Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 124

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

مِنْ الصُّدُورِ وَمِنْ الْمَصَاحِفِ، وَيُرْفَعُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؛ لِأَنَّهُ كَلَامُهُ، مِنْهُ بَدَأَ وَإِلَيْهِ يَعُودُ.

From the chests and from the copies of the Quran, and it will be raised to the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, because it is His speech; from Him it began and to Him it returns.

الْعِلْمُ أَيْضًا لَا يُنْتَزَعُ مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ، لَكِنَّهُ يُقْبَضُ بِمَوْتِ الْعُلَمَاءِ، يَمُوتُ الْعُلَمَاءُ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عُلَمَاءُ حَقِيقَةً، وَلَا يَبْقَى عَالِمٌ، فَيَتَّخِذُ النَّاسُ رُؤَسَاءَ، يَعْنِي يَتَّخِذُ النَّاسُ مَنْ يَتَرَأَّسُهُمْ وَيَسْتَفْتُونَهُ، لَكِنَّهُمْ جُهَّالٌ يُفْتُونَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَيَضِلُّونَ وَيُضِلُّونَ - وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - وَتَبْقَى الشَّرِيعَةُ بَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْجُهَّالِ يَحْكُمُونَ بِهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَهُمْ جَهَلَةٌ، وَحِينَئِذٍ لَا يُوجَدُ الْإِسْلَامُ الْحَقِيقِيُّ الَّذِي يَكُونُ مَبْنِيًّا عَلَى الْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ؛ لِأَنَّ أَهْلَهُ قَدْ قُبِضُوا.

Knowledge also is not snatched away from the chests of men, but it is taken away by the death of the scholars; the scholars who are truly scholars die, and no scholar remains, so the people take leaders, meaning the people take those who preside over them and ask them for religious verdicts, but they are ignorant and give verdicts without knowledge, so they go astray and lead others astray - and we seek refuge in Allah - and the Sharia remains among these ignorant ones who judge by it among the people while they are ignorant, and at that time the true Islam that is built upon the Book and the Sunnah will not be found, because its people have been taken away.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (35 verbs · 42 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• سَلَّمَ — to greet
• رَفَعَ — to lift
• شَرْح — explanation
• رَوْضَة — garden
• صَالِح — righteous person