ترجمة عبارات وجمل دينية

[إسلام بدي]

كيف تتعامل الأسرة مع الابن العاق ؟

How should the family deal with a disobedient son?ç


واتهم أخته بالدعارة والزنا
and accuses his sister of promiscuity and adultery,

، وفضح شرف أسرته ؟

causes scandal for his family,

والتشاجر الدائم مع الضيف
and always argues with guests,

وسبه وشتمه

insulting them, reviling them




على الوالدين حسن تربية أولادهما
Parents should give their children a good upbringing

، والقيام عليهم
and take care of them

بما ينصلح به حالهم
so that they will be in a good state

في أمر دينهم وأمر دنياهم
in both religious and worldly affairs


فإذا نشأ الولد عاصيا عاقا ،
If a child grows up disobedient and rebellious,

فعلى الوالدين بذل المزيد من الجهد
then the parents must do more and try harder

لطلب هدايته واستقامته ،


to guide him and make him righteous

بتذكيره ونصحه وإرشاده ،
, by reminding him and advising him,


والصبر عليه ،
showing patience towards him,

والدعاء له ،
praying for him,


واختيار صحبة طيبة ،
choosing good friends for him

ومعارف صالحين

and choosing righteous acquaintances


فإذا زاد شر الولد
But if the son becomes worse

وعظم فساده ،
and the evil and trouble he causes increases,


كما ذكر في السؤال ،
as mentioned in the question,

ولم يفلح معه الوعظ والتأديب
and admonition and discipline do not succeed with him,


فالواجب أن ينهى عن منكره
then it is obligatory to denounce his evil

بكل ما أمكن ،
by all possible means,

بأن يهدد بالضرب ،
by threatening to hit him

أو يضرب فعلا ،
or actually hitting him,

أو يستعان عليه برجال العائلة ،

or seeking the help of other men in the family against him,

أو يرفع أمره إلى السلطات ،
or taking the matter to the authorities,

إن لم يمكن منع شره
if it is not possible to stop his evil


بما سبق بغير ذلك ،
by any of the other means mentioned


ولا ينبغي التساهل مع شره ،
His evil should not be taken lightly


أو التغاضي عنه ،
or be overlooked;

بل تقطع مادته قبل أن يستفحل ،
rather it should be stopped before it goes further

ويعظم ضرره .
and causes greater harm


وتذكيره بالله ترغيبا وترهيبا ،

reminding him of Allah, instilling hope and fear;

وأن تماديه في هذا المنكر الذي هو عليه
telling him that his committing this evil

سيبغضه إلى أهله

will make him hateful to his family


وجيرانه والناس من حوله ،
and neighbours and the people around him,


مع الإلحاح عليه في ذلك ،

and they should persist with him in that,

بلين الجانب والصبر


whilst being gentle and patient,

والحكمة والموعظة الحسنة
and using wisdom and beautiful preaching


وعلى إخوانه أن يجتهدوا في هذا السبيل ،
His brothers should try hard in that regard,

ويسلكوا معه مسالك الحكمة والروية ،
and use wisdom and patience with him,


ويعظوه باللين
exhorting him gently

، ولا يشتد عليه أحد في الكلام .
and not being harsh towards him in speech


وهجروه


and shunning him,

فلم يكلموه ولم يعاملوه ،
then they should not speak to him
or interact with him,

وهم في ذلك يرجون له من الله الصلاح

in the hope that Allah will set him straight,

ويدعون له بالهداية .

and they should keep praying to Him to guide him


فإن لم يرجع
But if he does not come back to his senses

واستمر على فساده
and he persists in his evil ways,

فإنه يبلغ عنه الجهات المختصة

then they should report him to the relevant authorities

وسلطات الأمن
and the security forces

التي تستطيع أن تكفه عن الشر والفساد ،

who can restrain him from doing evil


وتردعه عما هو عليه .
and deter him from what he is doing


ولا ينبغي أن يترك مع تماديه في هذا العدوان ؛

He should not be left to persist in this transgression,


لعظيم شره
because of the severity of his evil

وتوالي حصول الضرر من جهته لأهله وللناس من حوله .

and the harm that he may do to his family and the people around him


وفوق ذلك كله
Over and above all that,


فإن عامة تلك البلايا إنما تكون بسبب المعاصي

for most such calamities come about because of the sins

التي تجلب على أهل البيت الشر والفساد ،
that bring evil and corruption to the household


وهو يتكلم عن المخالفات الشرعية
when speaking about matters contrary to Islamic teaching


التي قد تقع من الزوجين أو أحدهما

that may be done by one or both spouses



" لا جرم أن التوفيق بينهما قل أن يقع ،
Undoubtedly reconciling between these spouses is very rare,

وإن دامت الألفة بينهما
and even if there is harmony between them,


فعلى دخن ،

it is not free of ills,


وإن قدر بينهما مولود

and if they happen to have a child,

فالغالب عليه إن نشأ العقوق ،

he will most likely grow up disobedient

وارتكاب ما لا ينبغي

and doing all manner of inappropriate things,

[إسلام بدي]

هل الكذب أشد من الزنا ؟
Is lying worse than adultery?0


قرأت الحديث التالي : " المؤمن إذا كذب من غير عذر لعنه سبعون ألفا من الملائكة ، وخرج من قبله نتن حتى يبلغ العرش فيلعنه حملة العرش ، وكتب الله عليه بتلك الكذبة سبعين زنية أهونها كمن زنى مع أمه"





" المؤمن إذا كذب من غير عذر
"When a believer utters a lie without a valid excuse,

لعنه سبعون ألفا من الملائكة ،
he is cursed by seventy thousand angels


وخرج من قلبه نتن
Such a stench emanates from his heart

حتى يبلغ العرش


that it reaches the sky

وكتب الله عليه بتلك الكذبة
and because of this single lie Allah writes for him

سبعين زنية

a sin equivalent to that of committing seventy fornications

أهونها كمن زنى مع أمه"
Such fornications that the least of which is fornication with ones mother." à



الكذب من صفات المنافقين ،
Lying is one of the characteristics of the hypocrites,

وهو خلق ذميم ،

and it is a blameworthy trait

يحضّ على الشر ،
which encourages one to commit evil

ويمنع من الخير

and prevents one from doing good



قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:

(عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ

“I enjoin you to be truthful,

فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ
for truthfulness leads to righteousness


وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ
and righteousness leads to Paradise


، وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ
A man may continue to tell the truth

وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ
and endeavor to be truthful


حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا ،
until he is recorded with Allah as a speaker of truth


وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ
And beware of lying,

فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ
for lying leads to wickedness


وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ،
and wickedness leads to Hell

وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ
A man may continue to tell lies

وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ
and endeavor to tell lies,

حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا) .

until he is recorded with Allah as a liar.Ӎ


وأشد الكذب : الكذب على الله ورسوله ،
The worst kind of lying is telling lies about Allah and His Messenger,


ثم الكذب بين الناس
then spreading lies among people

للإفساد بينهم
in order to cause trouble between them

واعتياد الكذب في الحديث
Habitually telling lies when speaking

من صفات المنافقين
is one of the characteristics of the hypocrites,


كما قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم :


( أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ
“There are four characteristics, whoever has them all

كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا ،
is a pure hypocrite,


، ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ
and whoever has one of them

كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْ النِّفَاقِ
has one of the characteristics of hypocrisy,

حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا :
until he gives it up

إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ ،
when he is entrusted with something, he betrays that trust,

وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ ،
when he speaks he lies,

وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ ،
when he makes a covenant he betrays it,

وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ )
and when he disputes he resorts to obscene speech.Ӎ


عن عائشة قالت :

ما كان خلق أبغض إلى رسول الله من الكذب
No characteristic was more hateful to the Messenger of Allah
than lying



ولقد كان الرجل يحدث عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بالكذبة
If a man told a lie in the presence of the Prophet

فما يزال في نفسه
he would continue to feel some unrest in his heart

حتى يعلم أنه قد أحدث منها توبة "
until he knew that the man had repented

هذا الحديث الوارد في السؤال لم نجد له أصلا
We could not find any source for the hadith mentioned in the question,


– بعد البحث –
after researching the matter

والظاهر أنه
What appears to be the case
is that

مكذوب على رسول الله
it is falsely attributed to the Messenger of Allah



وقد ذكر العلماء أن من علامات الحديث الموضوع
The scholars stated that one of the signs of a fabricated hadith


المبالغة في ذكر الثواب أو العقاب على عمل من الأعمال ،

is that it mentions an exaggerated reward or punishment for a particular deed,

وهذا الحديث كذلك .
and this hadith is like that


قال تعالى ( وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ
“And those who invoke not any other ilaah (god) along with Allah,


وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ
nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause,

وَلَا يَزْنُونَ
nor commit illegal sexual intercourse

وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا )

and whoever does this shall receive the punishmentӈ


وغيره من الموبقات ،
and other major sins,


قال تعالى : ( قُلْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ )

“‘Verily, those who invent lies against Allah will never be successful’”à




وقال النبي (من كذب علي متعمدا
“Whoever tells a lie against me deliberately,

فليتبوأ مقعده من النار) .
let him take his place in Hell.Ӎ


أما القول بأن مطلق الكذب أشد من الزنا
With regard to saying that lying as a whole is worse than adultery

