safety from fitnah whether she is young or old.

The people have become used to greeting their sister in-law and if they don’t do so, they are judged derogatorily. If she is foreign to him and not from those known to him, if she is young then it is not permissible to greet her due to that which has been mentioned from the speech of the author. It is not permissible for her to greet a man. If a man greets her, she isn’t to return the greeting because the greeting of a man upon her isn’t worthy of a response, rather some scholars have mentioned that it is not permissible for her to return the greeting upon the man, except for the Hanafī scholars; they said: she returns the greeting within herself (not raising her voice) that is because there’s the combination between returning the greeting and not raising the voice as (raising the voice) is considered a reason for fitnah.

The above benefits were taken from this book.

بسم اللە الرحمن الرحیم

Sunday: 17/10/44- 07/05/23:

Some points not covered in last night’s lesson.

⏺️ Shaking hands upon greeting a fellow Muslim.

It is legislated for a Muslim to shake the hand of his fellow Muslim brother when greeting him. This is from the sunnah, the proof being:

عن البراءِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ: مَا مِنْ
مُسْلِمَين يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيَتَصافَحَانِ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهما قَبْلَ أَنْ يَفْتَرِقَا (رواه أَبُو داود)

On the authority of Al-Barā (May Allāh be pleased with him) The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, "Two Muslims will not meet and shake hands without having their sins forgiven (by Allah ) before they depart." [Dāwūd, graded sahīh by Shaykh Al-Albānī in Sahīh Abī Dāwūd, 5212].

⏺️ How do we respond to a kāfir if they are to greet us?

☑️ We shouldn’t start with the greetings

☑️ If they are to greet us, we respond by saying: وعليكم. This is the position held by the majority of scholars.

The proof for the above is:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَلاَ النَّصَارَى بِالسَّلاَمِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمْ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاضْطَرُّوهُ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏(رواه مسلم)

On the authority of Abū Hurairah (May Allāh be pleased with him) the messenger of Allāh ﷺsaid:
“Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it”. (Muslim)

‎عَن أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ ‏"‌‏.‏(متفق عليه)

On the authority of Anas bin Mālik (May Allāh be pleased with him)
the Prophet ﷺ said, "If the people of the book greet you, then you should say 'Wa'alaikum. " ( agreed upon)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Our lesson on Mondays at 8pm in the masjid will be streamed on this channel in shā Allāh.

This lesson is usually held on Mondays and Wednesdays going through the book;

المعتقد الصحيح
The correct belief

📌 Beautiful Benefit

Ibn Al-Qayyim rahimahullāh said:

“And do not think that His ‎ﷻ statement:

﴿إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِی نَعِیمٍ ۝١٣ وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِی جَحِیمࣲ ۝١٤﴾

*“Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure, And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire”.*
(Infitār, 13/14).

Is specific only to the day of returning (to Allāh), rather they (the righteous) are in blessings in their three abodes (Dunya, grave and the hereafter) and those (the wicked) are in hell in their three abodes.

And what sweetness and blessing in the worldly life is more pleasant than righteousness of the heart, a clean chest (from envy, hatred etc), knowing the Lord ﷻ, loving Him and acting according to His approval.

_And is life in reality except life of the heart?_"

Al-Jawāb Al-Kāfī (also known as Ad-Dā Wad-Dawā - the sickness and the cure)

https://t.me/Gardensofknowledge

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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