 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دا دا دا لا وياله من شراف عظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد سم الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه التابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد أمي بلاد وخواتي وخواتي كما تقولوا أنكم أخذوا سيدنا وخواتي ونبينا ونبينا سيكون سيكون سيواجه لكن الأمر سيواجه أنك تجد الكثير من المسلمين الذين يفعلون سيواجه معهم إن شاء الله وطعاله في هذه المسلمين أتمنى أن أكون إذن الله الكريم أتحدث عن هذه الأشياء التي تفتحها في الكفار وتبقى وخواتيهم ماذا يقول رسولنا عن ذلك؟ وماذا تأخذها بشكل ذلك؟ بشكل ذلك أول ما أريد أن أتكلم إن شاء الله وطعاله هو خطورة التشبه بالكفار ومجمعه ومجمعه ومجمعه ومجمعه وماذا تفعله؟ المسلم الذي يقوله ومجمعه ومجمعه بأمام أحمد بن حمبل رحمه الله في أسفة عبد الله إبن عمر إبن العاص رضي الله تعالى عنه رضي الله تعالى عنهما أرجوك أن تكونوا معهم لدى المسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم ساد أعثتو بين يدي الساعة بسيفي حتى يعبد الله تعالى وحده لا شريك له وجوع إلى رزق تحت غل رمح وجوع إلى الزلت والصغار على من خالف أمر ومن تشبه بقوم فهو منهم ومن تشبه بقوم فهو منهم ومن تشبه بقوم والسغار على من خالف أمري. حميلة. وحفظة. هو من who opposes my command. ومن تشبه بقومن. and anyone who imitates a group of people. فهو منهم. He is from those people. He is from those people in which he has imitated. فهو يمكنك أن ترى the severity of imitating the disbelievers. لأن إذا كنتم إمطاتهم أنت منهم. وأنك منهم. وإذا كنتم look at the Hadith أنت تفهم أن the Prophet SAW is in a context where he speaks about humility and belittling. لأن the one who goes against the Messenger SAW has taken the path of الشياطين والإنس والجين. The devils and the disbelievers and he has taken their path. And this is a matter that has become very prominent and common amongst the Muslims today imitating the disbelievers in the way we dress in the way we act and talk and in the way we do things. And the prophets of Allah were the furtherists from imitating the disbelievers. They stayed away from it. And they knew that this issue connected to a very fundamental principle of our religion which is known as الولاء والبراء. Which is loving Allah and His Messenger and loving every single person Allah and His Messenger love and hating every single person who Allah and His Messenger hate. And that is why if you look at the Prophet of Allah for instance look what he said عليه السلام واتل عليهم نبى نوحن الله says read on to them the story of the Prophet of Allah إذ قال لقومه يا قوم و النبي of Allah ستوهي الناس إن كان كبرة عليكم مقامي وتذكيري بأيات الله if my positioning and me reminding you of Allah has become something big to you and that you want to physically harm me and that you want to cause me pain فعلى الله يتوقلت I rely on Allah فأجمعو أمركم وشوراكاءكم bring together yourselves and all of you come together if you want unite upon me if you wish so ثم لا يكن أمركم عليكم ومه ثم مقضو إلي ولا تنظرون and bring your efforts and your hard work together and try to bring me to an end and do not delay and wait for me so you look at the Prophet of Allah their position was clear they've made their stance clear they were ones who knew that they stood against this concept of imitating the kufar and being of them رضاليكا also الله says in another ayah قال إني أشهد الله I testify to Allah وشهدو and you also testify أني بري أم مما تشركون that I am free from whatever you associate partners with Allah with I am free from it I have nothing to do with it من دوني فكيدوني جميعا and also plot against me all if you wish ثم لا تنظرون and do not wait for me إني تواكلتو على الله I rely on Allah ربي وربكم my lord and your lord ما من دابة إلا هو آخذ a beast on the face of this earth except that it's in the control of Allah الله is the one who runs these affairs إن ربي على صراط مستقيم my lord is the one whose path is straight نبي الله إبراهيم he says as Allah tells us in the Quran وإذ قال إبراهيم وليابه وقومه when Ibrahim said to his father and his people إن إبرا أم مما تعبدون I am free بسيز الله سبحانه وتعالى نبي الله موسى and Haroon الله سبحانه وتعالى he said to both of them فاستقيما both of you be steadfast ولا تتبعا لسبيل الذين لا يعلمون and do not follow the path of those who do not know don't follow the path of the criminals do not follow the path of the disbelievers do not follow the path of the innovators فاستقيما be steadfast so steadfast is to is to go against the path of the disbelievers and to not be upon their path is what steadfast is so these verses and