: فباطل ،
, this is incorrect,

فضلا عن أن يقال : أشد من سبعين زنية ،
let alone saying that it is worse than committing
seventy fornications


أهونها كمن زنى بأمه
the least of which is fornication with one’s mother

؛ فهذا من أسمج المقال ،

This is among the silliest of notions

وأبين الكذب والمحال !!

and most obvious of lies, and is impossible!9


أَيَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بَخِيلاً ؟
Can a believer be a miser?0



ثم هو كلام باطل في نفسه ؛
Moreover they are false in and of themselves

فلا يجوز أن ينسب إلى رسول الله

Therefore it is not permissible to attribute this to the Messenger of Allah

[إسلام بدي]

منزلة محمد بن إسحاق راوي المغازي عند علماء الحديث
Status of Muhammad ibn Ishaaq, the narrator of al-Maghaazi, in the view of hadith scholars




فقد سمعت أنه ليّن
I have heard that his narration of hadith was not very sound

وغير دقيق في روايته للحديث ،
and he was not precise in his narration of hadith,


مما جعل العلماء لا يقبلون أي رواية مِن قِبَله
which caused the scholars not to accept any report from him





فنال بذلك أسمى مراتب التعليم ،
Thus he attained the highest levels of learning,


حظي ابن إسحاق بمنزلة رفيعة
Ibn Ishaaq was held in high esteem

بين علماء عصره
among the scholars of his own time,

وذلك لسعة معارفه ، ،وكثير اطلاعه ،
because of the vastness of his knowledge


حتى قال عنه الإمام الذهبي : أول من دون العلم بالمدينة ،
He was the first one to write down knowledge in Madinah;

وذلك قبل مالك وذويه ،
that was before Maalik and Dhawayh

وكان في العلم بحرا عجاجا ،
He was like a wondrous ocean of knowledge,

ولكنه ليس بالمجود كما ينبغي .

but he was not as precise as he should have been


ولذلك ما زال ثناء العلماء عليه عاطرا من قديم الزمان
Therefore scholarly praise of him was persistent from the earliest times


وقال الإمام الزهري : لا يزال بالمدينة علم جم

There is a great deal of knowledge in Madinah

ما دام فيهم ابن إسحاق .
so long as Ibn Ishaaq remains among them


اشتهر محمد بن إسحاق باهتمامه البالغ في
Muhammad ibn Ishaaq is famous for his intense interest
in

علم المغازي ،
knowledge of maghaazi (Prophet’s military campaigns),ç


حتى كان أول من جمع المغازي في مصنف كامل ،
as he was the first one to compile the reports of maghaazi into a book


وقال فيه الإمام الشافعي رضي الله عنه :


من أراد أن يتبحر في المغازي

Whoever wants to acquire detailed knowledge of maghaazi

فهو عيال على محمد بن إسحاق
has no choice but to rely on Muhammad ibn Ishaaq








ثناء أهل العلم على حديثه
Scholarly praise for his hadith





الجواب عن كلام مَن قدح فيه
Response to those who criticized him


القدح في ابن إسحاق
The criticisms that were made against Ibn Ishaaq

يتلخص في ثمان قضايا :
may be summed up in eight points


اتهامه بالقدرية

He was accused of being a Qadari,


حتى ذُكر أنه جلد بسببه
and it was even said that he was flogged for this reason


اتهامه بالتشيع

He was accused of being a Shi‘i


وهذان الأمران – إن ثبتا عنه –
These two issues – if they are proven to be true

فلا يؤثران في حديثه ،
– do not have any impact on his hadith,

إذ ما زال العلماء يأخذون عن القدرية والشيعة
because the scholars continued to accept hadith from Qadaris and Shi‘ah


إذا ثبت صدقهم وحفظهم .
if it was proven that they were truthful and honest and had good memories



القدح الثالث : اتهامه بالتدليس .
He was accused of tadlees (deliberately using ambiguous words in order to mislead) à


وهذا لا يعتبر قدحا مطلقا في حديثه أيضا ،

This is not to be regarded as casting aspersions on his hadith in general terms either

فالمدلس المكثر من التدليس يُقبَل حديثه
Hadith may be accepted from one who engaged in tadlees a great deal


إذا صرح بالسماع ،
if he clearly states that he heard the hadith directly;




He was accused of lying


القدح الرابع : اتهامه بالكذب
He was accused of lying

وهي تهمة باطلة لا تثبت عليه
This is a false accusation which has not been proven









وأما تكذيب الإمام مالك له ،
With regard to Imam Maalik regarding him as having lied


وقوله عنه : دجَّال من الدجاجلة :
and describing him as a charlatan,

فلم يقبله العلماء منه ؛
the scholars did not accept that from him,

إذ لم يذكر دليلا على تكذيبه
because he did not mention any evidence for regarding him as having lied


لما عرف من عداوتهم
because of what was known about the animosity between them

كما لم يقبلوا قول ابن إسحاق في الإمام مالك
By the same token, they did not accept what Ibn Ishaaq said about Imam Maalik


ائتوني ببعض كتبه
Give me some of his books

حتى أبين عيوبه ،
so that I can highlight some of their faults;

أنا بيطار كتبه
I know about his books




وقال الإمام الذهبي رحمه الله : لسنا ندعي في أئمة الجرح والتعديل العصمة من الغلط النادر ،
We do not claim that the leading scholars
evaluation of hadith narrators were infallible

ولا من الكلام بنفس حاد
and did not occasionally make mistakes or speak harshly

فيمن بينهم وبينه شحناء وإحنة ،
about those with whom there was some ill feeling or animosity


وقد علم أن كثيرا من كلام الأقران بعضهم في بعض مهدر ،
It is known that much of what peers say about one another is to be ignored

لا عبرة به ،
and does not count for anything,


ولا سيما إذا وثق الرجل جماعة
especially if the man is regarded as trustworthy by a group of scholars

يلوح على قولهم الإنصاف ،

who sound fair-minded in what they say


وهذان الرجلان – يعني مالكا وابن إسحاق -
These two men – i.e., Maalik and Ibn Ishaaq


كل منهما قد نال من صاحبه ،
– each criticised the other,

وارتفع مالك ، وصار كالنجم
Maalik rose to high status and became like a star,


فله ارتفاع بحسبه ،
also attained relatively high status,

ولا سيما في السير
especially in the field of biography


القدح الخامس : اتهامه بمخالفة الثقات .
He was accused of differing with trustworthy narrators


القدح السادس : اتهامه بالانفراد ببعض المناكير
He was accused of being the sole narrator of some odd reports



فإنه يكتب عن كل أحد ولا يتورع سامحه الله
He wrote down hadiths from everyone without any restraint




قال ابن عدي : وقد فتشت أحاديثه كثيرا ،
I examined his hadith a great deal,

فلم أجد من أحاديثه ما يتهيأ أن يقطع عليه بالضعف ،
and I did not find any of his hadith that would lead one to state categorically that he is weak


أو يهم في الشيء بعد الشيء ،

or be confused sometimes,

كما يخطئ غيره ،
as others also made mistakes,


ولم يتخلف في الرواية عنه الثقات والأئمة ،

but trustworthy narrators and leading scholars did not refrain from narrating from him,

وهو لا بأس به
and there is nothing wrong with him


القدح السابع : روايته الإسرائيليات .
His narration of reports from Jewish sources



قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( حدثوا عن بني إسرائيل ولا حرج )

“Narrate from the Children of Israel, and there is nothing wrong with that” 0


( إذا حدثكم أهل الكتاب فلا تصدقوهم ولا تكذبوهم )
“If the People of the Book tell you something, do not believe them and do not disbelieve them”? 0


، فهذا إذن نبوي
This is Prophetic permission

في جواز سماع ما يأثرونه في الجملة ،
allowing us to listen to what they narrate in general,

كما سمع منهم ما ينقلونه من الطب ،

as some scholars listened to what they narrated concerning medicine


ولا حجة في شيء من ذلك ،
But none of that can be quoted as evidence;

إنما الحجة في الكتاب والسنة

rather evidence is to be found in the Qur’an and Sunnah




القدح الثامن : جمعه بين ألفاظ الشيوخ
Combining the words of the shaykhs




لا يفصل كلام ذا من كلام ذا
but he does not differentiate between the words of this one or that one



وهذا القادح أيضا لا يضعف حديثه كله ،
This issue does not mean that all of his hadiths are weak


وإنما يدعو إلى التوقف فيما يشك فيه
Rather it means that caution is required

وذلك لتمييز ألفاظ الثقات من غيرهم .
to differentiate between the words of trustworthy narrators and those of others



إلا فيما شذ فيه
except in the case of reports narrated only by him,

، فإنه يعد منكرا ،
which are to be regarded as odd

[إسلام بدي]

منزلة محمد بن إسحاق راوي المغازي عند علماء الحديث
Status of Muhammad ibn Ishaaq, the narrator of al-Maghaazi, in the view of hadith scholars




فقد سمعت أنه ليّن
I have heard that his narration of hadith was not very sound

وغير دقيق في روايته للحديث ،
and he was not precise in his narration of hadith,


مما جعل العلماء لا يقبلون أي رواية مِن قِبَله
which caused the scholars not to accept any report from him





