Hadith Disciple Q&A

Thank you. >> One second. >> [snorts] [sighs] >> What is the method by which scholars study the with its v various and when they study hadith book what is the method they do that?

Is it structured like from beginning to the end or do they study one and all? >> Clear. So in general first and foremost they say uh a maxim absolute maxim among the people of hadith a rule a slogan that they have a creed.

is that you must gather and collect. That's principle number one. So if it's one book, several books, one issue, you need to what?

>> Gather. Another slogan of the people of Hadith of they would say They would say when you're learning and listening, be greedy. Take a big gigantic thing and do what?

Grab everything. And when you're teaching and spreading fetish then you need to meticulously what? Sort through everything.

So that is supposed to be the mindset of gathering as much data rather gathering all of the data and then breaking it down chopping it up analyzing it deciphering it and then come bang clear on this. So therefore a hadith can have several different chains of narration which differ and a hadith can have several chains of narration which are similar or supportive corroborating. I already understand this.

So if a chain of narration for example in this book has four men in most cases the first two men can be removed from other you know Bkarih Muslim etc. All other chains go back to all other chains go back to as an example. You understand?

[clears throat] So therefore one book where is this hadith found in Sah Bkari? How many places did he mention it? Let me gather everything let alone outside of Bkari.

So therefore there are different principles in science of hadith. This theory this mindset is the starting point of it all. Gathering everything before you decipher.

Don't come to a conclusion until you've done thorough research and then you put your knowledge into practice. that's in brief. >> So when it comes as you mentioned in the class about um Hiraculous bearing the sins of all of his followers if he did not accept Islam, could that also be translated to the household with the father?

>> Absolutely. Certain things that he's responsible for or he introduces them to. Absolutely.

The general rule once again. All right. You're only responsible for your deeds on your scale.

That's the general rule. But if you call to misguidance, promote misguidance. If you allow misguidance under your watch, no doubt.

So therefore, my son is smoking weed. I don't smoke weed, but I know he's smoking weed in my house. I don't say anything.

I don't do anything. I don't teach him. I don't want you [clears throat] bear responsibility of that, unfortunately.

And anything else that is a part or from your job description as a father or an imam of the household, your wife not wearing hijab, your daughter's not wearing hijab, any other haram stuff that you're allowing and condoning, let alone promoting or supporting or funding. Even worse, huh? I'm paying for my son's weed addiction.

It's a problem. It's a problem. So, you know, some people they might have reverted to Islam or they weren't practicing Islam like their whole family, you know, they came from another country of Allah.

If they're trying to, like I said, they're trying to >> We are not making We are not condoning the >> owing yourself. It's not It's not me. It's not me.

>> Not not not tonight. >> No selfare. No self in the huh.

Ahmed >> Ibakus. Huh? Bakus.

What's What's the history of that name? That's all. The ancient Roman what?

God of wine. Is it lawful to keep that name? >> There we go.

>> That's why you're my guy anyway. Right. Is I im Muhammad or others the likes are they included in the the disciples?

It's a yes and a no answer. Yes and no. The yes part is if he if he met Muhammed studied with Shafi he's his pupil.

the no part it doesn't mean that he is a follower of Shafi's theory and his philosophy his his principles all of them obviously Ahmed on the same page Islam Sunnah etc you get the point I'm trying to make let alone the fact that he met Ahmed may Allah have mercy upon him he became totally independent he was totally independent so that's the no part like a family tree coaches is he's his own head coach now even though he was the defensive coordinator. So, so no from that aspect definitely what let alone Muhammed may Allah mercy upon him his position concerning opinion and his respect and fear and awe of the you was asked about eating the flesh of a frog. Can you eat a frog?

Can can you have frog legs? Mhmed he told that that you know his student he said like you know basically not really you shouldn't need it and the man asked him well the hadith is concerning the frogs Muhammad said the hadith is mentioned it's mentioned it's what >> stop there even though it's weak what so if that was his position concerning the hadith which was a little there was some weakness imagine what he felt about that which was what so Mahhammed He had different values that all of the had. They all shared the thing.