these evidences tell us and bring to our minds the severity and the danger of imitating the kufar and trying to be one of them that is losing the true concept of الولاء والبراء as the messenger says او ثقعور الإيمان الحب في الله the highest branch of الإيمان is to love for the sake of Allah and it is to hate for the sake of Allah and also the messenger said ثلاث من كن فيه وجد حلوة الإيمان three things anybody who has these three things then that individual has received has gained the sweetness of الإيمان من كان الله ورسول وحبه إليه من ما سواهما anyone who Allah and his message are more beloved to him than anything else ومن أحب عبد لا يحبه إلا لله and the second one is the person who loves a slave and he does not love him except for the sake of Allah and the third one is the one who dislikes ويعود إلى الكفر كما يكره أن يقضف في النار and the one who hates to go to disbelief and does not like it just like he does not like to be thrown into the fire so anyone who receives those three has tasted the sweetness of الإيمان and from them is that that person loves Allah in his messenger more than anything on the face of this man and also they don't only just love Allah in his messenger the second one was what they love a slave and they don't love them except for the sake of Allah and they don't like the issue of love and hate you can see it is connected to the highest branch of إيمان and it's also connected to based on the second حريث it's connected to the sweetness of إيمان you gain it and it's also the path of the messengers and the prophets in other words they made their path clear نبي الله نوح says to his people I am free from you I have nothing to do with you I am free from what you worship so Christmas is a worship it's a عبادة for these people and a believer frees himself from this he has nothing to do with it he does not even give them greetings regarding it and does not say to them Merry Christmas because this is not something you believe you clearly say to them you clearly say to them I am free from that which you worship it's not my religion and my beloved brothers and sisters our scholars they didn't take it very lightly when it came to the issue of imitating the كفار they took their time out to author books so for example if you look at شيخ الإسلام إبنو تيميا عليه رحمة الله من الله and mercy upon him إقتضاء الصلاة المستقيم لمخالفة أصحاب الجحيم and he talks about the issue and the concept of imitating the كفار you find هي زرسالك تشبيه الخسيس بأهل الخميس في ورد التشبه بالمشركين وإمام الدهبي he speaks about this concept of imitating the disbelievers and he's talking about there was a celebration which they used to have and some of the Muslims fell for that celebration so إمام الدهبي رحمة الله الصورة and took it upon himself and took it upon himself to write a book on it and الحمد لله that book is مطبوع متهدول it's a book that's published and it's read and you'll find it also you'll find الإمام ابن حجر العسقلاني رحمة الله who authored his book القول وثبت but I think this book is مفقود it doesn't exist in the Muslim world it's published nor has it been seen according to my knowledge also you'll find where الشيخة للباني رحمة الله his book جلباب المرأة المسلمة and he talks about the way that the Muslim woman should dress if you look at the beginning when شيخ محمد ناصر الدينة للباني رحمة الله is talking about the conditions of the jilbab the conditions which it should fulfill he talks about that it should not imitate the dressing of the women الشيخة للباني رحمة الله talks about it there عليه رحمة الله also الإمام محمد ابن عبد الوهاب رحمه الله his noble book which a lot of us have studied over and over again and a lot of us have probably heard of it مسائل الجاهلية محمد عبد الوهاب authored that book where he talks about going against the disbelievers and the things that the disbelievers have so these are books that are written and they are authored rather there is a book which is contemporary book right now it's 12 volumes حسن التنبه لما ورد في التشبه it's a 12 volume book it's written by نجم الدينة العزي دارو النوادر authored his book and it's 12 volumes if you look at the مقدمة the author mentions that he was writing for 16 years so this issue of التشبه بالكفار a lot of the Muslims when they hear it they don't like it and they think that it's something that that is light and it's very a simple now إن شاء الله تعالى I'm going to move on to the next part which is what are the things that we oppose the disbelievers