فنال بذلك أسمى مراتب التعليم ،
Thus he attained the highest levels of learning,


حظي ابن إسحاق بمنزلة رفيعة
Ibn Ishaaq was held in high esteem

بين علماء عصره
among the scholars of his own time,

وذلك لسعة معارفه ، ،وكثير اطلاعه ،
because of the vastness of his knowledge


حتى قال عنه الإمام الذهبي : أول من دون العلم بالمدينة ،
He was the first one to write down knowledge in Madinah;

وذلك قبل مالك وذويه ،
that was before Maalik and Dhawayh

وكان في العلم بحرا عجاجا ،
He was like a wondrous ocean of knowledge,

ولكنه ليس بالمجود كما ينبغي .

but he was not as precise as he should have been


ولذلك ما زال ثناء العلماء عليه عاطرا من قديم الزمان
Therefore scholarly praise of him was persistent from the earliest times


وقال الإمام الزهري : لا يزال بالمدينة علم جم

There is a great deal of knowledge in Madinah

ما دام فيهم ابن إسحاق .
so long as Ibn Ishaaq remains among them


اشتهر محمد بن إسحاق باهتمامه البالغ في
Muhammad ibn Ishaaq is famous for his intense interest
in

علم المغازي ،
knowledge of maghaazi (Prophet’s military campaigns),ç


حتى كان أول من جمع المغازي في مصنف كامل ،
as he was the first one to compile the reports of maghaazi into a book


وقال فيه الإمام الشافعي رضي الله عنه :


من أراد أن يتبحر في المغازي

Whoever wants to acquire detailed knowledge of maghaazi

فهو عيال على محمد بن إسحاق
has no choice but to rely on Muhammad ibn Ishaaq








ثناء أهل العلم على حديثه
Scholarly praise for his hadith





الجواب عن كلام مَن قدح فيه
Response to those who criticized him


القدح في ابن إسحاق
The criticisms that were made against Ibn Ishaaq

يتلخص في ثمان قضايا :
may be summed up in eight points


اتهامه بالقدرية

He was accused of being a Qadari,


حتى ذُكر أنه جلد بسببه
and it was even said that he was flogged for this reason


اتهامه بالتشيع

He was accused of being a Shi‘i


وهذان الأمران – إن ثبتا عنه –
These two issues – if they are proven to be true

فلا يؤثران في حديثه ،
– do not have any impact on his hadith,

إذ ما زال العلماء يأخذون عن القدرية والشيعة
because the scholars continued to accept hadith from Qadaris and Shi‘ah


إذا ثبت صدقهم وحفظهم .
if it was proven that they were truthful and honest and had good memories



القدح الثالث : اتهامه بالتدليس .
He was accused of tadlees (deliberately using ambiguous words in order to mislead) à


وهذا لا يعتبر قدحا مطلقا في حديثه أيضا ،

This is not to be regarded as casting aspersions on his hadith in general terms either

فالمدلس المكثر من التدليس يُقبَل حديثه
Hadith may be accepted from one who engaged in tadlees a great deal


إذا صرح بالسماع ،
if he clearly states that he heard the hadith directly;




He was accused of lying


القدح الرابع : اتهامه بالكذب
He was accused of lying

وهي تهمة باطلة لا تثبت عليه
This is a false accusation which has not been proven









وأما تكذيب الإمام مالك له ،
With regard to Imam Maalik regarding him as having lied


وقوله عنه : دجَّال من الدجاجلة :
and describing him as a charlatan,

فلم يقبله العلماء منه ؛
the scholars did not accept that from him,

إذ لم يذكر دليلا على تكذيبه
because he did not mention any evidence for regarding him as having lied


لما عرف من عداوتهم
because of what was known about the animosity between them

كما لم يقبلوا قول ابن إسحاق في الإمام مالك
By the same token, they did not accept what Ibn Ishaaq said about Imam Maalik


ائتوني ببعض كتبه
Give me some of his books

حتى أبين عيوبه ،
so that I can highlight some of their faults;

أنا بيطار كتبه
I know about his books




وقال الإمام الذهبي رحمه الله : لسنا ندعي في أئمة الجرح والتعديل العصمة من الغلط النادر ،
We do not claim that the leading scholars
evaluation of hadith narrators were infallible

ولا من الكلام بنفس حاد
and did not occasionally make mistakes or speak harshly

فيمن بينهم وبينه شحناء وإحنة ،
about those with whom there was some ill feeling or animosity


وقد علم أن كثيرا من كلام الأقران بعضهم في بعض مهدر ،
It is known that much of what peers say about one another is to be ignored

لا عبرة به ،
and does not count for anything,


ولا سيما إذا وثق الرجل جماعة
especially if the man is regarded as trustworthy by a group of scholars

يلوح على قولهم الإنصاف ،

who sound fair-minded in what they say


وهذان الرجلان – يعني مالكا وابن إسحاق -
These two men – i.e., Maalik and Ibn Ishaaq


كل منهما قد نال من صاحبه ،
– each criticised the other,

وارتفع مالك ، وصار كالنجم
Maalik rose to high status and became like a star,


فله ارتفاع بحسبه ،
also attained relatively high status,

ولا سيما في السير
especially in the field of biography


القدح الخامس : اتهامه بمخالفة الثقات .
He was accused of differing with trustworthy narrators


القدح السادس : اتهامه بالانفراد ببعض المناكير
He was accused of being the sole narrator of some odd reports



فإنه يكتب عن كل أحد ولا يتورع سامحه الله
He wrote down hadiths from everyone without any restraint




قال ابن عدي : وقد فتشت أحاديثه كثيرا ،
I examined his hadith a great deal,

فلم أجد من أحاديثه ما يتهيأ أن يقطع عليه بالضعف ،
and I did not find any of his hadith that would lead one to state categorically that he is weak


أو يهم في الشيء بعد الشيء ،

or be confused sometimes,

كما يخطئ غيره ،
as others also made mistakes,


ولم يتخلف في الرواية عنه الثقات والأئمة ،

but trustworthy narrators and leading scholars did not refrain from narrating from him,

وهو لا بأس به
and there is nothing wrong with him


القدح السابع : روايته الإسرائيليات .
His narration of reports from Jewish sources



قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( حدثوا عن بني إسرائيل ولا حرج )

“Narrate from the Children of Israel, and there is nothing wrong with that” 0


( إذا حدثكم أهل الكتاب فلا تصدقوهم ولا تكذبوهم )
“If the People of the Book tell you something, do not believe them and do not disbelieve them”? 0


، فهذا إذن نبوي
This is Prophetic permission

في جواز سماع ما يأثرونه في الجملة ،
allowing us to listen to what they narrate in general,

كما سمع منهم ما ينقلونه من الطب ،

as some scholars listened to what they narrated concerning medicine


ولا حجة في شيء من ذلك ،
But none of that can be quoted as evidence;

إنما الحجة في الكتاب والسنة

rather evidence is to be found in the Qur’an and Sunnah




القدح الثامن : جمعه بين ألفاظ الشيوخ
Combining the words of the shaykhs




لا يفصل كلام ذا من كلام ذا
but he does not differentiate between the words of this one or that one



وهذا القادح أيضا لا يضعف حديثه كله ،
This issue does not mean that all of his hadiths are weak


وإنما يدعو إلى التوقف فيما يشك فيه
Rather it means that caution is required

وذلك لتمييز ألفاظ الثقات من غيرهم .
to differentiate between the words of trustworthy narrators and those of others



إلا فيما شذ فيه
except in the case of reports narrated only by him,

، فإنه يعد منكرا ،
which are to be regarded as odd

[إسلام بدي]

عقيدة شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية وثناء الأئمة عليه وموقف ابن حجر منه



قرأت أنه انحرف عن العقيدة الصحيحة ،
I have read that he deviated from the correct doctrine

وأنه وصف الله بصفات البشر
and was a anthropomorphist

لا يقدرونه
do not look up to him



هل يمكنكم توضيح هذه المسألة لي ؟
Can you please make this issue more clear




وفقهه حاضر شاهد
rather his knowledge and jurisprudence are extant and bear witness


لا ينكره إلا جاهل أو جاحد
that no one can deny
except one who is ignorant or stubborn



في عصره ، وبعد عصره
his own and subsequent eras

تبين للمنصف
makes clear to any fair-minded person

كذب الادعاءات التي يفتريها
the falseness of the claims that have been fabricated


وهو أنه هدم أصولهم

which was because he demolished their principles


فخرَّ عليهم السقف من فوقهم
and then the roof fell down upon them, from above them



وهذه التزكيات والشهادات لهذا الإمام
These words of praise and testimony in favour of this imam

لم تكن من تلامذته وأصحابه فحسب ،
did not come only from his students and supporters,

بل شهد له حتى مخالفوه بالإمام والتقدم في العلم والفقه ،

but even his opponents testified that he surpassed others in knowledge and understanding,

بل وشهدوا له بالشجاعة
and they even bore witness to his courage,


والسخاء والجهاد
generosity and jihad for the sake of Allaah

في سبيل الله لنصرة الإسلام ،

in support of Islam




1. قال الإمام الذهبي :
هو شيخنا ، وشيخ الإسلام ،
He is our Shaykh, the Shaykh of Islam,


وفريد العصر ، علماً ، ومعرفة ،
unrivalled in our time in terms of knowledge,


وشجاعة ، وذكاء ، وتنويراً إلهيّاً ً،
courage, intelligence, spiritual enlightenment,