But his values something he was a little what little what a little different. A little different. And this is one of the reasons why Muhammed's methab was never considered one of the four.

And to this very day, many people don't consider his methab to be one of the four. He was too raw. He was too too hardcore.

Too what? Don't even put me in that category. Uhhuh.

H. Don't even what fan don't even it's disrespect to even what? >> Keep me out of that category.

when you do try to >> victimhood >> clear. Well, if you're talking to a Muslim and they're denying the fact that there's racism or prejudice or discrimination, I mean, you know, what does the Quran say? Why does the Quran even establish that in the best of you are those who who have the most tawa?

Why would the law say that if there wasn't the problem of people thinking that they're better because of other reasons? So that's just basic common sense. If I say to you guys the the the best brother, the best disciple is he who comes to class every day, that would mean that there's already a what?

There's a dispute. There's a hierarchy according to some. I'm the best disciple because I knew him the longest or I such and such.

No, the best one is he who comes to class every day. So therefore, the Quran clearly affirms the fact that there is hey people thinking that they're superior tribe whatever for for the wrong reasons. So that's what I would say that the Quran are you different that's basic logic.

Secondly, the prophetatam and so many different a hadith, he told us about the realities of feudalism and tribalism and the different things that people have. Okay. I mean I mean where would you like to start?

The four things four things in my um that would never go away. The people will never abandon four things. The people, my followers will never leave off.

Taking pride in one's own lineage and poking and pointing what? That's clear as day. There's hadith after hadith after hadith.

So, it's not about victimhood. Maybe I am a victim. Maybe you are a victim.

for sure. But the truth is the truth. Whether I have an agenda or arterial motive or not, whether I'm worried about it, the hawk is the hawk.

And obviously, many things in Islam or many things us as Muslims, we're too ashamed to accept. But it's the hawk, though. Got to accept the truth.

It's embarrassing and shameful, but it doesn't mean that it's not the what? Doesn't mean it's not the truth. So you have to empty your cup spiritually even if you can't implement it but you got to accept the huck and who can deny the fact that the Muslims including myself started with myself we have problems we do we have many problems and there are many basic teachings of Islam that we are not implementing from that is racism or tribalism clanism it's a it's a reality a sad reality May the Lord help us.

Father >> just justifying it. The Muslim. No.

>> Abs. Well, you're right. I agree.

People always eat snacks and have crumbs. So, don't don't vacuum the mash your carpet. Right or wrong?

Kids will always what? Make a mess. Is this not the case?

Kids will be kids. What do you do though? You tell your kid don't eat on the floor.

Don't do this. Don't do that. So that's you're just you're just being a hypocrite.

And that is you being afraid of looking in the mirror and accepting it, accepting the ugliness. Keep it real. And there are many things like that.

The non-Muslims fighting, oh, the Muslims are going to be weak. That doesn't mean it's an excuse to allow it. There will always be thieves, but you have your money in a safe in a vault, don't you?

In a bank, don't you? So that that's just hypocrisy. That's just you accepting to you failing to accept the truth.

Unfortunately, >> when there's a there's a situation of um how do we choose as a >> what does the layman do concerning? How does the layman choose when there's etc? It's a great question.

And the answer has been given by the scholars for years for gener generations decades. There are principles there are there are rules there are boundaries from them is you asking the person that you believe to be the most learned and the most pious with the law. I don't know behind closed doors.

I don't know. But I believe that this brother is pious and I believe that he's well verssed. So if I have three people I can ask three imams is Mahad, there is Habib and there is Salah.

Just as an example I say I believe that Mahad is the most pious. He may be a relative of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So therefore I want to ask him and I also believe he's the most well-versed.

All three of them are graded mamas, but I think he's what? His blade is a little his edge is just a little what? Just a little.

The razor is a little little more precise. No disrespect to them. I'm going to ask him.

That's one principle versus me intentionally or just recklessly going and asking anybody when I had the opportunity to ask someone that was I was clearly better. Number two, the safest view. following the safest view.

