 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثاناء الجميل واشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل واشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى today we are going to start the essential course with the subject عقيدة we are not going to do a book it is only meant to be an introduction to عقيدة what does عقيدة mean and what are the stages and the development and the formation that عقيدة went through إن شاء الله تعالى the class is going to be an interaction so in any time if you feel that you haven't understood a point that I've said you're more than happy but you're more than welcome إن شاء الله تعالى to ask إن شاء الله تعالى I'll be standing up a lot of the time writing on the board every point that I say I will write إن شاء الله but I first write in Arabic and then I'll write in English the reason is because I do define or translate a word and somebody here إن شاء الله تعالى has a better translation we can benefit from one another إن شاء الله the class is going to be on these two points إن شاء الله تعالى we're going to take what's the definition of عقيدة what's the definition of عقيدة and the second إن شاء الله تعالى is going to be other names that are given to the science عقيدة is it only known as عقيدة or does it have other names that's all we're going to take today let's start with the first one which is the definition of عقيدة what is the definition of عقيدة it is defined whatever it may be there's always a linguistic definition and there's a technical definition remember this every single thing that is defined there is always a linguistic definition and there is a what a technical definition for example what's the linguistic definition of صلاح is there anything you know صلاح they would be not in the religion to connect to connect to add the Arabs used to use this word صلاح before the process of Islam came before Islam came they used to use this word صلاح they had a meaning for that the word صلاح to the Arab it meant دعاق that's the linguistic usage of the word but once Islam came it added things on to the definition so it is دعاق but it's not only دعاق there is standing there's رخور it's to do it but دعاق are there at a particular place are we all together so this is vital to understand everything has a linguistic meaning and a technical meaning so first of all we're going to do شاء الله with the Islands we're going to take the definition of عقيدة in the language world according to the Arabic language what does the word عقيدة mean linguistically according to the Arabs what did they use as the word عقيدة after following up with the word عقيدة I have come to the conclusion that عقيدة does not need four definitions there's only four usages that the Arabs used to think of remember this okay so there are four usages of the word عقيدة in the Arabic language we're going to go through well after the other and it's in the notes that were given to me the first one is the first usage from the four usages is عربطو okay عربطو what does عربطو mean it means to tie something to make a knot in the Arabic language the word عقيدة in the Arabic language is only four usages the Arabs used it in one of these four the first one is عربطو it's the tie something tie them when you take a rope and you tie it with another rope the Arabs say you don't have the same word عقيدة we'll use the other one that's the first usage that's the first usage what's the first usage عربطو to tie something the second usage is عهد what does that mean a covenant الله used it in the Quran عقود in that آية comes from the word عقيدة all those of you who believe fulfill the covenants that you made so the second usage for the word عقيدة in the Arabic language is what promise covenant that you make is عقيدة that's the second usage according to the Arabs that's how they use it the third usage is الملازمة is to be consistent with something to be consistent in something and continuous in something and to not stop it the Arabs they use the word عقد as ملازمة continuation consistency that's the third usage that they use the fourth one is اتوكيد emphasis the fourth one is اتوكيد emphasis and that's the one that's used that's the one that is used when it comes to marriage we've just done an act in this transaction or this act in marriage it's توكيد emphasis that you're going to fulfill your side of the promise so according to the Arabs عقيدة means these four الربط الملازمة and توكيد before we move on does everybody understand that point this is the Arabs what they mean by عقيدة does that make sense for everybody does everyone here understand now we're going to move on to the second type of definition which is what the the technical definition here we mean technical according to the شريعة how does the شريعة use it the شريعة has two usages of the word العقيدة it's called what إصطلاحا إصطلاحا means what technically according to the شريعة what does it mean the شريعة uses the word عقيدة in a general usage and a specific usage عام and خاص in the شريعة there's a general usage and there's a specific usage so what do we say إصطلاحا عام إصطلاح خاص the شريعة uses it in two ways the language is how much four but in the شريعة it's used in what two usages the first one is general which is عام and the second one is خاص عام means what also عقيدة is used for anything that's not Islam as well the Buddhists we say they're عقيدة the Christians we say they're عقيدة the Jews we say they're عقيدة this is the general usage عقيدة النصارة the عقيدة of the Christians عقيدة اليهود the belief of the Jews that's the general usage are we all together the second usage is specific to Islam the second usage is what it's specific to what specific to Islam and it means the following the six articles of faith does everyone here know the six articles of faith the second usage is specific to Islam and it means the six articles of faith and and and and and and and and are we all together brothers and three extra things here now what are the three extra things the issue pertaining to and and it's definition are we all together that's عقيدة according to the sharia what does iman mean when does a person become a mu'min when does the iman increase what makes the iman increase when does the iman reduce they speak about it in books of haqeida الصحابة companions and their status the second one is what الصحابة and the companions and that which is pertaining to them and the third one is the Muslim leader and the relationship between the people and the leader and obeying and listening and submitting those three are dealt with in what books of عقيدة if you study books of عقيدة what do you learn the six articles of faith what does it mean what does it mean all the six articles of faith once you finish that at the ending they add these three to it what does iman mean و ينقص بالمعصية إيمان is speech it's actions it increases and it decreases the companions are they all the same do they have different levels how should we be towards the companions are the companions infallible or do they do mistakes all of that they deal with it in books of احتقال third one is the issue of imama the Muslim leader how should the people be towards him what are the responsibilities that the people have towards him and etc all three of those are also dealt in books of عقيدة are we all together this is the specific type of usage and the general type of usage is what the عقيد of every belief does that make sense what we've now done is we've what we've defined we fulfilled the first part of today's class which is what to define it's to define عقيدة before we move on to the next one which is going to be the longest one can I repeat it now so let me say this again عقيدة is to its definition is linguistically and what that's not just for عقيدة brothers it's not specific to عقيدة only it's anything everything in the sharia that's used any term in the sharia that you use there's a technical and there's also a linguistic definition for it are we all together you have to know both what's the linguistic usage and also what's the technical usage ولداركة the scholars they say to place a ruling on something what do you first have to do you have to know the things you have to know the definition of that thing الحكم على شي فارعن فارعن عن تصوره to place a ruling on something you have to know what it is are we all together how can you say my عقيدة is right if you don't know what عقيدة means you have to know what it means what's its definition what does عقيدة want from you what do you study عقيدة what is the difference between عقيدة and فق are we all together so عقيدة you have to understand it linguistically and you also have to understand it technically it's not enough to know it linguistically you have to know when the شريعة came it used that word but what did it mean by it it's important that you understand it so we found that linguistically the word عقيدة it means four things الربط which means to tie something to get a rope tie it that tying that you're doing is called عقد number two العهد عهد is a covenant and a promise that you're making الملازمة means what to be consistent and continuous with something right and the third fourth one is what consistent and continuation who can see a pattern that's here there's a pattern here the pattern is عقيدة was used linguistically in two meanings really something that's معنوي I don't want to go too heavy I just wanted to show you something very important and something which is ايسي what does it mean to tie something is tangible something you can see right can you not see it so something you can touch is tangible can you touch a covenant and a promise that a person made this is معنوي but it's tying a promise all of them are tying something are we all together but some are tangible some are not tangible ملازمة means you're connecting yourself to somebody or something you're tying yourself to something it's not tangible are we all together a token emphasis you're tying a promise that you're going to stick to this contract that you're making with this person but again it's not tangible are we all together and the other four are some things that you're tying but they are not tangible are we all together some of the أيمة اللغة like ابن فارس and others in his kitab معجب مقايس اللغة it's only these usage اي دفسي or معنوي that's a side benefit then we said technically the word عقيد means a general usage and a what a specific usage so a general and a a specific the general usage I said it means the belief of every group it's the belief of every group whatever any group believes that's the عقيدة البودية عقيدة النصارة عقيدة اليهود whatever somebody beats the عقيدة that's the general usage but there's a specific usage like today when you were coming here and you say to yourself I'm going to study عقيدة you were talking about the general usage or the specific usage a specific usage you mean عقيدة to Islam I'm learning صح and it means these six so the articles of faith which is you study that in the عقيدة what does it mean to believe in Allah what does it actually mean to believe in angels what does it mean to believe in the books what does it actually mean to believe in the messengers the day of judgment what does it mean to believe in the قضاء and the قدر the good of it and the bad of it what does it actually mean you study that in the books of عقيدة are we all together once the scholars they finish talking about that this is called ملحق ملحق means they connect it to the ending of books of عقيدة the reason why they did that the scholars is because they were coming out groups so they wanted to explain the creed in which the Prophet was upon and the companions to stay away from these people who are coming so the issue of إيمان the first deviated group came the خوارج so the scholars and the companions and every they had to explain what إيمان means because they were taking the people out of the religion straight away and they would say you're not a believer you're a disbeliever so the scholars and the people of knowledge they said okay you know what إيمان needs to be defined and when does the person exit إيمان are we all together and then the شيعة came regarding the companions so the scholars wrote books on the companions and their status and then إيمامة the معتزيلة came who wanted to go against the leader so they wrote books are we all together all of that was caught up on the books of إتقاد because groups were coming does that make sense are you all on the same page so this is عقيدة and this is any book of عقيدة that you open that's what you're going to study from it these six with these three how much does that make nine points of إتقاد that you study are we all together brothers can we now move on to the second point yeah has everyone understood are we all are we all on the same page does anyone have any question no one are you all sure because I'm going to ask questions later okay now we're going to go into what part now we've found عقيدة لغة وصطلاحة and technically we're now going to move on to this subject is not only known as عقيدة it's not known only as oh it's got other names so we're now going to move on other names given to عقيدة before I move on there's three points that are very relevant that I have to mention are we all together one point number one this is important points so you just write this as what three important points number one عقيدة as to mean those six points that we mentioned here and those nine is not used in the Quran nor is it used in the سنة the Quran and the سنة use the word عقيدة لغة only only those four that we said are we all together so the word عقيدة in the Quran and in the سنة it didn't use it as the six articles of faith and the other three that we mentioned the nine that we just mentioned did you remember the Quran didn't use it like that nor did the سنة it didn't use the linguistic meaning are we all together إذا أربط which is the first word that we mentioned أو الأهد أو التوكيد أو الملازمة so you won't find عقيدة that term in the Quran no one would find that term in the سنة in that way that's point number one I'm coming to a point inshallah I want you to understand point number two و التابعين did not use that term so the صحابة didn't the تابعين didn't and the تابع التابعين didn't so that's the second point the third point is who is the first to use it yeah the first person to use it was the noble Imam أبو حاتم الرازي رحمه الله an Imam أبو حاتم الرازي 320 سنة he was the first person to coin this term عقيدة as to mean the belief and the core articles of faith for the believer and then after him came great imams like أبو قاسم هبط الله أبو قاسم التيميو and also an Imam all of that written on your notes so written for you they came and what did they do they used that term and ever since after that the term عقيدة was used in that way does everybody understand this the Quran like he uses another term and the sunnah uses another term which is the term الإيمان the Quran and the sunnah uses what term الإيمان now I want you to understand the point the scholars they say لا مشاحة لا مشاحة في استلاح it's not a problem if you ignore the word عقيدة and you use the word إيمان because they both mean the same the reality is what's after it now we all together you don't get closer to Allah by the term عقيدة okay what is it that the scholars want from it like him it's in your heart what are you connecting because remember the word عقيدة what does it mean it's what you're connecting that time that you're doing that rubbed that's all that matters to them the term ignore it if you want to use إيمان if you want but the concept behind it is what they're looking at are we all together does that make sense that's important you won't find sometimes in the شريعة but the scholars used it من بابت تقريب to get it close to you if you study grammar you study مبتدأ خبر فعيل فاعيل you're not going to find it in the Quran on the sunnah are you but it's to get science close to you that's an important point that I want you to all understand let's now go on to the second point which is أسماء الأخرى المرادفة العلم العقيدة are the names that are given to علم العقيدة the scholars gave other names that the scholars that the scholars gave the first one is التوحيد the first one is what it's التوحيد what does توحيد actually mean it comes from the verbal noun the verbal noun in Arabic which is وحدة وحدة يوحيد comes from that word يوحيد توحيدا comes from that verbal noun يوحيد توحيدا does that make sense that's the root word that it comes from what does it mean to make Allah one that's what it means it means sorry, linguistically what does it mean to make something one that's what it means in the Arabic language for example before I go توحيد stands on two pillars what does it stand on two pillars without these two pillars this is not called توحيد if one of those pillars are missing this is not called a توحيد what is it إثبات and نفي إثبات and نفي it means negation affirmation negation and what ما دخل إلا زيد no one entered except Zaid sorry this is this is negation and this is affirmation I was just testing you guys إثبات is what إثبات is affirmation and نفي is negation these are the two pillars that it stands on in other words what we're saying in توحيد is what عباد the worship it's for nobody that's the negation except Allah affirmation you see that so you can't just say worship is for Allah that's just affirmation worship is for Allah you haven't still come with توحيد what do you have to say worship is not for anyone except Allah you have to negate it from everything else and then affirm it for who for Allah does that make sense those are the two pillars it stands on نفي إثبات إثبات means affirmation and نفي means negation now the question here is what is it that we single Allah with because we single Him that's no doubt we negate everything else and we specify something for Him but what is it that we negate from other things and we only specify for Him what is it that we give to Him alone right right is that it is that it three things the scholars they say when we're affirming something for Allah alone Him alone no one else they say three things number one is what you are singling Allah in the actions that Allah does Allah has actions He does things He creates He provides He sustains those actions that He does what do we do we single Him in it Allah is the only sustainer Allah is the only provider we're singling Allah in what I don't know why I should Lordship I want to make it easy because some people don't even understand the term Lordship or Rububia they don't understand it it's singling Allah in the actions Allah does does that make sense that's the first one which in simple terms is called Rububia Rububia means Allah's actions what does Rububia mean the actions Allah does سبحانه وتعالى we single Him in it we don't give that actions to anyone that's Rububia the second one is what the actions that you do you create you the created one you're singling Allah in your actions which is when you pray when you fast who do you fast for only Him when you slaughter you single Allah in what in your actions what you do you don't associate partners with Him in that that's the what that's the second what's the third Allah has names and He has attributes you don't give anyone those names that He has الرحمن the characteristics that's in it is what there's no one who's merciful like Allah are we all together and the third one is Allah's names and attributes these are the three that you do one more time in the actions that Allah does is Rububia you single Him in it if somebody asks you who create Allah alone who sustains Allah alone who provides Allah alone who governs and controls the universe Allah alone does that's singling Allah in what in the actions that He does the second part is what the actions that you come in if you've now affirmed Allah is the only one who created you Allah is the only one who provides for you Allah is the one who sustains you now worship Him alone then are we all together are we making sense here where worship Him alone well in that regard this is where كفار of قريش and Muhammed this is where everything went separate كفار of قريش singled Allah in the actions that Allah does they did that they said Allah is the creator Allah is the sustainer Allah is the only provider but when they were told okay worship Him alone ماذا يوجد؟ يوجد مقابل فيها يجب أن تتفهم هذا الله كم مقابل؟ هل نعرف أنه يوجد؟ ترى كيف أسأل هذا المقابل؟ لم أعرف كم مقابل يوجد؟ أخبرني كم مقابل من الله هل نعرف أنه يوجد؟ 99 is what we know هؤلاء ليس فقط يوجده يوجد أكثر من ذلك ولكن هذه are the 99 that we know يجب أن يوجد هؤلاء 99 ليس فقط مقابل الرحمن يوجد أكثر من ذلك ما هو أكثر من ذلك؟ الرحمن يوجد مقابل لذا أكثر من ذلك يوجد أكثر من ذلك لذلك ونسأل ذلك سبحانه وتعالى هل يجب أن يفهم هذا؟ هل يجب أن يفهم هذا؟ now we've understood the first name that's a synonym of عقيدة هل now we know what توريد means? I'm going to now mention books that are written in توريد classic books okay from those books are again it's in your notes is the Kitab written by ابن منده ابن منده has a Kitab called كتاب التوريد and he means by it ابن خزيما has a Kitab called what ابن خزيما ابن خزيما has a Kitab called كتاب التوريد he's using the name توريد but what does he mean? عقيدة it's a synonym it's interchangeably used you can call it توريد if you want you can call it عقيدة if you want are we all together? what's the second name that is given to توريد sorry عقيدة the second name that is used for عقيدة أصول الدين the term أصول الدين is used so the second name is what? أصول أصول الدين is also a term used for عقيدة what is it used for? it's used for عقيدة so some scholars they don't call it عقيدة they call it أصول الدين some scholars what do they call it توريد some scholars what do they call it so if you hear عقيدة توريد and أصول الدين they are interchangeably used what are they? they're all used if you say I'm now studying توريد no problem if you say I'm studying عقيدة no problem if you say I'm studying أصول الدين no problem it means the same أصول الدين is compounded of two words one which is أصول and the second one is what? دين أصول is ما يبن عليه غيره it's a foundation whatever is built upon it so أصول means foundation at دين what does it mean? دين means what does دين mean? it means religion that's technically what does it linguistically mean? way way دين what does دين mean linguistically? faith that's technically linguistically recompense linguistically nope huh Islam that's technically remember everything has a Arabs were using the word دين before the word Islam came what do they mean? no دين comes from the word خضو دان الأرضو the Arabs would say ما معنى دان الأرضو the earth humbled itself when it was walked on are you with me? in the word دين what does it mean? خضو to humble soften humility humbleness that's what it linguistically meant according to the Arabs so when you become a Muslim what do you do? submission right? that's what it means اي ذل وخضع does that make sense? again brothers I really ask of you all every time that you see look for the linguistic and the technical meaning it's important صح give time what does it mean linguistically? what were the Arabs saying before this? and now that the شريعة came what did it call it? are we all together? you start to learn a lot like in the شريعة what does it mean? طاعتو فيما أمر طاعتو فيما أمر following Allah not everything which He commanded you to do وَجْتِنَابُ مَانَهَا عَنْهُ وَزَجَرْ and stay away from that which He prohibited you and to believe in everything He informed you those are the three obeying Him what He told you to do staying away from what He told you to stay away from and believing in everything He told you that's what Islam means I mean that's what Deem means to us that's a side point so again أصول الدين is the second thing that's used for عقيدة we mentioned طوحيت we're now mentioning what? أصول الدين is compounded of what? two words the first one is what? أصول the singular is what? أصل أصول is plural أصل is singular what does أصل mean? foundation what does deal mean? three things I just told you right now what does deal mean? three things following everything Allah command you to do Allah told you to do this the second one is stay away from everything Allah told you to stay away from the third one is believing in everything Allah told you Allah told you about day of judgment you haven't seen it yet to believe it Allah told you about angels you haven't seen it to believe it Allah told you what has already happened about Musa فرعون existed believe it that's what Deem means you come with those three are you with me? does that make sense? now we're going to move on who is the first to use the word أصول with Deem and say it's called أكيدا means أصول with Deem they say the first to use it was إمام الشافعي رحمه الله they said إمام الشافعي was the first رحمه الله تعالى the last one that we're going to take إن شاء الله تعالى before we go for the question and answers is the third one today we're going to take is سنة what are we going to say? the third one is سنة سنة is used at عقيدة before I move on to سنة I forgot to mention books that are written in أصول with Deem with that title الإبانة ريتم بأبل حسنة أشعري and also الإبانة الصغرة ريتم by who ابنو بطة العكبري it's in your notes right? is all of this on your notes? the answers we're going to discuss the answers إن شاء الله تعالى لكن لكتاب أصول with Deem ويتم بأبل حسنة الأشعري كتاب called الإبانة في أصول with Deem أبل حسنة الأشعري so he used the term أصول with Deem who also used it أسكولة by the name of ابنو بطة العكبري رحمه الله رحمه الله he also has a book on then the term أصول with Deem he has a كتاب called الإبانة as well عن أصول with Deem like أبل حسنة أشعري same name but it's well known as إبانة الصغرة also أبو حاتي من رازي he has a كتاب called أصول السنة والديانة which is known as عقيدة الرازيين okay has everyone I'm listening we're now going to move on to the last one today إن شاء الله تعالى that we need to know how to use a synonym of what العقيدة what is it السنة the term السنة is used as عقيدة again ما شاء الله مبارك who knows what sunnah means linguistically هاية it means way good any other person or any other word path that's correct طريق path نعم ها a tradition ما شاء الله مبارك you have two here ها guidance the Arabs when they use the word سنة في اللغة in the language three usage سنة means linguistically according to the Arabs before Islam came three meanings the first one is الطريقة المسلوكة the path that's taken الطريقة المسلوكة the path that you take our path is called سنة سنة is called a path that's one we've heard it الله مبارك the second one is سيرا a person's biography is there a sunnah سنة it's سيرا biography are we all together سيرا biography linguistically is sunnah third one is as our brother mentioned over there العادة التي لا تتخلف if something happens and it never changes and this is what's always happening this is a sunnah as Allah said in the Quran سنة الله this is the sunnah of Allah he doesn't change it it's the way that Allah does things سبحانه وتعالى when he talks about how he destroys nations when they disobey him when Allah spoke about the prophet what did he say سنة من قد this is the sunnah of what those who came before so when a nation go against Allah's command and they disobey Allah what does Allah do he brings a punishment this is the sunnah of Allah we say I mean this is the norms and the things that norms those are the three meanings that the Arabs use the word as sunnah does that make sense the first one was what الطريقة المسلوكة second one is what السيرا third one is العادة التي لا تخلف ولا تتبدل which one in Arabic so now we've learned the word سنة لنوستيكلي what does it mean technically this is a problem now not in a bad way but in a good way سنة is used technically by different scholars of different fields are we all together the scholars in the religion are different fields right different fields like the scholars who deal with فق when they use the word سنة they mean what the opposite of واجب meaning you don't really have to do it as a lot of us know it has don't really have to do it so if somebody comes up to you and says اخذي السنة so I don't have to do it that one is according to only one group of scholars who mean that who is it the فقها the jurists when they say سنة and you're reading a فق بوك and brothers this is very important based on learning the definition of words when you open a particular science you know what these people mean it are we all together it's one word سنة means different in different sciences so when you're reading فق what do you need to do understand that فق means something to these people but you're reading عقيدة بوك and the word سنة is mentioned are you going to say it's the opposite of واجب it's not the opposite of واجب are we all together so it's important that you learn the definition of words وليداليكا one of the biggest reasons why people become corrupt is because of not defining a term correctly and we're living at a time when terms need to be defined first before a discussion is opened what's the definition of that word according to you are we all together so سنة لنويستيكلي something and then إصطلاح and technically each scholar of different sciences they define it differently the scholars who deal with فق حلالة حرام they use the word سنة as to be the opposite of واجب the opposite of obligation meaning they say that سنة means if you do it you get rewarded and if you leave it you will not get punished does that make sense that's according to the فقها but according to the scholars of إعطقاد and the scholars of عاقيدة the story is different they mean the opposite of بدا the opposite of what? innovation they mean the opposite of what? innovation so when it's books of عاقيد when you read this is a سنة they mean this is the way the prophet did it and anything other than this is an innovation not that you can't do it no you can't are we all together so again فقها سنة is the opposite of what? واجب scholars of عاقيدة the سنة is the opposite of what? بدا another group of scholars they call the أصوليين those who deal with a subject called أصول الفق when they say سنة they mean مزدر تلاقي where do you take a religion from? as in the Quran and سنة وإجماع وقياس صعير they mean مزدر تلاقي where do you take a religion from? أصوليين use the word سنة in that context where do you take a religion from? does that make sense? scholars of عاقيدة they mean they mean they mean scholars of فق they refer to it as anything that's opposite to واجب and the scholars of عاقيدة سنة is the opposite of what? بدا does that make sense? وليداليكة when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said عليكم بسنة upon you is my سنة what does he mean here? does he mean the only voluntary things that we need to do? to probably use the word سنة what do you say? عليكم عليكم بسنة no, he means my speech my actions are upon you my way of life the way I was is upon you are we all together? and what I believed you have to believe does that make sense? we've now inshallah وطعالة tackled these points now inshallah وطعالة I'm going to take questions from you all فضل what's the question? وصوليين is the مزدر تلقي مزدر تلقي means what? the sauce in which you take your religion from where do we take our religion from when we're only four places we take our religion from right? القرآن الكتاب and then السنة أنا الإجماع it makes sense أنا القياس الصحيح الصحيح كتاب السنة القياس الجماع so when the أصوليين say السنة what do they actually mean they mean one of the places that you take your religion from one of the four places which you take your religion from are we all together? is دور واجب yeah? is دور obligatory do you have to pray دور? do you have to pray دور? what about is there a difference of opinion on this issue? huh? so there's an إجماع no one can go against it no one can come and say I looked at the Quran and it doesn't clearly show that دور is واجب or not say this is a mess it is مجمعون علي consense من لدون الصحابة from the time of the campaign till today there's a unanimous agreement that Salat al-Duhour is واجب and that you have to pray are we all together? so إجماع closes the door of anyone saying I looked at the القرآن and I looked at the السنة and for me it doesn't seem that way no no no once there comes a consense there's no path open for you not open for you are we all together? because God says وما يشاكق الرسول من بعد ما تبين له الهدى ويتابع غير السبيل المؤمنين نوليه ما تولى ونصله جهنم وساءت مصيرا that's another discussion we're not studying أصول الفق or fiq right now we're studying عقيدة any other question? عقيدة so what did we say عقيدة what does it actually mean? it means to connect and believe in your heart Allah the angels the six articles of faith and the three that we mentioned here that you tie these concepts in your heart how the scholars of Ahlus Sunnah documented it in their books are we all together? which they took from the Qur'an and the Sunnah say that again according according to the scholars of اتقاد سنة means اتقاد it means belief that's it we have used those six articles and the three فضامنا السنة we're going to the scholars of عقيدة ولذلك ياب كتاب كود كتاب السنة با يوه خلال ياب كتاب السنة با يوه المام البربهاري شرح السنة المام أحمد رحمه والأصول السنة ياب كتاب السنة با يسان عبد الله ابن أحمد ابن حمبل صريح السنة با ابن جد الطبري ياب كتاب السنة and all of it's عقيدة does that make sense? yeah opposite to be done so if they say this is Sunnah they mean if you don't if you do opposite to this you're falling into innovation are we all together? in other words when the Prophet ﷺ said to the companions ستفترق أمتي على ثلاثين وسبعين افرقه my ummah will be divided into 73 sects 73 groups كلها في النار all of the groups are in the Hellfire إلا واحدة except except one the companions they said قال منه يا رسول الله who is this one group that's going to be saved the statements that came from the Prophet ﷺ one narration says that he said الجماعة the group what did he say? the group the scholars they asked who were the group that day? he meant his companions another Rewire explains that what did he say من كان على مثلماء أنا عليه اليوم وأصحري anyone who is upon that which I and my companions are upon so what I am upon means my sunnah and the sunnah of my rightly guided خولا فاء and companions so if you want to be saved you don't have to be from a particular country from a particular background you don't have to look in a particular way all that is needed from you is to be upon the way that the Prophet was upon and the companions were upon you don't have to sign a contract somewhere you don't have to be part of a particular group and have a particular name or just in a particular way none of that all that is needed from you is to be upon the way that the Prophet was and his what? and his companions and then the scholars when they عقيدة they mean that sunnah that way is the sunnah and other than that is innovation does that make sense? has everyone understood that point? and then when علماء العقيدة say sunnah they mean the Prophet's way and his companions way that's sunnah and other than that what is it? innovation anything other than that is newly invented matters صحيح so منهج is it the same as the word عقيدة or they're interchangeably used منهج عقيدة are they both the same? scholars they say that اعتقاد عقيدة and منهج are synonyms that can be used interchangeably but it's also a difference as well the difference is عقيدة is the theoretical side and منهج is the practicality now the applying of what you learn does that make sense? so عقيدة is what? the theory because all of these six that we mentioned they're all beliefs in your heart and the three that we mentioned what are they? concepts that you believe theory take the theories in منهج is now you can apply go apply the عقيدة that you learnt apply it in what way? by respecting the companions let's see you respect it are you with me ترضي عن الصحابة رضي الله عنه that's منهج applying what you learnt so it's not just theory but it's what? that application they call it منهج does that make sense? even the word توهيد even though it's interchangeably used with عقيدة there's also a difference as well there's a difference how many articles of faith that we just say right now there were what's the first one? توهيد is only that one and تؤمن بالله is only توهيد and عقيدة all of them all the six together are you with me so which one is more holistic? عقيدة and توهيد is specific but they also can be used interchangeably because there's a قاعدة which is إذا افترقا وإذا افترقا اجتمعا but we don't want to go into that right now it's too much okay we don't want to go into that we just want to know توهيد and عقيدة mean the same maybe insha'Allah in our next levels we'll study the differences let's first of all know that they're the same for now because that makes sense it'll be beneficial for you because knowing the books even if you don't memorize it to note it down will help you in the future if you want to look into this issue more you will always know where to go to it will always benefit you at least to know one or two books that are written in this particular name is very good are you how did the محديثون I slipped my mind بارك الله فيك the محديثون they define it as ما أضيف إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من قولاً أو فعلاً أو تقريراً أو صفة وخلقية أو خلقية anything that's attributed to the process I said it in terms of speech action ما أضيف إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من قولاً speech ما أضيف إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من قولاً أو صفا or characteristics whether those characteristics are two types the way Allah created him the way that the process he used to walk according to the محديثين الصنا the way he used to eat the way that when he would speak to somebody he would turn his whole body and the process never never talked to somebody from the corner of his head some people when they talk to you they look at you and say okay if نبي الله محمد was talking to somebody he would move fully and look at the person and then he would talk to them according to scholars of hadith this is the sunnah are we all together if the process was fascinated with something قل بكفه he would always turn his hands around like this عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم this is the sunnah according to the who scholars of hadith are we all together also his manners and how he carried himself according to scholars of hadith what is this it's a sunnah so you see each subject each people they define something different فقها they define it as ما يتابه فاعله وَلَا يُعَقَبُ عَلَى تَرْكِيرَ the person who does it gets rewarded and if he leaves he doesn't get punished سُنَّا means voluntary as we call it it's a synonym of what voluntary act like the sunnah before فجر we call it سُنَّا before فجر because you don't have to pray it but it's highly recommended that's the when we say سُنَّا before فجر whose usage are we using right now فقها we're talking about the فقها are we all together but if somebody says to you for example it's a sunnah to eat with your right hand what do they mean by that is it is it voluntary to eat with your right hand do you have to eat with your right hand here don't understand what sunnah that I just used here according to the what I'm using according to the محدي ثون I'm not using according to the فقها are we all together pay attention to that but in the end some people they hear it and they say سُنَّا or Allahumma I don't have to do it they all believe it's a source of legislation they don't deny it what's the four categories the سُنَّا for the محدي ثون the أصولين the فقها and the school is for all of them or all of them yes are all of them all see as the source of our living صحيح but the scholars of عقيدة will not be talking about سُنَّا as a source of legislation they're ready that's not their discussion now if you want to talk about whether it's a source of legislation you talk about that in أصول فق you get it scholars of عقيدة you've already accepted it's a source of the source of legislation طب when we're sitting together it's not from the سُنَّا to say سلام عليكم because we're all here together we're all together who's سلام is for when somebody comes in when somebody leaves or it's the first time I'm seeing somebody or an object gets between me and you while we're walking then to see me again you say سلام عليكم but in a gathering we're all together if you come in you say سلام عليكم but if you're sitting somewhere it's not from the سُنَّا to say سلام عليكم سُنَّا meaning here it's a it's a what it's a bid'a it's an innovation to do it when you meet somebody it's not your job to test them don't test people when you meet them and note down their عقيد would you believe regarding this this is not your job to test people the أصل for the Muslim the person is that they're free from criticism the أصل is سلامة صحيح you judge the person بما ظهر لنا that which he brings out to you are we all together but you do have the rights when you're studying with somebody and now that you want to take knowledge from that person when I'm talking about the general mass we're talking about a person you want to take knowledge from you have the rights as a student to ask that person عقيد the related questions in order to know that you're taking your religion from a pure source but you don't say that to a person you just met in a cafe shop you're sitting or you meet them in a mall and you ask them عقيد the related questions are we all together as for the person that you're taking knowledge from you have the rights to ask them عقيد the related questions because of the statement of the self إن هذا الأمر دينون فنظرو عم تأخذون دينكم you don't want to take the wrong concepts into your religion so you have the rights to ask it but you have to watch the way that you ask and the person should be more