وكرماً ، ونصحاً للأمَّة ،
generosity, sincerity towards the ummah,

وأمراً بالمعروف ، ونهياً عن المنكر ،
enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil,

وأكثر بنفسه من طلبه وكتابته ،

he put a great deal of effort into seeking it and writing it down,

وخرج ، ونظر في الرجال ، والطبقات ،
and he examined the different categories of narrators


وحصَّل ما لم يحصله غيره

and acquired knowledge that no one else acquired


برَع في تفسير القرآن ،
He excelled in Qur’aanic commentary (tafseer)ç

وغاص في دقيق معانيه بطبع سيَّال

and delved deeply into its subtle meanings



واستنبط منه أشياء لم يسبق إليها ،
He derived meanings from it that no one else managed to do before him

وبرع في الحديث ،

He also excelled in hadeeth

وحفِظه ، ،
and in the memorization thereof;


فقلَّ من يحفظ ما يحفظه من الحديث ،
very few have memorized as much hadeeth as he memorized

معزوّاً إلى أصوله وصحابته ،

He attributed ahaadeeth to their proper sources and narrators,

مع شدة استحضاره له وقت إقامة الدليل ،
and he was able to quote readily whatever he needed to establish proof


وفاق الناس في معرفة الفقه ،

He surpassed all people in knowledge of jurisprudence


إذا أفتى لم يلتزم بمذهب ،
when he issued a fatwa he did not adhere to the view of a Doctrine

بل يقوم بما دليله عنده
rather he based his fatwa on whichever view was supported by the stronger evidence


وَنبَّه على خطئهم ، وحذَّر منهم ،

and pointed out their mistakes and warned against them


ونصر السنَّة بأوضح حجج وأبهر براهين ،
He supported the Sunnah with the strongest evidence and proofs

وأُوذي في ذات اللّه من المخالفين ،

He was harmed for the sake of Allaah by his opponents

وأُخيف في نصر السنَّة المحضة ،
and persecuted for his support of the pure Sunnah,

حتى أعلى الله مناره

until Allaah caused him to prevail

، وجمع قلوب أهل التقوى على محبته والدعاء له ،


and caused the pious to unite in loving him and praying for him,


وَكَبَتَ أعداءه ،
and suppressed his enemies


وجبل قلوب الملوك والأمراء على الانقياد له غالباً ، وعلى طاعته ،

Allaah made kings and commanders inclined to follow him and obey him,

أحيى به الشام ، بل والإسلام ،
and he revived Syria – and indeed Islam –

through his efforts,

بعد أن كاد ينثلم
when it was almost defeated,

بتثبيت أولى الأمر لما أقبل حزب التتر والبغي في خيلائهم ،
by urging the rulers to resist the Tatars,


فظُنت بالله الظنون
when people were harbouring doubts about Allaah

، وزلزل المؤمنون ،

and the believers were tried and shaken with a mighty shaking

واشْرَأَب النفاق وأبدى صفحته
and hypocrisy grew strong



ومحاسنه كثيرة ،
His good qualities are many,

وهو أكبر من أن ينبه على سيرته مثلي ،
and he is too great for a man like me to talk about his life



2. وقال الحافظ عماد الدين الواسطي – رحمه الله - :
والله ، ثم والله ، لم يُرَ تحت أديم السماء مثل شيخكم ابن تيمية ، علماً ،
By Allaah, there was never seen under the canopy of heaven anyone like your Shaykh Ibn Taymiyah in knowledge,

وعملاً ، وحالاً ، وخلُقاً ، واتِّباعاً ،
righteous deeds, attitude, manner, adherence to the Sunnah,

وكرماً ، وحلْماً ،

generosity, forbearance

وقياماً في حق الله تعالى
and carrying out duties to Allaah

عند انتهاك حرماته ،
when His sacred limits were transgressed;

أصدق النَّاس عقداً ،

he was the most sincere of people,

وأصحهم علماً وعزماً ،

the most sound in knowledge,

وأنفذهم وأعلاهم في انتصار الحق وقيامه همةً ،
the most effective, the most serious in supporting the truth,

وأسخاهم كفّاً ،

the most generous,

وأكملهم اتباعاً لسنَّة

the most perfect in following the Sunnah of


يشهد القلب الصحيح أن هذا هو

a sound heart will bear witness
that this is






وكان من بحور العلم ،
He was a man of vast learning,

ومن الأذكياء المعدودين ،
one of the few brilliant scholars,

والزهاد ، والأفراد ، ألَّف ثلاثمائة مجلدة ،
ascetics and unique individuals


وامتحن وأوذي مراراً
and he was tested and persecuted many times




واتهمهما بالقول بالتجسيم
and accused them of describing Allaah in physical terms,

والتشبيه
likening Him to His creation,


وقبائح الاعتقادات ،
and other abhorrent beliefs

وقد ردَّ عليه كثيرون ،
But he was refuted by many,

وبينوا زيف قوله ،

who explained the falseness of what he said


وأظهروا براءة الإمامين من كل اعتقاد
and demonstrated that the two imams were innocent of any belief

يخالف الكتاب والسنة
that goes against the Qur’aan and Sunnah



يبين أنه بريء
and it demonstrates that he is innocent

مما رماه أعداؤه الجهمية
of what his Jahami enemies accused him of,

من التشبيه والتمثيل
that he likened Allaah to His creation,

بتلقيب أهل الباطل لهم بالألقاب المذمومة
that the people of falsehood give them offensive labels



وقدس الله روح الشافعي حيث يقول وقد نسب إلى الرفض :

إن كان رفضا حب آل محمد *** فليشهد الثقلان أني رافضي
If being a Raafidi means loving the family of Muhammad, then let the two races of mankind and jinn bear witness that I am a Raafidi



وقمع به أهل البدعة والزيغ ،
and suppressed the followers of innovation and deviation

قد عميت عليهم الأنباء

They heard wrong things about him,

، فظنوا الحق باطلاً ، والباطل حقّاً ،
and they thought that truth was falsehood and falsehood was truth

يَعرف ذلك من أنار الله بصيرته ،


That is known by the one whom Allaah guides


وهذا خير شاهد وفاصل بين الفريقين

This is the best and most decisive testimony between the two parties



وقفتُ على هذا التأليف النافع
،
I came across this beneficial book


فتحققت سعة اطلاع الإمام الذي صنفه ،
and I realized what deep knowledge the imam who wrote it has,

وتضلعه من العلوم النافعة
and how prominent he is in many branches of knowledge,

بما عظمه بين العلماء وشرَّفه ،
to such an extent that he became greatly respected and honored by the scholars

ولا ينكر ذلك إلا من جهل مقداره ، أو تجنب الإنصاف ،

Nobody rejects that except one who is ignorant of his position, or is unfair

فما أغلط من تعاطى ذلك وأكثر عثاره ،

How wrong is the one who thinks that way and how mistaken he is

فالله تعالى هو المسؤول أن يقينا شرور أنفسنا


Allaah is the One Whom we ask to protect us from the evil of our own souls




وحصائد ألسنتنا بمنِّه وفضله
and of our tongues by His blessing and grace



وأشار إلى أن جنازة الإمام أحمد كانت حافلة جدّاً شهدها مئات ألوف ،
He pointed out that the funeral of Imam Ahmad was attended by hundreds of thousands,

ولكن لو كان بدمشق من الخلائق نظير من كان ببغداد أو أضعاف ذلك :
but if the population of Damascus was like that of Baghdad, or many times greater,

لما تأخر أحد منهم عن شهود جنازته ،

no one would have stayed away from his funeral


قد تعصبوا عليه

They had ganged up against him

حتى مات محبوساً بالقلعة ،
and he died imprisoned in the citadel

ومع هذا فلم يتخلف منهم عن حضور جنازته
But despite that none of them stayed away from his funeral

والترحم عليه والتأسف عليه
or failed to pray for mercy for him and mourn for him,


إلا ثلاثة أنفس ،
except three individuals,

تأخروا خشية على أنفسهم من العامة
who stayed away for fear of the anger of the masses



ومع حضور هذا الجمع العظيم :
Although these huge numbers attended his funeral,


فلم يكن لذلك باعث إلا اعتقاد إمامته وبركته ،
there was no motive for that except their belief that he was a great imam and their desire to seek blessing from attending his funeral

لا بجمع سلطان ، ولا غيره ،
They did not gather on the orders of the authorities or for any other reason


وقد صح عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال :

( أنتم شهداء الله في الأرض )

“You are the witnesses of Allaah on earth


والمسائل التي أنكرت عليه ما كان يقولها بالتشهي ،
and the issues for which he was opposed were not things that he said on the basis of whims and desires,

ولا يصر على القول بها
and he did not persist in saying them

بعد قيام الدليل عليه عناداً ،
after proof was established against him out of stubbornness



وهذه تصانيفه طافحة بالرد على من يقول بالتجسيم ،
His books are filled with refutations of those who promoted anthropomorphism

والتبري منه ،
and his disavowal thereof

ومع ذلك فهو بشر يخطئ ويصيب ،
But nevertheless he was a human being who made mistakes and got things right

فالذي أصاب فيه - وهو الأكثر - يستفاد منه ،
That in which he was correct – which was most of it – may be benefited from,


والذي أخطأ فيه لا يقلد فيه ،

and that which he got wrong should not be followed,

بل هو معذور ؛
but he may be excused for it,

لأن أئمة عصره شهدوا له بأن أدوات الاجتهاد اجتمعت فيه ، .
because the imams of his era bore witness that he was fully qualified to engage in ijtihaad;

حتى كان أشد المتعصبين عليه ،

even the one who was most strongly opposed to him

والقائمين في إيصال الشر إليه ،
and strove to harm him,



ومن أعجب العجب أن هذا الرجل
It is most amazing that this man

كان أعظم الناس قياماً على أهل البدع

was the staunchest opponent of the innovators



وتصانيفه في ذلك كثيرة شهيرة ،
whose writings on that are many and well known,

وفتاويه فيهم لا تدخل تحت الحصر ،
whose fatwas concerning them are too numerous to count

فيا قرة أعينهم إذا سمعوا بكفره ،
How happy they would be to realize that there are people who accuse him of disbelief

ويا سرورهم إذا رأوا من يكفر من لا يكفره ،

and say that the one who does not regard him as a disbeliever is a disbeliever

فالواجب على من تلبّس بالعلم
The one who claims to have knowledge,

وكان له عقل
if he has any reason or sense,

أن يتأمل كلام الرجل من تصانيفه المشتهرة ،

should ponder the man’s words in his famous books,

أو من ألسنة من يوثق به من أهل النقل

or hear them from honest and trustworthy narrators,

، فيفرد من ذلك ما يُنكر ،

so that he will put aside what he finds objectionable

فيحذِّر منه على قصد النصح ،
and warn others by way of sincerity,

ويثني عليه بفضائله فيما أصاب من ذلك

and praise him for the matters he got right,

كدأب غيره من العلماء ،


as the attitude of other
scholars should be،



لكان غاية في الدلالة على عظم منزلته ،
that would be sufficient indication of his great status,


لا يلتفت إليه ، ولا يعوَّل في هذا المقام عليه ،

and he should be ignored with regard to this matter;

بل يجب ردعه عن ذلك
indeed he should be rebuked for saying that,

إلى أن يراجع الحق ويذعن للصواب ،
until he comes back to the truth

والله يقول الحق ،
Allaah speaks the truth

وهو يهدي السبيل ،
and He guides to the right way;


وحسبنا الله ،

Allaah is sufficient for us

ونعم الوكيل .
and He is the best disposer of affairs

وتفقه وتمهر ،

He acquired deep knowledge,

وتميز وتقدم ،
and he distinguished himself and went ahead of others

وصنف ودرس وأفتى ،
He wrote books, taught and issued fatwas,


وفاق الأقران
and he surpassed his peers


، وصار عجباً في سرعة الاستحضار
He had an amazing ability to recollect quickly;


وقوة الجنان


he was courageous;


والتوسع في المنقول والمعقول
he had a deep knowledge of textual and rational matters;

والإطالة على مذاهب السلف والخلف
and he was able to discuss matters in detail on the basis of the views of earlier and later scholars





شيخ التحقيق ،
the prominent Shaykh,

السالك بمن اتبعه أحسن طريق ،
the one who leads his followers to the best way,

ذي الفضائل المتكاثرة ،
the one who has numerous virtues

والحجج القاهرة ،

and the strongest evidence,

التي أقرت الأمم كافة أن هممها عن حصرها قاصرة ،

which all the nations affirm that they are unable to list all this evidence;


ومتعنا الله بعلومه الفاخرة
may Allaah enable us to learn from his great knowledge

ونفعنا به في الدنيا والآخرة ،
and benefit us by means of his knowledge in this world and in the Hereafter


والحبر البحر القطب النوراني ،

teacher and bright star,

إمام الأئمة ،

حجة الأعلام ،
the imam of imams,

قدوة الأنام ،
the example for people to follow,

برهان المتعلمين ،
the light for the learners,

قامع المبتدعين ،

the suppressor of innovators,


بحر العلوم ،
the sea of knowledge,

كنز المستفيدين ،
the treasure of those who seek benefit,

ترجمان القرآن ،
the interpreter of the Qur’aan,


أعجوبة الزمان ،
the wonder of our age,


فريد العصر والأوان
the unrivalled one of our era,


إمام المسلمين ،
the imam of the Muslims,

حجة الله على العالمين ،
the proof of Allaah against the world,

اللاحق بالصالحين ،

the one who will join the righteous,

والمشبه بالماضين ،
the follower of the predecessors,

مفتي الفرق ، ناصر الحق ،
the supporter of the truth,

علامة الهدى ،
the sign of guidance,

عمدة الحفاظ ،
the prominent hafiz,

فارس المعاني والألفاظ ،

the most eloquent of speech,

ركن الشريعة ،
the pillar of sharee’ah,

ذو الفنون البديعة

the possessor of brilliant knowledge




والإشادة بمنزلته من العلم والدين



and highlight his status in the field of religious knowledge,


كل يؤخذ من قوله ويترك ، إلا صاحب هذا القبر "

“Anyone’s opinion may be accepted or rejected, except the occupant of this grave” ç



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وكل ما أوجب نقصا أو حدوثا
If there is anything that implies shortcomings or that He has a beginning,

فإن الله منزه عنه حقيقة ؛

He is far above that in a real sense,

فانه سبحانه مستحق للكمال الذي لا غاية فوقه ،
and He is to be thought of as perfect in such a way that there is no perfection above it


ويمتنع عليه الحدوث ؛
He has no beginning and He cannot have been created,

لامتناع العدم عليه ،
because there was never a time when He did not exist

واستلزام الحدوث سابقة العدم ،
For anything to be created implies that there was a time when it did not exist,

ولافتقار المحدَث إلى محدِث
and that creation would require a creator,

ولوجوب وجوده بنفسه ، سبحانه وتعالى .
but He has always existed from eternity


ومذهب السلف بين التعطيل والتمثيل
The view of the salaf is one of moderation,



ويحرفوا الكلم عن مواضعه ،

and to displacing words from (their) right places


ويلحدوا في أسماء الله وآياته .
and turning away from the names and signs of Allaah

[إسلام بدي]

من الأدب ترك سؤال الناس عن أمورهم الخاصة
It is part of etiquette to refrain from asking people about their private affairs

يتجاوز كثير من الناس الأدب في حديثهم مع الآخرين ،
Many people overstep the mark in speaking to others,

ولا يراعون في ذلك خلقا ولا حياء ،
and they do not observe any good manners or modesty

وسببه الجهل
The reason for that is ignorance

وقلة الاهتمام بالتحلي بمكارم الأخلاق ومحاسن الشيم ،

and a lack of interest in developing a good attitude or good manners

ومن ذلك ما يقع فيه الكثيرون من التدخل فيما لا يعنيهم ،
That includes what many people do of interfering in that which does not concern them


والسؤال عن أمور الناس الخاصة .
and asking about people’s private affairs



عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :



( مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ الْمَرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ )

ç“Part of a person’s being a good Muslim is leaving alone that which does not concern him.” ç


جماع آداب الخير وأزِمَّتُه تتفرع من أربعة أحاديث :

All good manners and etiquette are based on four ahaadeeth


قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

( من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليصمت
“Whoever believes in Allaah and the Last Day, let him speak good or else keep silent.” à


وقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه )
“Part of a person’s being a good Muslim is leaving alone that which does not concern him.”

وقوله ( لا تغضب )
“Do not get angry.”


( المؤمن يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسه )
“The believer loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”


وأكثر ما يراد بترك ما لا يعني
Mostly what is meant by refraining from that which does not concern him


حفظ اللسان من لغو الكلام
is guarding his tongue against idle talk




قال عمر بن عبدالعزيز رحمه الله : " من عد كلامه من عمله قل كلامه إلا فيما يعنيه "
The one who regards his words as being among his deeds speaks little except about that which concerns him


فإن كثيرا من الناس لا يعد كلامه من عمله

Many people do not regard their words as being among their deeds,

فيجازف فيه ولا يتحرى .

so they are careless and do not watch what they say

وقد نفى الله الخير عن كثير مما يتناجى به الناس بينهم ،
But Allaah has stated that there is nothing good in much of what people talk about amongst themselves



" يحتمل أن المراد كثرة سؤال الإنسان عن حاله وتفاصيل أمره ،
It is possible that what is meant is asking a man too many questions about his situation,


فيدخل ذلك في سؤاله عما لا يعنيه ،
which includes asking about that which does not concern one

ويتضمن ذلك حصول الحرج في حق المسئول ،

That also may lead to embarrassment for the one who is being asked,

فإن أخبره شق عليه ،


and if he tells him he may feel upset about that,

وإن كذبه في الإخبار أو تكلف التعريض

but if he lies to him or tries to give indirect answers

لحقته المشقة ،
he may still feel upset,

وإن أهمل جوابه ارتكب سوء الأدب

and if he ignores his question that will be bad manners



( مر رجل بلقمان والناس عنده
A man passed by Luqmaan and there were people with him

فقال له :
He said to him:à

ألست عبد بني فلان ؟

Aren’t you the slave of such and such a tribe?ç

قال : بلى .
He said: Yes.

قال : الذي كنت ترعى عند جبل كذا وكذا ؟
He said: Didn’t you used to farm by Mount So and so? ç

قال : بلى .

He said: Yes

فقال : فما بلغ بك ما أرى ؟
He said: Then how have you ended up as I see you?ç


قال : صدق الحديث ،
He said: Speaking the truth

وطول السكوت عما لا يعنيني )
and keeping silent for a long time about that which does not concern me



عن الحسن البصري قال : من علامة إعراض الله تعالى عن العبد
One of the signs of Allaah’s turning away from a man

أن يجعل شغله فيما لا يعنيه ،

is that he becomes involved in that which does not concern him,


خذلانا من الله عز وجل .
as a sign that Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, has left him to his own devices


وفيما سبق دعوة للناس
The above shows people

كي يتخلقوا بهذا الأدب العظيم ، والخلق الرفيع ،
how to adopt this important attitude and etiquette,


الأدب الرفيع الضائع بين كثير من الناس
this sublime etiquette that is lacking among many people

[إسلام بدي]

لا تجوز الصلاة خلف إمام مشعوذ ودجال
It is not permissible to pray behind an imaam who is a charlatan and liar


إذا كان الإمام مشعوذاً
If the imaam is a charlatan

يدعي علم الغيب
who claims to have knowledge of the unseen

أو يقوم بخرافات ومنكرات


or who does false and evil actions,


نسأل الله السلامة والعافية
we ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound


أما إذا كان عنده شيء من المعاصي
But if he is a person who commits some sins,


فالصلاة خلفه صحيحة

then prayers offered behind him are valid,

والأفضل التماس غيره

but it is better to find someone else

من أهل العدالة والاستقامة

who is of sound character and is righteous,

احتياطاً للدين
to be on the safe side

وخروجاً من خلاف العلماء
and to avoid differing with those scholars




أما العصاة فلا ينبغي أن يتخذوا أئمة
Sinners should not be taken as imaams,

لكن متى وجدوا أئمة
but if they are already in that position,


صحت الصلاة خلفهم
prayers offered behind them are valid,


لأنهم قد يبتلى بهم الناس
because it may be that the people are being tested by means of them,

وقد تدعو الحاجة للصلاة خلفهم ،
or necessity may force us to pray behind them

أما من يدعو غير الله
But in the case of one who calls upon anyone other than Allaah,

أو يستنجد بالموتى ويستغيث بهم ويطلبهم المدد

or who seeks the help of the dead,

فهذا لا يصلي خلفه
we should not pray behind him,



وأن يولي عليهم خيارهم

and to cause the best of them to become their leaders,

إنه سميع قريب .
for He is the All-Hearing, Ever ready to respond

[إسلام بدي]

شبهات حول بعض تشريعات الإسلام ، من طالبة مسلمة !
Doubts about some Islamic teachings, from a female Muslim student

يقلقني هذا الشيء فعلاً ،
This is really weird for me

أشياء تربكني كثيراً ،
sometimes things just get so confusing for me


وأرى أن هذا جور شديد ،

I find it so unfair

وأغضب بشدة حين أفكر في ذلك ،

I get so angry just at the thought of it


إذا كان قاسيا ، وغير عادل ؟

if it's so unfair and cruel?9


لماذا هذا الظلم الشديد ؟

Why is it so unfair?9

أعتذر بشدة للاستمرار والتعدي في ( الأعمار ) ،

I'm so sorry for going on and on for ages,

في بلاد منحلة من حيث الأخلاق ،
in a country that is permissive in moral terms,



وهم عراة !
when they are virtually naked


وتأثر الإنسان من البيئة حوله لا يُنكر ،
People are undoubtedly affected by their environment,

ولذا جاء التشديد في الإقامة بين أظهر المشركين
hence there is a stern warning against settling among the polytheists

ومثلهم المنحلين أخلاقيّاً
and those who are morally bankrupt

، ونرى أنك لو كنتِ في بيئة طاهرة محافظة
We think that if you were living in a decent, conservative environment,

لما صدر منك مثل هذا .

you would not be feeling this way



نأسف أن يكون في استفساركِ ما فيه خروج عن السؤال
We are sorry to see that in your question that you went beyond asking questions



إلى الطعن في شرع الله وفي حكمته
to the extent of impugning the laws and wisdom of Allah,



فهي منه لا من غيره ،
they come from Him and from nowhere else

فكان الأولى أن تخرج مثل تلك الاعتراضات
So it is better to phrase such objections


على هيئة أسئلة
in the form of questions

يراد من ذِكرها إزاحة الشبهات ،
that are aimed at removing doubt,




، فشرائع الإسلام مطهرة ،

The laws of Islam are pure


ليُصلح بها العباد والبلاد ،
to set straight the affairs of people and countries



فإنما يُنسب لهم لا لدينهم ،
can only be attributed to them, not to their religion




ولا مصاحبة الفتيات ،

or to make friends with women


تلك الموبقات والكبائر

these evil deeds and major sins

التي يفعلها الشباب التائه

that are committed by the misguided youth


لقد أخطأتِ وخلطتِ

You are mistaken and confused

، أخطأتِ نسبة أفعالهم للشرع ،

You have made a mistake by attributing their actions to Islam




لقد قلتِ في سؤالك كلمات منكرة ،
You said some objectionable words
in your question,


وهي غاية في الظلم والعدوان ،
which are very wrong


وفي قولها خطر على دينك ،
and pose a danger to your religious commitment,

فيلزمك التوبة منها والندم عليها ،
so you have to repent from them and regret them




لكانت كلمات ردَّة في حقِّه !

they would be tantamount to apostasy in his case


ففيها سبٌّ لله تعالى ؛
They imply impugning of Allah,

may He be exalted,


وهو قول عظيم -
which is a serious matter





واتهام الإسلام بعدم العدل والقسوة
Accusing Islam of being unjust and cruel


من أبطل الباطل
is one of the falsest of falsehoods

في نقض التهمة الأولى -
negating the first accusation




( فَمَاذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلالُ )
“So after the truth, what else can there be, save error?”9






جَزَاء بِمَا كَسَبَا
as a recompense for that which they committed,


نَكَالاً مِّنَ اللَّهِ
a punishment by way of example from Allaah






وَلا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ
Let not pity withhold you in their case,








ذئاب الشوارع بانتظارها !
the “wolves” of the streets are waiting for them


لا يسيء لها ،
that is not mistreatment of them;

بل هو يُعلي من شأنها ،
rather it is because Islam holds them in high esteem

ويقدرها غاية التقدير ،
and shows great respect to them,

ويراعي جوانب ضعفها

as well as paying attention to their weakness



والبنت عاقبة انحرافها ، أو العدوان عليها أشد وأنكى
and the need to protect girls against going astray or falling victim to aggression is even greater

؛ فتزول بكارتها ، وتحمل جنينها ،
If she loses her virginity or becomes pregnant

ويتلوث شرفها تلوثا ظاهرا ،
or her honour is physically tarnished,

قد يجني عليها وعلى مستقبلها ،
that may affect her and her future,

ويصعب أن تستتر به ،


and it may be difficult for her to conceal it

يمكنه الاستتار بجرمه ،
-- he can conceal his misdemeanour,

ولا يظهر عليه أثره وعاره .
and its effect and shame are not apparent in his case


ثم ليس هو مظنة للعدوان عليه ،
Moreover, he is not the one for whom aggression is feared;

فهو الطالب المعتدي ،
he is the one who is the aggressor

والبنت مطلوبة ، معتدى عليها ؛
and the girl is the target and victim

فأيهما الأحق بالحفظ والصيانة ،
So which of them is more deserving of being protected,
guarded,

والمراقبة والرعاية
watched over and cared for? 0










أن الإسلام قد أكرم المرأة

Islam honour woman

وأنه قد حفظ لها حقوقها المسلوبة منها ،
it protects her rights that have been taken from her

وأنه في تشريعاته الجليلة قد راعى ضعفها وعاطفتها
In its laws it pays attention to woman’s weakness and emotional nature


فشرع في حقها ما يصون عرضها ويحمي شرفها ،
So it prescribes for her that which will protect her honour and dignity

وما ترينه من ضياع الأعراض ،


What you see of loss of honour

والتعدي على النساء بالتحرش والاغتصاب ،
and transgression against women in the form of assault and rape

إنما هو بسبب سوء أخلاق الرجال
is only because of the bad conduct of men

الذين نزعت منهم الرحمة ،
who have lost all mercy and compassion,

وخلا من حياتهم مراقبة الله تعالى ،
and who have lost all sense that Allah is always watching them;

وبسبب تبرج النساء

it is also because of women showing their adornments


وتهاونهن في الاختلاط
and being heedless about mixing,

والمصافحة والمزاملة والمراسلة ،
shaking hands, working and corresponding with men

ولو أن النساء يلتزمن شرع الله تعالى في لبساهن ،


If women adhered to the laws of Allah in their clothing

وفي عدم اختلاطهن بالرجال ، وعدم سفرهن وحدهن ،
and by not mixing with men or travelling alone


ويلتزمن بضوابط الشرع في المحادثة مع الرجال ،
and if they adhered to Islamic guidelines on talking to men



لانتهى فساد كبير عريض من المجتمعات

a great deal of evil and mischief in society would come to an end


قال ابن القيم - رحمه الله - :



تمكين النساء من اختلاطهن بالرجال :
allowing women to mix freely with men


أصلُ كل بليَّة وشرٍّ ،
is the basis of all calamities and evils,


وهو مِن أعظم أسباب نزول العقوبات العامة ،

and it is one of the greatest causes of bringing punishment upon the entire community