in the things that we oppose them in the different types the first one is something that is from their religion but it's also from our religion so we share this together it's from their religion it's a religious practice for them but it's also a religious practice for us Islam also tells us to oppose them as well in it but we don't oppose them in the essence of this worship we only oppose them in what we oppose them in the form and the way we do it for example some يوم عاشورة the fasting of يوم عاشورة they have the fasting of يوم عاشورة the Jews and the Christians and so do we but what is it that we are different upon based on the حديث صحيح Muslim in حديث عبدالله بن عباس when the messenger of Allah he fasted the day of يوم عاشورة and he commanded and he commanded the people to fast the people said because the Sahabas were nurtured upon the path of opposing the disbelievers and look what they did when they were commanded to fast the day of عاشورة they said it's a day to the Christians and the Jews they honor this day it's a day for them do we still have to do it because they were taught before and they were nurtured upon this concept of not imitating the كفار so they told the prophet so the messenger of Allah he said then I would fast I would fast on the ninth so I would fast a day before it so this shows us that they fasted on the tenth we oppose them by making sure they fasted a day before it or a day after it so this is something that so the messenger of Allah is saying if I live I will fast on the what I will fast on the tenth so that's the one that their religion is legislated in their religion and it's also legislated in our religion we do it but we oppose them in the form and the way we do it the second one is something that's from their religion something that is that is from their religion but in our religion it's clearly being stated that it's abrogated now that really it was only for them and it's not for us anymore it's stated for example that Saturday is not a Eid for us it was for them it was a religious practice for them it was legislated for them to celebrate the day of Saturday as a celebration where we're given what Friday based on the ayah وسألهم عن قرية التي كانت حاضرة البحري إذ يعدون في السبت إذ تأتيهم حيثانوهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يستبيتون لا تأتيهم كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفصغون Saturday was a day which they used to celebrate they used to celebrate من حديثة من عباس من حديثة عبد الله بن عباس رضي الله تعالى عنهما that the messenger the prophet said إن هذا يوم عيد جعله الله للمسلمين فمن جاء إلى الجمعة فليغتسل the messenger said this on a Friday he said this is the day which Allah has made it a Eid for the believers so anybody who comes to Friday then he should he should shower and clean himself وإن كان طيبون and if he is clean and is good then وعليكم بالسواكي then place some perfume on yourself and also try to use misawa come in a very clean and nice way so this was something that used to be for them they were the ones who used to celebrate Saturdays but for us it's clearly stated that it's Friday now so the believer now knows that we've opposed them in this their ruling for that which was for them is unique to them not to us anymore the third one is عادات وعبادات ابتدعوها customs and also worships but they introduced it it's not from their religion as Allah said in the Quran يتانيبتدعوها they innovated some things into their religion and added things to their religion and now even if we look at the concept of Christmas it's something that they they say it's what what did they say that Christmas is again اه اه pay a ritual but what's the purpose behind it this is the birth of نبولا عيسب المريم that's what they say right but the reality is that it's not history does not prove that نبولا عبادات وعادات ابتدعوها which they innovated are you with me and even if it is hypothetically even if we accept the concept of that it was عباد that Allah legislated for them and it was legislated for them then again it will fall under which one it will be abrogated for us something like this is not allowed for us we don't celebrate now I want to talk about the third point which is there are things that are distinct for these people that I look at they were always known for that the Muslims should know to go against them in some people what they think is that imitating the Khufar is only about dressing you're eating and etc right but there