You can never lose by following the safest view. So Mahad and Sal they differ on an issue. Sol is a scholar.

He says it's permissible. It's okay. It's not haram.

Mah says no it is haram. It's a major sin. Sal could be right.

I'm going to go with mahad because it keeps me in safety. A third principle could be looking at a person's specialtity. They're both great scholars.

However, Sal specializes in Islamic finance. He specializes in Islamic finance versus Mahad. He specializes in doesn't mean that he doesn't know about Islamic finance.

He didn't study it, but he specializes in it. Number four is comparing the answers. even for a lay person.

And you are responsible for being sincere. You are responsible for using common sense. You are responsible for using the basics of Islam.

So every lay Muslim, whether you like it or not, has the responsibility of using some reasoning. Some reasoning. And you can't just say, "Oh, he's a shake.

I don't know. " you have enough common sense to know that fatwa doesn't sound too he could be he could be right he is ah but I don't know about that one and that goes back to the principle of safety everyone understand this after that the more that you learn about and you read their proof and their evidence can help you discern it can help you understand by looking at what they say look at what they present like buying a car, right? I don't know much about cars, but I know the features of this car is a page long versus or a paragraph.

In most cases, the page of detail of features is going to be so you have to you have to compare. So there's a level of jihad that the laid Muslim has to make and there's a level of tak that a scholar is always going to make. Sometime you're going to have to take or listen to somebody off of just blind trust.

That's a fact. So these are some of the principles and some of the rules. Some of them we say what some of them and they're very important especially in the United States and alone John excuse me >> etc.

What's the rule on adding to the shiain somebody accepts Islam? Do they have to denounce the worship of Christ or the divinity of Christ etc. Scholars of the past, they've spoken on this.

They talk they this not, this isn't a new thing. Some scholars, they say if the person was a Christian or Catholic, then they must denounce the divinity of Christ upon accepting Islam and acknowledge he some say this. So, it's not a new thing.

Me personally, I mean, if they want to be a Muslim in 2026, would they accept Islam believing that that God is one of three? In most cases, they already pretty much ready to what? >> To denounce that.

However, for clarity and safety, some of them have stipulated that. But if you open up that door, okay, this person used to be a pagan. So they in in the shahada they have to that includes him being the last him being the final his message being superior.

So it depends on on a scenario I would say. >> I think the question of not question of giving something that is recommended clear given is obligatory. There's no doubt about that.

Anyone who dies without having his neck no he dies the death ofah. So there's no difference. There should be no different about that about the ruling of bea.

Who do you give the bay to? That's a different discussion. If there is no legitimate Islamic ruler, then that's a different discussion.

But the the the rule of the is waj and it's very important for us to look at it as such. What's the ruling on jihad? Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Is what? When?

How? The specifics different story. But the starting point is that that thing is supposed to be what?

And that's a general Islamic obligation in general. In general. So who you give the bay to this leader, this imam, this person, the the this secret master that no one can know about.

N remember we were in the UK. He said my shake said that. I said who's your shake?

He said well you you wouldn't know him. You you wouldn't know who he is. I said no problem.

Tell me who he is. He said he he you know he can't I can't reveal him. [laughter] Yeah.

So yeah I mean different groups giving ba to different people. It depends on who who when and where. But the for argument sake there's a legitimate Islamic ruler supposed to give him ba and give him your oath of allegiance and feelalty and and obedience.

There's no doubt about that. How do we approach >> a non-Muslim relative? How do you approach it?

Go to the janaza, help your family bury your relative, assist them in the burial. You can offer support and solace and condolences for your family, support, emotional support for them. And you represent Islam through your appearance, through your actions.

I'm a Muslim. This is what Islam is about. I don't agree with this.

I don't believe in this. I don't say this. You represent and then you keep it moving.

Inshallah, Zack. know significantly easier. uffering from some type of disturbance or something is off mentally, bipolar, the split personality disorder, etc.

, etc. They have special rulings based off of how sound their mind is or isn't. And it could even be a ratio.

I'm a little, you know, a can short of a of a six-pack or 12-pack. I'm not fully, you know, crazy, but I have somewhat I have some issues. Allah knows certain things that happened, certain trauma I've whatever the case may be.

But the problem is me abusing that. If I have one can missing, it doesn't mean that I'm missing a whole pack. It's not an allowance for me to do what I want to do because of one soda missing.

And many people, they have this problem versus I'm missing the whole six-pack. I'm I've been declared insane or etc. That's a different story.

So allahel he knows. You have to be sincere. You have some problems.

You have some issues. You have some things that you need to work on. That's one thing.

That's one thing. But if your mind is there half the time, then that's when you're responsible. 75% that's what you're responsible for.

You can clearly, you know, right from wrong even with this mental issue, you're responsible for that. I'm having a breakout or an attack versus I'm normal now. You're responsible for that.

And it's also important to communicate communicate you let people know like look I you know if you see me doing this I have what I have some issues. So please ahead of time pardon me that's not me for real for real or afterwards. What I said last night or what I did I was in this state.

So it's very important to be clear but that leads to another problem in our communities. Son Shik John was mentioning concerning the different taboss that we have. We look down upon people who have these issues.

We shun them. We shame them instead of embracing and accepting and say alhamdulillah. You know when you see someone that's been tested with a thing you should be grateful.

But we're taught in our culture to make fun of people who suffer from these mental issues, to laugh at them, to mock them. Unfortunately, What's the rule on gift in the teacher [laughter] recommended maybe obligatory right the prophet would accept the right he wouldn't take but he would accept the gift he was their teacher so therefore it's permissible to give your teacher a gift but just know the line know allege the gift shouldn't be a bribe. >> And of course, there's a thin line between gift and bribe, but there there is a line.

Nonetheless, there's a what? So, that's a general rule. You're supposed to be sincere when you give a gift.

Okay? Most of us, unfortunately, it's very difficult for us to be sincere when we give gifts. We give gifts to curry favors or to attach strings or to own you.

Now, I'm just looking when the people donate to a mid how they behave. Right or wrong, they give money to the masid. They my voice matters.

My opinion matters. I have to have a say in what happens in this masid. That's a mushkila.

It's a problem. But at the end of the day, your your teacher is your brother. He's still your brother and your teacher could also be your friend.

Your student could be your friend. But my advice would be is to know the line. There's a time in which you not supposed to make that joke with your teacher.

There's a time in which you're supposed to know. Okay, it's turn on a serious switch. No laughing, no joking.

Did you do the homework, Habib? Did you memorize the hadith? Oh, come on.

She come on. Nah, this is serious professional question. Did you do the homework?

So, there's a time for laughing and joking, being brothers, roasting each other, right? And then there's a time in which is what serious business. And obviously those lines can become blurry.

They can be what? Some brothers they threaten their you know you know what I mean? Do all types of you know stuff harm to their you know what I mean?

And this is a from Lindsor Ontario. Is it the responsibility of a wife to have of a wife to have to continually wake up her husband three to four times for salah, work, etc. ?

Should the wife or does the wife have to wake up the husband if he's snoring? >> Three to four times. >> She should wake him up for the for sure.

If she's up, he's asleep. There's no excuse for her not to wake him up. Inshallah, he's your brother.

So try to wake him up for the salah three or four times. Not as a husband, but as a brother. As a brother.

Not as a husband, as a what? >> Yeah. Would I let my brother oversleep?

And I know he needs to get up and wake up for salah or for work. So if I if you know I got to go to work, shake, you let me oversleep. Come on, man.

I would look at you what? Some type of what? >> Some type of way.

So I think it's very important in these different discussions to never ever forget that your wife or your husband is still your brother and sister let alone your friend. Would a brother or sister or friend do that? Now a person is extremely exhausted.

Next question. Y from Roswell, Georgia. What is the ruling on the definition of the shoulders being visible when wearing an abaya?

Specifically, is it obligatory for the head covering to flow down over the shoulders to conceal their shape, or is it permissible for the to only cover the head and chest, leaving the shoulders defined, though still covered by the abaya? The shoulders and the chest of the woman should be covered from above from up top whether that is with an overgarment abaya or not. So I should not see the contour of the woman's shoulders, her neck, her arms, her chest.

So if I'm wearing an abaya, I'm going to make sure that I wear a kimar over the abaya which is not tucked in. It should not be tucked in. The kimar should drape and fall down over the shoulders and the chest and the longer and the wider it falls the better.

Does that mean that it is mandatory for a woman's garment to be a burka or a overhead abaya one piece from head all the way to the bottom in which there's a clear major breaking of the this area it goes from here to there like this that being best that being safest for sure but to say that that's mandatory a condition and that's the only acceptable hijab. Even if I'm wearing an with a big long chemo over top of it, I can't necessarily say that. However, regardless of what you're going to wear, if I'm a sister, I am not going to wear an abaya and have my kimar tucked in.

Even though my shoulders are covered, but the contour of my shoulders and arms are still visible, let alone your chest. So, that's a problem. let alone etc.

Wallah initials JM from Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. How do I enroll for Medina University? I have nothing holding me back and I'm ready to go at the drop of a dime.

I just don't know how to apply. >> I would say go online. Inshallah, you can apply online.

>> Mr ad from Belgium. >> What city? >> City and state.

Next question. Saudi portal online. Grandmaster.

cancel. step [snorts] trauma, people being triggered by certain words such as slave or obedient, etc. Trauma.

Trauma. Yanni. People have trauma or brainwash society, movies, media.

Slave. We automatically hear the word slave and just think the worst. Obedience and submission.

We think the worst. That's unfortunate. So therefore I remember once this is very interesting some years ago I think you was there Nafish we had um it was an open discussion we were having it was me some Muslim and non-Muslim teenagers and a Jesuit father from the Catholic church wasn't no interfaith nonsense but it was you know it was a discussion so they asked me to speak about Islam to the Muslim children and to the non-Muslim children etc.

So I went there and I spoke about what Islam is, what Islam is not, pillars of Islam, aran of iman, etc. , etc. And I mentioned to bear witness that Muhammad is his slave and messenger.

We are slaves of Allah, slaves of God, so on and so forth. So when it was time for the children to ask question, it was a teenager, non-Muslim teenager said, "Hey, you mentioned slave and Islam. " And I'm like, So, it wasn't my turn to answer the question.

It was the father, the Jesuit. He, you know, he answered the question. And he said, he's he's not a Muslim now.

He had to explain and to break down to the Gen Z teenager what I meant by the word slave from the Catholic perspective. What he means is submission to God. Da da da.

You're being a servant of God. Da da da da. And he was like, "Oh, I get it.

Now, you get the moral of the story. This is a non-Muslim having to dumb it down to another cuz our society, we have been taught, we've been whether we like it or not, me, we've been brainwashed to think the worst and to to when we hear the word to associate with a TV show or a movie or abuse, be submissive to your husband, backhand. That's how our minds are wired.

It's a good thing to be rebellious to your husband. To be independent, you don't need a man to make more money than your husband. I have to ask for permission.

I have to do this. What? What type of 1920s brainwash?

So the Sunnah, no doubt about it, the Quran and the Sunnah, a big part of the Quran and Sunnah is the old school and the oldfashioned values. So when we talk about, you know, the rulings, we have to look at society and culture too and certain things have been demonized for agenda purposes. So you got to you got to break it down.

Your trauma sister, it doesn't have nothing to do with Islam. Being submissive to your husband doesn't mean your husband can abuse you and beat you up and run all over you. Doesn't mean that.

But the ruling is you are supposed to be that's the hawkam initials as from Helsingborg Sweden. Where does the beard start and end? Can you physically point it out?

>> Can you physically point out where the beard starts and ends? We need a a bearded brother. Maybe someone as yourself but with the mustache trim.

Now I feel stupid. I'm not I'm not I don't with him. All jokes aside, the beard the scholars of Islam have told us the following points.

Number one, any hair on the chin. Anything on the chin is a part of the beard, including this. So this all of this is beard.

Anything on my chin is what? Beard. Any part of this whatever is called chin is automatically beard and any ruling of the beard is going to be included in all hair on the chin length width etc.

Chin number two is the hair of the cheeks the cheekbones. So anything is on my two cheeks here is a part of the and the rulings of the ley will apply. Can I shape up my beard?

Can I trim my hair up here? Where does the cheekbone start and end? That is the beard.

And last but not least, the jawbone. So chin, cheek, and jaw. That is the So let's say from here it's sideburn all the way on down connecting to the chin the cheeks that excludes the neck Adam's apple that excludes the mustache that that excludes one's eye so on and so forth.

[cough] [clears throat] [snorts] In this essay from London, UK salam. Alhamdulillah. My wife and I are expecting our first child, a daughter.

Is it from the sunnah to shave the head of a baby girl? My wife would prefer if we didn't. Alhamdulillah.

Congratulations. May Allah bless your child. A mean allow you to have many more righteous, healthy Muslim children.

>> If you want to shave the baby girl's head, you can do so. Inshallah. Your wife not wanting to shave the baby girl's head shouldn't be a factor.

It's either the sunna or it's not. What I think, what I fear, oh, it's a girl. What's important is if it's a if you shave the girls, their hair is going to grow back.

And in many cultures around the world, they systematically shave the hair of a baby girl. Is this not the case? When they grow up, do they suffer from hair loss or Appalachia or anything?

So there shouldn't be no what? Fear. If she has a shaving head, it's nothing but a matter of time before the hair is going to grow back.

You get a little cute cap with the bow for the baby girl. It's no issue. Is it the sun to shave the baby girl's head based off of proof and evidence?

That's it. Not oh no, it's a little we do it or we don't. So therefore the hadith states alam hulam young boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy boy child mud however here's a generality in which he can't include a baby girl as well some scholars say it's exclusive to a boy some say it's general for both sexes the safest thing to do would be to shave the head to be included in the generality be aware of the more I'm the point of The story is as a parent, you have to be careful of having fear and anxiety concerning implementing the rulings on your children.

That's the moral of the story. Oh, I'm scared and it's such a little boy. Ya bismillah, shave the head, circumcise him.

He's a 2-year-old. He's a four-year-old. Make him do this.

You can't be too tender and too afraid and too scared in which you ignore what Allah wants from you because of the tenderness of the child. That's the danger. And once you start making concessions, you keep making concessions.

Oh, he's only two. Don't do it yet. Oh, he's only five.

No, no. Oh, he's only seven. No, no.

And the next thing you know, he's a big walking talking grown loser. That's a reality. That's the reality.

He's a 15year-old, 14year-old, 16y old who doesn't want to do anything. Can't do anything because you were too soft and gentle. You afraid to make him do the things that he was supposed to do when he was nine.

Now he's 16 on a sofa eating, drinking, sleeping. That's it. It's unfortunate.

Let's keep it real. Your daughter doesn't want to wear hijab. It's too late now.

You were supposed to put your foot down when back then. I don't want to wear it. I don't care what you want.

You're going to wear it. That's an obligation for you to put it on. You have to put your foot down as a parent.

That's the danger of of parenthood. So, and I'm I'm speaking from a point of experience. If you have if you don't have the firmness, then it's going to come a time in which is what?

It's too late. May Allah help us all. And this is Emmy from Leburg area, Northern Virginia.

Miy, I'm struggling to save enough money for a used car up front and I'm very skeptical of the Islamic American Islamic lenders. Are there any valid halal lenders? May Allah make it easy for you.

Lending money has always been a slippery slope. Always has been, always will be. The Quran gives us guidance concerning lending money.

The longest verse in the Quran is about lending money. So there are always people out there. If you're looking for the truth, someone else is as well.

That's the rule. Virtue always finds company. That's a fact.

That's a right idea. I'm trying to get married. I want a sister who wears hijab.

If that's what you're looking for, know for sure it's a hijabi sister out there who's looking for a brother who wants to practice too. So you have to have patience and finding them. You have to make dua and you take the opportunity if and when it comes.

If it doesn't come and you need the car, you fear Allah the best way you know how. Fear Allah the best way that you can. Wallam.

Father, both of my kids love >> and sometimes Uh, no. I don't say no. And I kind of let them leave.

[clears throat] Tell me what the ruling is. >> How old are they? >> Well, my son, my daughter is 9 years old.

>> Okay. >> And my daughter. >> Understood.

As far as your nine-year-old son, and I I would let him lead the salah. Let's say, for example, he could lead the Fart. He could lead the obligatory prayer.

and even easier and have more room in him leading the recommended prayer. We're going to make our sunnas together. You be the imam, we split it, son.

I'll lead the f, you lead the sunnah. That way, you don't even have to get into the thing of telling them, "No, he gets to be a leader. You stay away from any issues.

Is the prayer invalid or not? " But for argument sake, a 9-year-old boy, young man can lead the salah even if he's not in puberty. There's a different discussion on that issue.

Al-M is can he lead the salah or not. So to be on a safe side, you lead the f you lead have him lead the sunnah. As far as your daughter, then inshallah you want to get her in a in a practice of leading a salah when she prays with her mother or her sisters.

That's a good thing. Allah has blessed you to have children who want to do good. You never hold your children back from wanting to do good, but you offer guidance and boundaries on what's correct and what's incorrect.

[clears throat] Most of our children, they grow up not wanting to do good because we stifle their spiritual development. We hold them back. My son wants to be a Quran reciter, but I want to make him be a businessman.

It's very sad. Very sad. So, if your child wants to do good, you're supposed to push them.

You're supposed to push them and encourage them. Clear? >> [snorts] >> Father Abraimit, we're trying to prevent a person from crossing us.

Are we allowed to use our feet? >> Like a sutra. Understood.

The origin is that should be done with the hands. It should be done with the hands. But for argument sake, [laughter] you got to use your foot.

Do not allow Don't allow no one to walk in front of you. The hadith not hadith hadith teaches this. So you stop them however you can.

The prophetatam when the sheep was about to cross in front of him his belly touched the wall. He didn't just it didn't you know but it don't have to be a thing which only your hand understand. However, for argument sake, if somebody's trying to pass in front of me, I put up my hand, they run into, you know, hopefully I don't clothesline them, right?

They make they may take more offense than you kicking them, but for argument sake, I didn't kick you, but I just what? Put on my foot. But be careful of not tripping them as well.

>> So, the arm, the forearm is always safer. It's always what? From them being offended, from them getting tricked.

I mean uh tripping or anything like this, but for argument's sake, stop them from walking in front of you however you can. Well, I see from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Asalam alaikum.

How do we advise those that believe the beard is mustab and not wag? >> How do we advise those who believe that uh the beard is only recommended and not obligatory? >> [snorts] >> Well, first and foremost, ask them why.

Why is it recommended? What makes the beard recommended? Most people say things they don't even understand themselves, blindly following others.

Not why is the beard only recommended? Just ask them why is it recommended? Ask them that question.

Why should a Muslim man have a beard? Well, the prophet had one. Okay, good.

And this and that. The righteous people, they have beards, so on and so forth. That's a step that you can build upon.

All right. So, what's the ruling on following the prophet? Obligatory or recommended a as a starting point.

Of course, they're going to say we have to follow the prophet unless it's proven that is only. So, now say what's the proof that the beard is only recommended? Then if the prophet had it, if the prophet told us to have beards, when did he say accept or it's okay.

So that's what I would do. See what they say. Obviously, if a man grows a beard and he doesn't have it, he has to shave it.

So it's recommended for me to make these additional prayers at night. I have to get up, make pray versus the beard growing naturally and me shaving it. They're two different levels now.

Me performing passively or actively. Understand the difference. I'm going to make these additional sunnah things versus this thing comes and then I remove it.

So when you remove the hair from your face, what what does that make you look like? a male, a female, a boy, are you clinging on to the non-Muslims kufur? So get them to think critically.

That's what I would say. And if they don't agree, tell there's scholars who say that you don't have to have a beard is recommended. That's if that's what you sincerely believe.

I can't force you. I can only explain why I'm doing it, but I can't what? I can't force you.

I can't abuse you into following what I believe to be the truth. >> What is the ruling may Allah protect us from that. I mean, things get complicated and complex, but I mean, somebody who's clearly openly hostile towards Muslims and you're protecting them, helping them, that's a tough bullet to bite.

I would pray that I would never be in that situation. That it would never come to that. Yiani, you have an agreement with this non-Muslim.

You have a pact with this country, but they're clearly bloodthirsty, lusting after the blood and flesh of Muslims. Yeah, I I wouldn't want to stand in front of Allah with that on the day of judgment. I'd rather stand in front of a law with drinking alcohol, zena, stealing than in front of standing in front of a law.

Oh Allah, I supported these people in spilling the blood of your servants. That's very difficult to be in. May Allah help us all.

AG from Cairo, Egypt. What do you think of the opinions some scholars took that praying that not praying in congregation without an excuse invalidates the prayer? What do I think about this?

Be our last question tonight inshallah. What do I think about the opinion that states that if you do not pray in jama, if you avoid the jama without a legitimate excuse, your prayer is invalid. that jama is a shock, a condition of valid prayer.

Well, I think that opinion has some strength to it and has some validity to it. Some the general rule, a prohibition demands invalidity. So you're prohibited from imitating the who do not pray in the masid, who systematically avoid the masid when they have no excuse or legitimate reason to stay away from it.

So therefore, [snorts] if you're not doing what the prophet told you and you're doing what the prophet told you not to do, that's a prohibition. So it's a it's a big possibility that the thing that you're doing which is prohibited can now be turned into being invalid. So the scholars they differ over this issue such as does an incorrect divorce count?

If a man divorces his wife after he had sexual intercourse with her, if he divorces his wife while she's ministrating, that's that's impermissible. It's haram. That's incorrect.

But is it valid? Does it count? So the scholars who say that the incorrect divorce does count whoever does a thing which is not in accordance to our way.

So some scholars they say if you do something that's normally valid but it's based off of a pro prohibition then that thing becomes invalid. So therefore, if Jamaah is obligatory, step one, you don't have an excuse to be away from the masid, step two. Some say that your prayer will be invalid based off of the first two steps.

So that opinion, even if it's not the most correct opinion or my personal opinion, that opinion has somewhat has some strength to it. Last but not least, the danger of allowing the thing to be valid even though you're going against that which is mandatory. It gives people the option.

So if I'm told your prayer is invalid unless you pray in the masid, if you're within the vicinity of the masid, you hear the adan to go to the masid and you don't pray in the masid, you have no prayer. What is that going to make me do? Absolutely.

I'm going to be scared and afraid of my prayer being versus the telling me, uh, you don't, yes, you have to go to the mach, but if you don't, your prayer is still valid. Oh, okay, cool. It's just nothing more than a sin added to the long list of my other sins that I'm going to get rid of in Ramadan.

Right, Habib? My Ramadan resolution. I'm going to stop eating these carbs in, you know, the next next next New Year's.

I'm going to lose some weight. I'm going to do this. I'm going to work out.

I'm going to such and such. Keep it be honest with yourself. So, that that's an opinion to be looked at.

Uh, and it's dangerous avoiding the masid without an excuse, without a legitimate reason. And there are many different other things of which the man differ concerning mandatory versus condition. If you don't say bisah before you make woodoo is your woo invalid or is it valid but you get sin when you slaughter the animal you have to say but if you don't say is the slaughtering and valid everyone understand the principle allahel truly knows best we'll stop here tonight brothers and sisters please don't forget about our programs inshallah every Saturday starting at 11:00 a.

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