كما أنه من أسباب فساد أمور العامة والخاصة ،


It is also one of the causes of corruption in both public and private affairs



سببٌ لكثرة الفواحش ، والزنا ،


is a cause of many immoral actions and adultery,

وهو من أسباب الموت العام والطواعين المتصلة
and it is one of the causes of widespread death and ongoing plagues



أن تحذري من مزالق الشيطان ،
beware of the tricks of the devil,

وأن تعظمي ربك تعالى ،
to venerate your Lord,


وتفتخري بدينك ،
be proud of your religion

وتظهري التقدير لنبي الإسلام
and express your appreciation of the Prophet of Islam

وأنك تعيشين في نعمة جليلة حُرمها مليارات من الناس
are enjoying a blessing of which millions of people are deprived

[إسلام بدي]

لا يُمكن أن نخفي اغتباطنا

We cannot conceal our joy and pleasure


وأما ما ذكرت من حيرتك وترددك فهو أمر مفهوم
The confusion and hesitation that you describe are quite understandable,

لأنّ الشّخص عندما يكون منغمسا في أوحال علاقات محرّمة


because when a person has been indulging in forbidden relationships

ثمّ يريد الانتقال إلى دين الطّهر والعفاف
and then wishes to move to a religion of purity and chastity,

فإنّه يخشى أن تغلبه نفسه

it is natural to feel that his own desires will defeat him

لعله يعينك على تخطّي الصّعوبة التي تخشاها

will help you to overcome any difficulty that you may be fearing

ويُعطيك التصوّر الصحيح للموقف

and give a true picture of the situation


له أثر بالغ على نفسه وأخلاقه
have a far-reaching effect on his personality and behaviour,





ويُحدث تطهيرا للقلب وعفّة في النّفس
which will purify his heart
and fill him with a sense of chastity,

تجعل هذا المسلم الجديد ينظر بعين الاستقذار لما كان يفعله في الماضي ويبعث الشّعور بالاشمئزاز
looks with revulsion and disgust both at his own former deeds

لما عليه أهل الجاهلية من الفواحش والخيانات والعهر

at the ignorant world of promiscuity, infidelity,


والعري وسائر القاذورات
nakedness and utter corruption


، ويستعيد سلامة الفطرة
He will come back to the sound nature


ونقاء القلب التي سلبها الشّيطان منه

and purity of heart of which devil had robbed him


وسيكون هذا التوجّه عن طواعية نفس واختيار
This new direction in life is undertaken freely,
by choice,

مقترن بالرّضا

and is accompanied by contentment



فلو أنك أسلمت وحَسُن إسلامك
If you enter Islam and become a truly practicsing Muslim,



والتزمت أمره واجتنبت نهيه

،
obeying His commands and heeding His prohibitions,

ثمّ إن عندك من وسائل العفاف ما تكفّ به نفسك عن الحرام

Moreover, you will have the means of keeping chaste,


ومن سلك السبيل النّظيف
The one who chooses a pure and clean way


فلن يحتاج إلى مستنقع وَحْل ينغمس فيه ،
has no need to enter the mire (of illicit relationships).0


نسأل الله لك الهداية العاجلة ، وأن يسهّل لك الأمور


We ask Allaah to guide you and make things easy for you,

ويُبعد عنك الشرور

and to keep evil away from you

[إسلام بدي]

مقالة باطلة : الدين أفيون الشعوب
A false saying: “Religion is the Opium of the people”ç



هذه مقالة نطق بها كارل ماركس اليهودي ،
This phrase was coined by the Jew Karl Marx



يزعم بها أن الدين مُخَدِّرٌ ومُبَلِّدٌ للشعوب

claiming thereby that religion is the drug that numbs the minds of the people

.
وكلامه مردود بالحق الحقيق بالقبول ،
His words are refuted by irrefutable facts,

دين يلهب القلوب والمشاعر ،
is a religion that revives hearts and minds,

مُحرك لجميع الأحاسيس والقوى ،
and motivates people,

دافع بها إلى الأمام ،
pushing its followers to the forefront

لا يقبل من أهله الذل والاستكانة
It does not accept for its adherents to be humiliated

والخضوع للظلم ،
and subjected to oppression,

ومجاملة الأعداء ،
subjugated by their enemies,

والسكوت عن الباطل والفساد ،
remaining silent in the face of falsehood and corruption

أو الجمود على طقوس وأوضاع
or adhering blindly to rituals and habits

ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان ،
without any authority from Allaah

بل يوجب عليهم النهوض
,
Rather it obliges them to be active

والاستعداد بكل قوة ،
and to prepare all their strength,


وتسخير كل دابة ومادة على وجه الأرض ،
and to subject all resources on the face of the earth,


أو في جوفها أو أجوائها
or beneath it or in its atmosphere,


كيلا يغلبهم عدوهم في ذلك ،
so as not to allow their enemies to beat them in this race

وأن يجعلوا جميع مواهبهم وطاقتهم
It requires them to devote all their talents and energies

في سبيل الله ،
for the sake of Allaah,

لإعلاء كلمته ،
so that His Word may be supreme

وقمع المفتري عليه ،
and suppress the word of those who fabricate lies about Allaah,

والبراءة ممن جانب دينَه
and to disavow themselves of any who rejects His religion

وتَنَكَّر حكمَ شريعته
and denies the rule of His Law

الذين ربوهم وأبرزوهم لمحاربة هذا الدين الصحيح ،
who were groomed to fight this true religion,


الذي لا يُوقَف في وجوه أهله

the followers of which can never be defeated

لو حملوه كما أنزل
if they follow it as it was revealed


أما الأديان الأخرى المزعومة
With regard to other so-called religions,

من لاهوتية وثنية
such as atheism and idolatry,

فيصح أن يقال عنها بكلمة اليهودي ،

what this Jew said may be applied correctly to them,

لتقيد أهلها بالخرافات
because their people are restricted by the myths in which they believe,

، وتقييدهم العلم الفني والاختراع عن الانطلاق
which place obstacles in the path of scientific development and innovation

[إسلام بدي]

حكم التحاكم إلى العادات والأعراف القبلية
Ruling on referring to tribal customs for judgement


هذا التعويض المالي له صورتان :
With regard to this financial compensation, there may be two scenarios





وقد حكم الله تعالى وشرَع
Allaah has decreed and prescribed that


أن يجلد الزاني إذا كان بكرا ،
the adulterer should be flogged

if he is a virgin

ويرجم إن كان ثيبا ،
and stoned if he is a non-virgin,

رجلا كان أو امرأة ،

and this applies to both men and women

فكل حكم يخالف هذا فهو من أحكام الجاهلية ،
Every ruling that goes against this is a ruling of jaahiliyyah,

التي يجب البراءة منها ،
which must be rejected

والسعي في إبطالها
and we must strive to abolish it


عادات قبلية سيئة
bad tribal customs

ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان منها
for which Allaah has not sent down any authority,

[إسلام بدي]

لم يعد يتحمل الصبر ويريد أن يزني !
Wants to Fornicate Because He's Out of Patience







سنكون معك صرحاء كما كنتَ معنا صريحاً ،
We will be frank with you just as you were frank with us;


هل راسلتنا لأجل أن تستأذن منَّا في الزنى ؟!
have you written to us for permission to fornicate?!ç


فنحن لا نملك الإذن في معصية الله لأحد
We do not have the power to grant anyone permission to sin against Allah;


، وهل تريد منَّا أن نفتي لك بإباحة فعل تلك الفاحشة ؟!
and do you want us to issue a verdict making that major immorality permissible?!à

[إسلام بدي]

من هي رابعة العدوية




لقد كانت رابعة العدوية زاهدة عابدة خاشعة
Raabi’ah al-‘Adawiyyah was an ascetic and humble worshipper,



فقد حمل الناس منها حكمة كثيرة
people transmitted a great deal of wisdom from her

وحكى فيها سفيان وشعبة وغيرهما
Sufyaan, Shu’bah and others reported about her accounts

ما يدل على بطلان ما قيل عنها من اعتقاد الحلول والدعوة إلى الإباحة .
which prove that what was said about her believing in incarnation and promoting promiscuity is not true


قال الذهبي :

وهذا غلو وجهل
this is an exaggeration and ignorance


ولعل من نسبها إلى ذلك مُباحي حلولي
Perhaps those who attribute that to her are themselves promiscuous and believers in incarnation,


ليحتج بها على كفرها
and are using her to support their own disbelief

كاحتجاجهم بخبر " كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به "
, just as they misuse the hadeeth “I will be his hearing with which he hears.”9


ولم يُعرف عن رابعة العدوية معجزات أو كرامات
There are no reports of miracles etc. on the part of Raabi’ah al-‘Adawiyyah;


إلا ما نقل عنها من كلام الزهد والحكمة
there are only the reports of her words of asceticism and wisdom,


من مثل قولها لسفيان الثوري : إنما أنت أيام معدودة
such as when she said to Sufyaan al-Thawri: “You are only a few days,


فإذا ذهب يوم ذهب بعضك ،
and when one day passes a part of you has gone


يوشك إذا ذهب البعض أن يذهب الكل
Soon, when a part of you have gone all of you will have gone