are a lot of things that if you look at the Muslim community today you realize that they are actually imitating the disbelievers with that are not what that are acts or things that they don't that they are the ones that they got it from for example خصائص و أهل الكتاب things that they are unique and distinct and they were always known for which is حسد jealousy and envy I'm referring to one thing Allah to remove this blessing from this individual having jealousy that you want Allah to take this blessing from this person and take it away from them this is something that is not known for a believer because the Quran states that it says characteristics of death because Allah said in the Quran و الد كثير من أهل الكتاب a lot of the people of the scripture they hope لو يردونكم من بعد إيمانكم خفارا حسد من عند أنفسهم they want you guys to leave your religions they want you to become disbelievers just like them and Allah tells us why حسدن out of what jealousy out of jealousy they want you to leave your religion they want you to stay away from or to get away from the path that will enter you to Jannah الله also says in the ayah they wish and they hope if you guys are disbelievers like they are disbelievers so you can all be the same they don't want good for you so these characteristics of حسد jealousy and envy that you want Allah to remove a blessing from a person it's not a characteristics of the believers rather it's a characteristic of the people of the scripture so you need to oppose them in it and you need to stay away from that the next one is concealing knowledge and hiding knowledge is a characteristic that is known by the people of the books and the disbelievers الله says they conceal that which Allah gave them and they hide it that is a characteristic which they are known for a believer tells the truth and spreads the knowledge in which Allah gave him and tells the people the حق guides them to the straight path hiding the truth and concealing it is a characteristic of the people of the scriptures also معرفة الحق وعدم سير إلي knowing the truth are not treading on the path of the truth you know it's the truth you clearly know Allah said this and then you choose not to take that path it's not a characteristics of a believer rather this is خصائص and الكتاب it's a distinct characteristic known by the people the Christians and the Jews الله سبحانه وتعالى says وإذا قيل لهم if you say to them أمنوا believe بما أنزل الله that which Allah has sent down قالوا they will say to you أفرنا بما وراء will only believe what has been sent to us and then Allah goes they disbelieve in everything after it but what we know is when he asked the questions and he found out after asking all the questions what did he say this man that you have told me سيملك موضع قدمية this man will conquer will take over where I am standing right now but then look he didn't take the truth knowing that he still didn't take it أبو طالب و لقد علمت بأن دين محمد من خير أديان البرية دينا لو للملامة أو حدارة مسبة لو جتني سمح بذاك مبينة because I know that the religion of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is the best of religions and the blame and the criticism of his colleagues and his friends he said you would have found me one who would take one who would accept نبي الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is a religion distortion is another one خصائص أهل الكتاب distorting the religion and playing and tampering with the deen of Allah من الذين هادوا يحرفون الكلمة عن مواضع they're Jews but do you see they distort and they change the verses and the words of Allah they change their own religion, they tampered with it to fit their own whims and desires for example when Allah says لا تقولوا راعنا ولا تقولوا راعنا do not say راعنا because they would use that and change it by saying ودروعونا so when you're speaking to the process I don't say راعنا الله تبارك وتعالى ويلوا للذين اكتوون الكتابة بايدهم ثم يقولون هذا من عند الله يشتروا به ثمن قليل they write the Quran or the books with their own hands they tamper with it by writing it and then look you find أهل بداع the people of innovation they took the path of the Christians and the Jews وكلم الله الله spoke to الله who is the Fahil is the one who spoke to Musa but they want to distort that concept that Allah doesn't want to speak they don't want to accept that Allah speaks so what do they change it into instead of making Allah the subject they turn it into the object so they say وكلم الله موسى تكليمه so they make Musa the subject and Allah the object so Musa spoke to Allah ارحمنه على العرش استوى they say الرحمنه على العرش استوى استوى لا so they add an extra lamb to it استوى they turn it into استوى لا just like the Jews when Allah said to them when you go into the city of say حطة they said حنطة they add an extra نون in there they changed what Allah told them they changed what Allah told them they used a different wording distorting the word of Allah Allah told them say حطة they chose to change and tamper with it so they said حنطة حنطة ابن القيم said in his الكافية الشافية في الانتصال الفرقة الناجية which is known as النونية he says نونوليهودي نونوليهود the known of the Jews ولام جهمي and the lamb of جهم صفوان the jahmi concept وما في وحي رب العرش زائدة they are two additional things that have been added to the القرآن استوى استولى قولوا حطة حنطة it's the same ولذلك if you look at ابراهيم اللقاني in his جوهرة التوحيد look what he says وكل نصن اوه همت تشبيها اول هو اوه اوه ورم تزيه any verse that comes to you that you think there has you look at a verse and you think اوه this verse is اوه اوه ورم تزيه concept in it اوه ورم تزيه اوه ورم تزيه ورم تزيه that's a way too so he's telling you to distort it also from the قصائص أهل كتاب from the unique characteristics that أهل كتاب have is الغولو extremism extremism is known by them they're the ones who are extreme like that's what Allah تبارقه تعالى يساعد يا أهل الكتاب لا تغلو في يديدك don't go extreme in your religion it's sad today that you see some Muslims who fall into extremist concepts like for example those who say we celebrate in the prophet's birthday and they take the burda and from the things that they read from the burda the burda by Buxiri is what فإن أمن جودك الدنيا وبرتها ومن علومك علم اللحي والقلمي from your generosity او محمد is this dunya and from your knowledge is what the knowledge of the علم اللحي المحفوظ what's written in the اللحي المحفوظ is from your knowledge meaning you have more knowledge but that's part of it وان الله تبارقه تعالى كليلة is saying كلها يعلموا ما في السماوات والأرض الغيبة إلا الله no one knows the unseen in this earth and in heaven except الله تبارقه تعالى قالوا أصول الله تبارقه تعالى ويقولون لو لأنزل عليه آية من ربي فقول إنما الغيب للله فانتظر إني معكم من المتظرين أصول الله وصول الله تبارقه تعالى إذا قل لو كنتوا على مغيبة لا استكثرتوا من الخير وما مسانيا السوء كل هذه الآية are what they are going against the concept that the prophet knows the unseen عليه الصلاة والسلام from the characteristics that they are unique for من خصائصي أهل الكتاب is والتقديس والعلماء والتقديم وطاعتهم placing the scholars on a high level giving them divinity in their speech as though if the scholar says it is divine خلاص you just need to take it and giving them presidents in obedience over the textual evidences this is something that they did اتخذوا أحبارهم وروبانهم أربابهم من دولي الله they took their monks and their rabbis أرباب loads that they worshipped and if you look at the Hadith of Adib which is termed and narrated is that did they make حلال for you that which Allah made haram for you and did they make haram for you that which Allah made حلال for you and he said نعم and then the prophet said فتلك عبادتهم so he worshipped them so if the scholar is making حلال and haram for you something Allah made حلال and haram then you know you're in a situation which is serious حب الدنيا the love of this dunya and loving it is a characteristic what is something that they are known for as Allah says that about one of them that he wishes and you ammara that he would wish the Jew man would wish to live ألف سنة a thousand years he would want to live this world so in love of it so حب الدنيا is an issue which is what is something that is is what they loved like the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had told us ملفقر أخش عليكم I don't fear poverty for you but I fear for you that this dunya is open for you and that you indulge into the dunya like those before you indulge into it and then the dunya destroys you so they were the ones who there are people before us they are the ones who love the dunya so I believe he stays away from these unique characteristics that these believers have and he makes sure that he is far from their path that he treads on the path of the محمد anything which I had said that was wrong فإنه مني ومن الشيطان والله ورسوله بريان منه سبحانك اللهم بحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إلي