Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 12

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَلْ إِنَّهُ - مَعَ الْأَسَفِ - رُبَّمَا يُشَجِّعُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَعْدَاءَ الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى قِتَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، انْظُرْ إِلَى الْعِمَالَةِ الَّتِي مُلِئَتْ بِهَا الدُّنْيَا فِي بِلَادِنَا، يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ثَمَانُونَ بِالْمِئَةِ مِنْهُمْ كُفَّارًا، وَالْبَاقُونَ مُسْلِمُونَ، مَعَ تَوَافُرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْبِلَادِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي يَغْزُوهَا النَّصَارَى مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ،

(from previous page) ⟵ But unfortunately, the matter, rather, it - unfortunately - may encourage some people, the enemies of Islam, to fight Muslims. Look at the agents that have filled the world in our countries; eighty percent of them could be infidels, and the rest Muslims, despite the availability of Muslims.

انْظُرْ إِلَى الْعِمَالَةِ الَّتِي مُلِئَتْ بِهَا الدُّنْيَا فِي بِلَادِنَا

Look at how our lands are filled with foreign labor.

يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ثَمَانُونَ بِالْمِئَةِ مِنْهُمْ كُفَّارًا

Eighty percent of them might be disbelievers.

وَالْبَاقُونَ مُسْلِمُونَ

The rest are Muslims.

مَعَ تَوَافُرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْبِلَادِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي يَغْزُوهَا النَّصَارَى مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ

This is happening even though there are plenty of Muslims in impoverished Islamic countries currently being besieged by Christians from all sides.

فَتَجِدُ الْمُوَاطِنَ لَا يَهُمُّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُنْهَى عَمَلُهُ،

You find the citizen cares only about finishing his shift.

وَيَقُولُ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ: إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ أَحْسَنُ فِي الْعَمَلِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِ،

Satan whispers to him that the disbeliever is a better worker than the Muslim.

فَالْمُسْلِمُ يَقُولُ: أَذْهَبُ أُصَلِّي، أَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، أَحُجُّ، أَعْتَمِرُ،

The Muslim says, I go to pray, I fast Ramadan, I perform Hajj and Umrah.

أَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَدَائِمًا يَسْتَغِلُّ...

Yet the disbeliever is always taking advantage.

فَيُزَيِّنُ لَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ،

Satan makes his evil deeds seem attractive to him.

لِيَتْرُكَ إِخْوَانَهُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ،

He abandons his Muslim brothers.

وَيَأْتِيَ بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِ حُطَامِ الدُّنْيَا،

He brings in these disbelievers for the sake of worldly scraps.

فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا التَّقَدُّمُ؟

How can we ever expect to progress?

وَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَنَا أَنْ تُقَاتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَالْأَمْرُ هَكَذَا؟!

How can we fight in the cause of Allah when things are like this?

وَالْإِنْسَانُ يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ وَيَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، هَذِهِ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَى غَيْرِنَا أَوْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا؟ يَعْنِي: كَأَنَّهَا لَا تُحَرِّكُ الْمَشَاعِرَ، وَكَأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِكَلَامِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَلَا يَهْتَمُّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِهَذَا، كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَقْرَؤُونَهَا، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَا تُحَرِّكُ فِيهِمْ سَاكِنًا. قَالَ تَعَالَى: (كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ). كُتِبَ: مَنِ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ؟ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا،

A person reads these verses and says, Glory be to Allah.

هَذِهِ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَى غَيْرِنَا أَوْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا؟

Were these revealed for others, or for us?

يَعْنِي: كَأَنَّهَا لَا تُحَرِّكُ الْمَشَاعِرَ

It is as if they stir no emotions at all.

وَكَأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِكَلَامِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

They seem as if they are not the words of the Lord of the worlds.

وَلَا يَهْتَمُّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِهَذَا

Muslims remain indifferent to this.

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَقْرَؤُونَهَا، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ لَا تُحَرِّكُ فِيهِمْ سَاكِنًا

They read them every day, yet they remain completely unmoved.

قَالَ تَعَالَى: (كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ)

Allah the Exalted said, Fighting has been enjoined upon you.

كُتِبَ: مَنِ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ؟ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

Enjoined—who enjoined it? Allah, Majestic and Exalted.

وَكُتِبَ بِمَعْنَى فُرِضَ،

Enjoined means mandated.

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ، كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ،

Fasting has been mandated for you.

كُلُّهَا مَفْرُوضَةٌ عَلَيْنَا.

All these are binding upon us.

كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْ تَكْرَهُونَهُ،

Fighting has been mandated for you, even though it is something you dislike.

لَكِنَّهُ خَيْرٌ، وَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ،

Yet it is good for you.

وَعَسَى أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئًا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ

Perhaps you dislike something, yet it is good for you.

لَوْ كَرِهْتُمُوهُ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ، مَا هُوَ الْخَيْرُ؟ (وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ. يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ). هَذَا خَيْرٌ عَظِيمٌ،

Even if you hate it, it is good.

مَا هُوَ الْخَيْرُ؟

What is this good?

(وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ)

And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,

(فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ)

They rejoice in what Allah has granted them of His bounty.

(وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ)

Rejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

(يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ)

They receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

هَذَا خَيْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

This is a great good.

وَكَمَا سَيَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فِي الْآيَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ: (إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَى مِنَ).

As will come, God willing, in the third verse: (Indeed, Allah has purchased the chapter on the obligation of jihad and the virtue of going forth in the morning and evening). ⟶ (sentence continues on next page)

Vocabulary · المفردات (36 verbs · 52 nouns)

• شَجَّعَ — to encourage
• نَظَرَ — to look
• مَلَأَ — to fill
• كَانَ — to be
• غَزَا — to invade
• وَجَدَ — to find
• هَمَّ — to concern
• نَهَى — to finish
• قَالَ — to say
• حَسُنَ — to be good
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• صَلَّى — to pray
• صَامَ — to fast
• حَجَّ — to perform pilgrimage
• اعْتَمَرَ — to perform umrah
• اسْتَغَلَّ — to exploit
• زَيَّنَ — to adorn
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• أَتَى — to come
• قَاتَلَ — to fight
• قَرَأَ — to read
• أَنْزَلَ — to reveal
• حَرَّكَ — to move
• اهْتَمَّ — to care
• كَتَبَ — to write
• فَرَضَ — to mandate
• كَرِهَ — to hate
• حَسِبَ — to think
• قَتَلَ — to kill
• رَزَقَ — to provide
• آتَى — to give
• اسْتَبْشَرَ — to rejoice
• لَحِقَ — to follow
• حَزِنَ — to grieve
• أَضَاعَ — to waste
• اشْتَرَى — to buy
• أَسَف — regret
• بَعْض — some
• نَاس — people
• عَدُو — enemy
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• قِتَال — fighting
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• عِمَالَة — labor
• دُنْيَا — world
• بِلَاد — country
• مِئَة — hundred
• كَافِر — disbeliever
• بَاقِي — remainder
• تَوَافُر — availability
• فَقِير — poor
• نَصْرَانِي — Christian
• وَجْه — direction
• مُوَاطِن — citizen
• عَمَل — work
• شَيْطَان — Satan
• رَمَضَان — Ramadan
• سُوء — evil
• أَخ — brother
• حُطَام — vanity
• تَقَدُّم — progress
• سَبِيل — path
• أَمْر — matter
• إِنْسَان — human
• آيَة — verse
• سُبْحَان — glory
• غَيْر — other
• مَشَاعِر — feelings
• كَلَام — speech
• رَبّ — Lord
• عَالَم — world
• يَوْم — day
• سَاكِن — stillness
• صِيَام — fasting
• مَفْرُوض — mandated
• كُرْه — hatred
• خَيْر — good
• شَيْء — thing
• مَيِّت — dead
• حَيّ — alive
• فَرِح — happy
• فَضْل — bounty
• خَلْف — behind
• خَوْف — fear
• نِعْمَة — blessing
• أَجْر — reward
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• عَظِيم — great