وأنت تعلم ، فاعمل
You know about this, so act upon it.”0




استغفر الله من قلة صدقي في قولي

“I seek forgiveness from Allaah for the lack of my sincerity when I say,




وكانت من خيار إماء الله ،
who was one of the best female slaves of Allaah


وكانت تخدم رابعة

and who used to serve Raabi’ah

كانت رابعة تصلي بالليل كله
Raabi’ah used to pray all night long,

فإذا طلع الفجر

and just before dawn,

هجعت في مصلاها هجعة خفيفة حتى يسفر الفجر

she would take a short nap until dawn came



يا نفس كم تنامين ؟

how long will you sleep? 0

إلى كم تقولين ؟
How long will you nap? 0


يوشك أن تنامي نومة لا تفوقين منها إلا ليوم النشور
Soon you will sleep a sleep from which you will not wake until the Day of Resurrection.’”0


كان هذا دأبها دهرها حتى ماتت

this was her habit all her life, until she died

[إسلام بدي]

ماهو الزهد
What is asceticism?à

"ليس الزهد لبس المرقع من الثياب ،
asceticism does not mean wearing scruffy clothing,

ولا اعتزال الناس والبعد عن المجتمع ،
withdrawing from people and keeping away from society,


ولا صيام الدهر ،،
or fasting constantly

فإن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سيد الزاهدين
The Prophet pbh is the leader of all ascetics

وكان يلبس الجديد من الثياب ،
but he would wear new clothes;


ويتزين للوفود

adorn himself to meet delegations,

ويخالط الناس ، ويدعوهم إلى الخير
mix with people and call them to do good


ويعلمهم أمور دينهم ،
and teach them about their religion;


وكان ينهى أصحابه عن صيام الدهر ،
and he forbade his companions to fast constantly

وإنما الزهد التعفف عن الحرام ،

Rather asceticism means shunning that which is forbidden

وما يكرهه الله تعالى ،
and that which Allaah hates;


وتجنب مظاهر الترف
avoiding shows of luxury

والإفراط في متع الدنيا ،
and overindulging in worldly pleasures;

والإقبال على عمل الطاعات ،


focusing on doing acts of worship;


والتزود للآخرة بخير الزاد ،

and making the best preparation for the Hereafter


وخير تفسير له سيرة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم العملية .
The best explanation of that is the life of the Prophet
pbh

[إسلام بدي]

العلاقة التي تنشأ بين الرجل والمرأة الأجنبية عنه ،
The relationship that develops between a man and a non-mahram woman,


مجموعة من المحرمات والمحاذير الشرعية والأخلاقية
is a combination of forbidden things that transgress shar’i and moral limits


ولا يستريب عاقل في تحريم هذه العلاقة ،
No wise person will doubt that this relationship is forbidden

ففيها : خلوة الرجل بالمرأة الأجنبية ،
, because it involves a man being alone with a non-mahram woman,

والكلام المليء بالحب والإعجاب
and speaking words filled with love and admiration,

مما يثير الغرائز ويحرّك الشهوات .
which provokes desire

وقد تصل هذه العلاقة إلى ما هو أعظم من ذلك
This relationship may lead to things that are more serious than that,

كما هو واقع ومشاهد الآن .
as is happening nowadays


الاندفاع العاطفي يعمي عن رؤية العيوب
Emotion blinds one to seeing faults

"وعين الرضا عن كل عيب كليلة"
Love is blind


وإنما تظهر تلك العيوب بعد الزواج .
but those faults only become apparent after marriage



العاشقان يظنان أن الحياة رحلة حب لا نهاية لها ،
The lovers may think that life is an unending journey of love,


ويتحطم هذا الظن بعد الزواج ،
This notion is destroyed after marriage,

حيث يصطدمان بمشكلات

when they are confronted with the problems



العاشقان لم يعتادا على الحوار والمناقشة
The lovers are not used to debate and discussion,

وإنما اعتادا على التضحية والتنازل عن الرغبة ،
rather they are used to sacrifice and compromise


إرضاءً للطرف الآخر ،

in order to please the other party

بل كثيراً ما يحصل بينهما خلاف
Often they have arguments


لأن كل طرف منهما يريد أن يتنازل هو ليرضي الطرف الآخر !

because each party wants to compromise and please the other

بينما يكون الأمر على عكس ذلك بعد الزواج ،
Then the opposite happens after marriage,

وكثيراً ما تنتهي مناقشاتهم بمشكلة ،

and their arguments lead to a problem,



فالرفق واللين والتفاني لإرضاء الآخر ..
because each party is being kind and gentle and trying to please the other


ولا يستطيع الاستمرار على هذه الصورة طول حياته ،
but no one can carry on doing that throughout his or her life,



فترة الحب مبنية غالباً على الأحلام والمبالغات
The period of love is usually based on dreams and exaggerations

التي لا تتناسب مع الواقع بعد الزواج .
that do not correspond with the reality that appears after marriage

فالعاشق يَعِدها بأنه سيأتي لها بقطعة من القمر ،

The lover may think that he is going to bring her a piece of the moon,

كما قال قائلهم على لسان أحد العاشقين : "عش العصفورة يكفينا" ،

As one of them said, “A small nest is sufficient for us”ç

و "لقمة صغيرة تكفينا"
and “A small morsel is sufficient for us”ç


و "أطعمني جبنة وزيتونة" !!!
and “I will be content if you give me a piece of cheese and an olive”! ç



وهذا كلام عاطفي مبالغ فيه .

This is exaggerated emotional talk,

ولذلك سرعان ما ينساه الطرفان أو يتناسياه بعد الزواج ،
and both parties quickly forget it after marriage,


فالمرأة تشتكي من بُخل زوجها ،


and the woman complains about her husband’s miserliness,


وعدم تلبيته لرغباتها ،
and his failure to meet her needs


والزوج يتأفف من كثرة الطلبات والنفقات
Then the husband begins to complain about having too many demands and too many expenses


فلهذه الأسباب - وغيرها -
For these reasons and others,


لا نعجب إذا صرّح كل واحد من الطرفين
we are not surprised when each party says

بعد الزواج بأنه خُدِع ،
after marriage that they were deceived

وأنه تعجل ,
and that they rushed into it


ويندم الرجل على أنه لم يتزوج فلانة

The man regrets not marrying So and so

التي أشار بها عليه أبوه ،

who was suggested to him by his parents,

وتندم المرأة على أنها لم تتزوج بفلان


and the woman regrets not marrying So and so

الذي وافق أهلها عليها ،

whom her parents approved of,


غير أنهم ردوه تحقيقاً لرغبتها !
but in fact they rejected him because of her wishes




فتكون النتيجة تلك النسبة العالية جداً من نِسب الطلاق
So the result is this very high rate of divorce


لزيجات كان يظن أهلها أنهم سيكونون مثالاً لأسعد الزيجات في الدنيا !!!
for marriages which people thought would be examples of the happiest marriages in the world! à





وهذه الأسباب السابق ذكرها أسباب حسية ظاهرة ،
The reasons mentioned above are real,


يشهد الواقع بصحتها ،
and have happened in real life,

إلا أننا ينبغي ألا نُهمل السبب الرئيس

but we should not ignore the real reason

لفشل تلك الزيجات ،
for the failure of these marriages,

وهو أنها أقيمت على معصية الله –

which are based on disobedience to Allaah


فالإسلام لا يمكن أن يقرّ تلك العلاقة الآثمة ،

Islam can never approve of these sinful relationships,


ولو كانت بهدف الزواج - ،
even if the aim is marriage

فكان العقاب الرباني العادل لأهلها بالمرصاد

Therefore they cannot escape the just divine punishment

. قال الله تعالى :


( وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكاً )
But whosoever turns away from My Reminder verily, for him is a life of hardshipӍ


المعيشة الضيقة المؤلمة نتيجة لمعصية الله
A hard and difficult life is the result of disobeying Allaah

والإعراض عن وحيه .
and turning away from His Revelation


وقال تعالى :


( وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا
“And if the people of the towns had believed and had the piety certainly,

لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ )
We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earthӍ


فالبركة من الله جزاء على الإيمان والتقوى ،
Blessings from Allaah are a reward for faith and piety,

فإذا عدم الإيمان والتقوى أو قلّ ،
but if there is no faith or piety, or only a little thereof,


قلّت البركة أو انعدمت
the blessing will be reduced or even non-existent



وقال الله تعالى :

( مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى
“Whoever works righteousness — whether male or female —


وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ
while he (or she) is a true believer verily,


فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً
to him We will give a good life


وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ

, and We shall pay them certainly a reward

بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ )
in proportion to the best of what they used to do




وصدق الله العظيم إذ يقول :
Allaah indeed spoke the truth when He said

( أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ عَلَى تَقْوَى مِنَ اللَّهِ
“Is it then he who laid the foundation of his building on piety to Allaah

وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ
and His Good Pleasure better,

أَمْ مَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهُ

or he who laid the foundation of his building


عَلَى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ

on the brink of an undetermined precipice ready to crumble down,


فَانْهَارَ بِهِ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ _
so that it crumbled to pieces with him into the fire of Hell


وَاللَّهُ لا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ)
And Allaah guides not the people who are the wrongdoers



يسارع بالتوبة والاستغفار ،
must hasten to repent and seek forgiveness

ويستأنف حياة صالحة قوامها الإيمان والتقوى
and seek a righteous life that is based on faith,
piety

والعمل الصالح

and righteous deeds