Nouman Ali Khan – Letter of The Law vs Spirit of The Law Q&A
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The speaker discusses various questions about Islam, including how to advise spouse and family on drugs, how to handle distraction from praying, and what to say when talking about Islam. They also mention the importance of the spirit of law and how it can be used to differentiate between good and evil. The speaker encourages viewers to sign up for bay'natv.com to learn the Quran and become a part of their lifestyle.
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First of all, I have Swiss I don't
have German chocolate. I have Swiss chocolate for
you. I hope you like it.
I can't wait.
Yeah. I can try it. Hope you like
it. So I actually have 2 questions. Hope
that's okay. Yeah.
Question 1 is how to make your spouse
and family practice Islam? For example, now they
are doing drugs, not praying, not fasting. So
what can you do except of praying for
them? Like, how to advise them?
So you can't
you can't control people Mhmm. And you can't
change people.
It's not up to us to change people.
And sometimes in my opinion the problem isn't
spiritual.
The problem is something else. Like what led
a person to drug? Yeah.
What made them go there?
People go towards these dark things because something
difficult has happened to them.
Right? And maybe helping them process that would
be the first step before we start talking
to them about you should pray or you
should, you know You see what I'm saying?
Okay.
Because sometimes if you, especially their family, you
try to talk to them about Islam, they'll
start saying, well, you're you're preaching again. Yes.
Right? Yeah. That's You don't make the problem
worse. Mhmm. So maybe
humanizing the situation first
would be a really important first step. Okay.
No problem. Thank you. You're welcome. And question
2 is about the letter of law and
spirit of law. Yeah. I understand what happens
when you focus only on the letter of
law. Like, for example, you're praying in time,
but you're distracted.
Right. But what if we only focus on
the spirit of law? Like, what happens then?
You have no practice of the law left.
You say you don't even need the letter.
You you have the spirit anyway. So some
people can say, I don't need to pray
5 times because I'm spiritually connected to God
anyway. If the point of prayer is to
remember God Mhmm. I do that anyway, so
why do I need the 5 prayers? Mhmm.
And I sometimes I got the question from
non Muslims, what's the problem in that? Like,
what's the problem like The the problem in
that is
that,
we think that we have the full definition
of what it means to be good. Mhmm.
Okay? So, the atheist or the non religious
person will say, I don't lie, I don't
cheat, I don't steal. That's what good is.
Mhmm. And the thing is, there are in
some in some things Allah has equipped all
human beings to distinguish between good and evil.
All human beings. So we all know lying
is bad. We all know stealing is bad.
Right? Doesn't matter what culture you come from
or you have a religion or no religion,
it's the same. Everything. But
there are certain areas of fairness and unfairness
and good and evil that human beings can
never figure out.
What is the right balance between men and
women, for example?
Is there a balance between my body and
my soul, for example? Do I even know
what that is?
That That's not something we could figure out
ourselves.
So Allah will give us
the letter
where the spirit alone isn't enough. Mhmm. Do
you understand? Mhmm.
Okay. Okay? Thank you very much. You're welcome.
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