than happy to answer your questions it should be what you're facilitating and more than happy to answer your questions you shouldn't be worried to answer it ولي ذلك the scholars were before asked about their عقيد and they would write books الإمام المزني the great Shafi'a scholar he wrote his كتاب شرح السنة when he was asked about his عقيد he didn't hesitate he wrote straight away so this is my belief are we all together الإمام الطحاوي رحمه الله الإمام الطحاوي the great scholar he wrote he's not on his عقيد of his imams ححمد بن حسن الشيباني and أبو حنيفة he said this is the belief that they held and this is the belief I hold are we all together the asal is when it comes to issue of ibadat when it comes to matters of worshipping Allah and getting close to Allah the asal is you're not allowed to do it unless you have evidence does that make sense if it's an act of worship you're not allowed to do it unless you have what evidence that's the default position because why عبادة is based on two things something Allah loves and is what pleased with why are you doing this because Allah loves it and Allah is pleased with it how do you know that Allah loves it and how do you know Allah is pleased with this if you don't have an evidence for it only Allah can tell you I love this and I'm pleased with this صح so when it comes to matters of عبادة what do you need evidence are we all together what do you need evidence so when you do something say my evidence is this Allah said this and the messenger said this does that make sense so the person who does an act of worship he needs to provide the evidence the opposite is when it comes to worldly issues the worldly issues the default position is that you can't do it unless proven otherwise if me and you are walking in the middle of the desert and we see an animal that we've never seen it's got five eyes the first time we've ever seen it the default position is that we can eat it unless you bring an evidence that I can't eat it does that make sense this is called when it comes to business what's the asal business trading what's the the asal is permissible a business trading the asal is that it's permissible and you can do this kind of trading and the person who says it's haram you can't buy this or you can't sell this they have to bring the evidence they shouldn't send you the evidence and send you homework now you say to them you've now said it's haram bring the evidence لكن عبادات the acts of worship is the opposite you're not allowed to do it unless you bring an evidence does that make sense repeat the one question one more time which clear which point the قاعدة is الأصل في العبادات التوقف أما الأصل في العبادات الحضر the asal in عبادات is that you're not allowed to do it meaning you can't do something in the religion unless you have an evidence for it if it's something you want to get closer to Allah buy you have to have evidence for it does that make sense the evidence is قال الله قال الرسول الله said in his messenger said صح as for worldly issues worldly issues you are allowed to marry whoever you want you are allowed to buy and sell whatever you want you are allowed to eat whatever you want all of these are permissibility unless proven otherwise are you with me you can eat what type of food do you like if somebody comes up to who says to me says to you pork is haram you have to what's your evidence and then he has to bring the ayah and says to you خمر خنزيل all of them are haram when he brings the evidence you say سمعنا وعطعنا I hear and I obey does that make sense so سنة here means عقيدة it's outside the عقيدة but that's the the linguistic meaning of سيرا so in other words yes anyone who goes against the سنة according to according to the scholars of عقيدة نعم he's out of the way of the Prophet ﷺ he's upon innovation according to scholars of عقيدة نعم but not according to the فقهة فقهة is you can leave the سنة if you want to shall we stop here إن شاء الله تعالى oh very big yes now طريقة رسول الله سبحانه وتعالى نعم I think we have another class right last question here these kind of issues إن شاء الله تعالى as you can all see we're now starting an introduction right a plan is to give an overview these are issues إن شاء الله تعالى that will be tackled more in related to a particular book that we're studying does that make sense we come to a particular book and we come to these مسائد these particular issues we bring the evidence we'll discuss it we'll go through it in more details I don't want to take away from it by mentioning an answer now but it doesn't suffice properly because we haven't taken it we haven't taken it in a particular book the point for this right now isn't to study عقيدة we're not studying عقيدة are we studying عقيدة no are we doing an overview of عقيدة what does it mean what are the books that are written in it how did it format what stages did it go through so later when we study عقيدة book you understand very well what these subjects deal with deals with does that make sense and last but not least the ultimate goal of عقيدة is that what we all want at the end of the day is that Allah takes everybody to what our goal is that Allah guides and gives everybody a place in what جنة our goal is not that we make it to جنة and everybody else you know you're destroyed and you're from the deviated group that's not our aim does that make sense so when you learn these عقيدة points your biggest effort and your goal is to take the best approach in making sure that you install this install this information in the best of way some people have grown up not studying عقيدة in their entire life and if you just come in a wise way to explain these points some people are willing to take it they've never studied it they've never heard of it and if you come and you explain it calmly and collectively and you bring these points with the evidence إن شاء الله تعالى which you'll see they're more than happy to take it they're what? they're more than happy to take it إن شاء الله تعالى