Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – EID MUBARAK Whether You Prayed Eid or Not How to Deal With the Differences

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The segment discusses the confusion surrounding the MAC MAC, which was supposed to be a holy grail for Muslims, but was shut down due to the pandemic. There is a need for everyone to be strong in their own beliefs, and the best course of action is to adhere to the interviewed experts. minimizing differences of opinion is crucial, and it is unlikely that a situation like this will happen in the future.

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			Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim
hamdulillah Ramana Alameen wa
		
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			Salatu was Salam ala so even more
serene while he or sabe he he
		
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			remain a member,
		
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			a belated Eid Mubarak to
everybody. And I just wanted to
		
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			cover something
		
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			very shortly.
		
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			hamdulillah Allah subhanho wa
Taala allowed us to come through
		
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			Ramadan, and through the eat as
well. eidl fitter, despite the
		
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			lockdown.
		
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			Of course, there were various
different views that we heard as
		
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			we went through whether GEOMAR
should be performed, how taraweeh
		
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			should be performed. And also,
finally, there was the discussion
		
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			about either fitrah prayer, since
the lockdown there wasn't going to
		
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			be much of an access to the masjid
for most people. So where do you
		
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			do your Eid prayer? Do you even do
your eat prayer? So there are
		
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			various different opinions about
this.
		
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			early on about two weeks or so
before Eid, we from ourselves, we
		
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			put out that our understanding was
that just like gym operators
		
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			should not be reduced to the homes
and it is something which is more
		
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			of a congregational prayer.
Likewise, it is even more of a
		
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			congregational prayer. And that's
why our suggestion was that
		
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			according to our reading of the
texts of the Hanafi school, the
		
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			there is no such thing as Eid
prayer in the houses because it's
		
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			supposed to be done together.
However, there were other opinions
		
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			as well from respectable
individuals, respectable scholars,
		
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			and respectable move these from
around the world. Now, that is all
		
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			fine. Later, we didn't put out
anything more because we did not
		
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			want to add fuel to the fire
because what happened is, and
		
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			essentially the point of this
discussion today is to explain is
		
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			to explain very briefly that
differences of opinion are
		
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			absolutely inevitable, and they
are something historical, that
		
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			we've had differences of opinion
from the time of the Sahaba after
		
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			the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
departed this world, there were
		
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			differences of opinion among the
Sahaba themselves. Differences is
		
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			a part of life, there's no way you
can do away with differences. The
		
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			only way you can minimize the
difference is if you're in a
		
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			Muslim country, where the scholar
counsel, the the leader of the
		
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			scholar Council, the Mufti,
whoever it is the chief, the arch
		
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			mufti, once they give a ruling,
then everybody would do the same
		
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			thing. But even there, you would
probably have Allah Ma, who may
		
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			have other opinions, but they will
not be able to implement those
		
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			opinions. Having a difference of
opinion, there being two opinions
		
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			out there should be seen in a
relaxed attitude. As long as
		
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			they're coming from religious,
righteous practicing and
		
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			knowledgeable scholars, then that
is completely fine. So the
		
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			suggestion in such a thing is that
we follow whichever suits us best
		
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			in our situation, according to the
strength that we see in that
		
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			position. If you have no idea or
no way to determine the strength
		
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			of certain things,
		
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			then it's best that you just
adhere to one or two scholars who
		
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			you've always trusted. You trust
their practice, you trust their
		
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			learning, their education, their
understanding their piety, and you
		
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			just go with that. If you're going
to wait for this utopian idea that
		
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			they can only there should only be
one opinion, why can't they get
		
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			together, then you'll just be
miserable for a very long time.
		
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			Because that's just not going to
happen. You have to remember we
		
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			are going through unprecedented
times. I do not believe that ever
		
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			in history. There's probably been
a ban on eat, press any particular
		
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			place like this the way it was,
unless it was for oppression
		
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			reasons. Right? Aside from that,
in a normal non oppression
		
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			situation, purely because of a
disease or illness because of
		
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			measures that are understood today
that people have to take. I don't
		
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			think there's ever been a
situation like that, as we have
		
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			had in England, and some other
countries during this occasion. So
		
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			you're going to get differences of
opinion, people will understand
		
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			the text differently. Yes, if it
was very clear cut in the Quran,
		
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			or in the Sunnah in the Hadith,
for example, that in this
		
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			particular situation, this is what
you do. And anybody went against
		
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			that, then that would seem as
absurd that why would somebody go
		
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			against something so explicitly
mentioned, where there's nothing
		
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			clearly mentioned like this? A lot
of it is in third. In some cases,
		
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			we're going to have to determine
the best possible recourse in a
		
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			situation like this. And clearly,
there were two opinions, maybe
		
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			there were three opinions.
		
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			They are all practicable opinions
as long as they're coming from
		
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			authority as long as they're
coming from Obama. So that's why
		
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			we have to get used to this idea
that that is what's going to
		
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			happen even even among all of the
same school schemes, school of
		
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			thought, right Hana fees or within
Hana fees, various different
		
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			schools of thoughts, they have a
difference of opinion and that is
		
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			fine. Hamdulillah that is fine. As
long as you went with
		
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			Somebody you trusted, then that
should be enough for you, it's
		
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			going to be inevitable. So it's
not something that you need to
		
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			worry about. I didn't want to
bring this up beforehand
		
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			and contribute further to the
flames of the fire because
		
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			especially towards the end of
Ramadan is the time when you're
		
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			trying to win the race with Allah
subhanho wa taala, you know, in
		
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			his site to try to get the best
out of Ramadan. And I think
		
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			sometimes, either just the first
few days into Ramadan, and the
		
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			last few days of Ramadan, these
kinds of various different topics
		
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			creep up, which seem to just
disturb the flow, and the actual
		
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			ultimate ceiling and completion of
Ramadan. So we just didn't want to
		
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			get engaged with that. That's why
now that we've relaxed after
		
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			Ramadan, now we want to just bring
this to that in the future when
		
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			there's unprecedented times,
especially when it's
		
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			unprecedented, right, you're gonna
have differences of opinion, you
		
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			just find and for this, you should
do this in your life for
		
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			everything. If you if you need
answers to things, you find one or
		
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			two aroma that you trust for the
various different criteria that
		
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			I've mentioned, then you just go
with them, and understand that
		
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			there will be differences in
because this world is created with
		
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			differences. It's the nature of
everything in this world. That's
		
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			what it's gonna be like and may
Allah subhanho wa Taala allow us
		
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			to follow the best, follow the
strongest and follow that which is
		
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			the most righteous course of
action and may Allah then accept
		
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			it from all of us. May Allah then
accept it from all of us. So
		
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			again, a belated Eid Mubarak to
all of you and may Allah accept
		
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			all of our Ramadan and may Allah
have granted us that full reward
		
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			on the day of Eid Jazak Allah here
		
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			please remember us in your doors
and may Allah subhanaw taala bless
		
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			you. Assalamu alaykum
Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh