Suhaib Webb – Pregnancy & Fasting
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Hope everybody is doing wonderful. Inshallah.
Ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to accept,
our prayers
and our fasting
and to facilitate Alhamdulillah
this Ramadan
to make it a Ramadan of blessings inshallah.
One of the blessings and signs of Allah
is that Allah
has blessed us
to experience parenting.
And that's why Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and
so to Yusuf,
he quotes
prophet
Yusuf saying,
Prophet Yusuf, he says that I saw 11
stars in the sun and the moon
prostrating to me, and the sun and the
moon actually are his parents.
So the parents,
they shine light into the life of their
children,
and their job is to illuminate that path.
And Allah
mentions in the Quran
that pregnancy
is very difficult. In fact, he mentions it
in a way
which SubhanAllah and we pray for you.
May Allah bless
you
to experience
an amazing pregnancy
Insha'Allah.
I know that
my wife and I initially,
we were scared that we couldn't have children.
And then one day, I came home and
she said, guess what?
I said, what? She said, I'm pregnant. I
brothers, I gave the the worst response.
I said, what gave you that idea?
And it was at a time,
Tashfin,
where we were at our most vulnerable,
we're really, really down and we're making a
lot of dua
and we started to feel
SubhanAllah like helpless and then Alhamdulillah
Allah SubhanAllah
blessed us Alhamdulillah.
So Alhamdulillah,
the
topic that we insha Allah plan to
discuss, Alhamdulillah.
And we want to be patient for other
people to join,
InshaAllah as they come
is a very important one. And Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala says in the Quran,
that childbirth is extremely difficult.
And that actually the expression in Arabic is
an expression of emphasis
which is kind of like the statement
Surat Al Nur when Allah talks about guidance
on Arabic
when you wanna emphasize something you say this,
which is kind of like hyperbole.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in describing
Allah
says that she carried
this child of hers,
which means like extreme pain, extreme difficulty.
So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala acknowledges the pain
of people and the challenge that people face.
And we know that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,
he sent Sayna Muhammad Sallallahu
Wa Ta'ala, he was Sallam.
He sent the Prophet
as a mercy to people.
And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam as a
mercy is one who reminds
and also one
who
encourages.
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Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And an extension of this mercy are some
of the rulings
that we
find for
a
woman who's pregnant.
And one of them is found in the
Hadith
related by Imam Atir Midi
and actually,
Yoman we're gonna talk about both because this
hadith
actually applies to both situations, the woman who
is pregnant
and the woman who is breastfeeding.
And this is the hadith
found in the sunnah of Imam Atirbari
which
is a good hadith.
At the prophet
The prophet has said
that Allah
has removed
the obligation
of fasting
from a pregnant woman
or a woman who is breastfeeding. And what
we understand is it's her choice.
She has the choice to either
continue
or to stop.
This hadith is authentic, you can find it
in the
narrations
in the sun and of Imam al Tirmidhi.
So scholars, they agree on this issue
that a woman has this right not to
fast. It's her own utility, her own choice.
Nobody should make her feel guilty if she
chooses not to fast,
nor should she be coerced to fast in
any way,
and nor should she made like any person
who is,
given this dispensation.
They should not be intimidated.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran,
There's no compulsion in religion.
And also the authentic hadith of the prophet
salallahu alaihi wa sallam, and please remember this
hadith because it's very important.
That if somebody
if somebody
is not fasting
and they eat in front of somebody who
is fasting,
remember this hadith,
and it's in the highlights from a few
years ago.
That if they eat in front of somebody
who is fasting,
the angels will make dua
for the person who's fasting.
SubhanAllah.
So we shouldn't get mad at elderly people,
or people who may be sick
or people who for whatever reason choose not
to fast,
and they need to eat,
especially if they're ill or they're pregnant or
they're breastfeeding.
It's very important for them to have their
nutrition.
When they eat in front of us, like
my wife for example,
all alhamdulillah, the angels they're making dua for
us.
So why would anybody be upset
if the angels are making dua for them?
So this is an example
of the empathy
and the love and the care
of the prophet
in caring for
people who are pregnant or people who are
ill or people who are breastfeeding,
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and are
unable to fast.
So scholars agree upon this, and the reason
that they agree upon this outside of the
text
is that one of the foundational principles of
Islamic
legal philosophy
is to remove harm and bring benefit.
And that's why it's very important that when
you take answers
from people,
in these situations,
that they have some training in Islamic law,
it should be their specialty,
and that they also should be trained in
what's called
which is the philosophy of Islamic law.
And then also they should be trained in.
These three sciences are very important
because
to have one without the other may create
an answer which is not properly aligned.
So if you look at the
philosophy of Islamic legal theory, and I need
you all to remember this,
The prophet
and in the Quran we find a pattern
And that pattern actually according to Imam Abuhamad
Al Khazari
as well as Imam Ibn Timia,
Imam Ibn Qayim, Imam An Nawawi, Imam Al
Haramain, Al Razi, all of the
different scholars from across the different spectrums of
Islam.
They said that the foundation if people can
type notes for people also I think it
will be helpful.
That the foundational
legal principle that guides Islam
is that Islam is about bringing benefit and
preventing harm.
This is actually very important to Islamic law,
to bring benefit and prevent harm. The prophet
sallam said, The best person is the one
who benefits
others.
And the Prophet and
he
said, There's no harm or reciprocation of harm
in Islam. And this principle that I'm mentioning
is actually agreed upon by all 4 of
the Islamic,
schools of thought, Alhamdulillah.
So before we get into and I see,
you know, people kind of typing questions, Let's
listen first insha Allah, listen
to what I'm gonna share with you. Be
patient also,
don't rush
you will attain something
I know we live in a time where
people are extremely
constantly they want things fast.
So, alhamdulillah, as I mentioned earlier that training
should be there and I was lucky
to be trained in those different sciences as
well as spend time training
as a mufti,
some years ago.
So I feel confident Insha Allah and I'm
gonna share an answer which is going to
differ even with my own school.
And I think also this is very important
to understand that classically when we were taught,
before we were taught,
we were taught what's called the etiquette of
debate and discussion.
So
that obviously we're going to differ.
Obviously there's going to be different positions
but
this should not create differences in the hearts.
And that's how you can tell that people
are trained,
that they don't turn this into personal issues.
This is an academic issue.
So as we mentioned earlier, the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam, I'm gonna make this brief.
The authentic hadith from Saydna Imam Mittermidi, he
said that Allah subhanahu ta'ala has removed
the obligation
of fasting from a pregnant woman and a
breastfeeding woman. Also we know postpartum women and
so on and so forth.
Why?
Most ulema say because this is an example
of Islam preventing harm.
Protecting these people who may be physically compromised
or harmed by fasting.
Now Islam is bringing what beneficial and preventing
harm from them.
That's why
he said, if you look at any verse
in the Quran where Allah says, oh you
who believe,
if you look after that verse, there will
be a command that either brings you benefit
or prevents you harm. It's how prevents harm
from you. That's it. There's a command that's
gonna bring a benefit. Fasting has been prescribed
for you so that you can achieve taqwa.
This is a benefit.
Look at the 5th verse of the 49th
chapter of the Quran. If or 6th verse,
if a rebellious person comes to you with
information, oh believers,
verify at least you harm somebody. So we
see this pattern,
is either
an is either a command which is bringing
us benefit or prohibition
that's keeping us from harm. This is the
foundation of Islam. This is our mandate as
a community as we work in the world
because the greatest benefit we can bring, of
course, is bringing these people
to Jannah Insha'Allah.
So this hadith where the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wasalam authentically said as related by imam
that fasting has been lifted
from the pregnant woman and the breastfeeding woman
is the example of
looking after benefits and harms.
Scholars
and this is where we're going to find
the difference that maybe some of
you find confusing, they agreed in the on
this dispensation.
All of those,
Sunni, Shia,
any within the Sunni school,
they all agree on this issue.
What they differ over is
what does this pregnant woman or this breastfeeding
woman have to do
to recompense the missed fast?
And this is where I don't wanna get
too technical, but I'm just gonna mention the
opinions and then I'm going to mention the
evidences for the opinion
that I personally hold and that I shared
with you Alhamdulillah
on on Instagram and hopefully it will bring
some clarity.
And I encourage you when people are giving
you fatwa on Instagram or religious answers,
it's perfectly acceptable for you, and actually it
is your right to ask them, are they
trained
in fatwa? Are they trained?
Have they gone to like law school
in the Muslim world and studied?
Because this is your deen.
And these answers can have an incredible impact
on people.
And they impact their health, they impact their
families, they impact their children,
So we have to be extremely cautious
in preventing harm and bringing benefit.
That's why Imam Al Haramain,
one of the great jurist,
he said that the Mufti
does not wait for people to be in
harm.
But the wise mufti
is the one who acts before people fall
into harm,
right? So the mufti isn't the one who
waits until the house starts to burn down
and then grabs water. No, no, no, they're
going to make sure the house
passes the inspection
so that doesn't catch on fire in the
1st place. Pay attention to this.
So the scholars differed.
There are 3 opinions about what a pregnant
or breastfeeding woman has to do, who chooses
not to fast because this is her right
to choose that no one can take from
her, No one can force her. And as
we mentioned the hadith earlier, no one can
compose her to fast or should intimidate her
into fasting.
The first is the opinion of
the I was lucky to study
years ago.
And the sada to which
I was lucky also to study,
and one opinion attributed to Imam Malik.
Because there are actually 2 opinions attributed to
him, but this is not the opinion.
And that is that a woman who is
pregnant or breastfeeding and she chooses not to
fast,
she has to make up the fast
as well as pay the kafar,
Pay the expiation
or the excuse me, pay the excuse
me. She has to pay the
The second opinion is the opinion attributed to
Imam Malik and this is the more predominant
opinion in Ahmed
that the only thing she has to do
is make up the date and not pay
the.
This is the second opinion.
You can ask these different med haps for
their evidences. They have evidences for these positions.
We respect these positions.
We can differ without attacking each other. We
can take these. These are issues where there's
a lot of breath, a lot of openness.
There's no definitive answer. We don't need to
fight and and and divide the ummah.
But it is my responsibility and my training
to share with you what answer I think
is best and most responsible.
The third opinion
is the opinion
of many of the great
Yeah, the first opinion as I mentioned earlier
was the opinion of
the Hanafis,
the shafi'is
and one opinion attributed to Imam Malik.
The second opinion is the more predominant opinion
attributed to Imam Malik which we
know.
And the 3rd opinion is attributed to Abdullah
ibn Abbas.
And Abdullah ibn Omar, Radi Allahu and Homa.
And Saeed ibn Jubair, Radi Allahu Anhu.
As well as other illustrious
Sahaba and their students.
Like Anasid nomadic
And that is and I'm gonna mention 3
evidences, all of them are Sahih.
All of them are authentic.
The first is Ibn Abbas, who the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
prayed for him that he would be the
explainer of the Quran,
who is known
as of the Ummah of the Ummah, excuse
me, the Habra of the Ummah, you know,
the great scholar of the Ummah of the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. A Sahabi
Who,
his wife,
as I recall, and the sunun of
volume 1, hadith number 265.
And
we can relate this hadith with its sonnet
back to say, the Imam
That
actually there was a woman who birth a
child to him,
and she came to him.
And the narrator says, either she was pregnant
or she was breastfeeding.
And she asked,
what should I do?
And he said to her
that you have to pay the but
you don't have to make.
This narration
is Sahih.
There's no doubt about it.
And
the
and there were early Muslims, some early Muslims
who acted on this.
There's also another narration which is also
from Sayyid ibn Abbas where
he said to a woman almost the exact
same thing.
The second evidence, and there are 2,
is related on behalf of Sayna Abdullah ibn
Umar Radiallahu Anhuma.
And we all know who is Abdullah ibn
Umar, Masha'Allah.
Also from the Imam Adar al Kutni
and also with a sonnet which is Sahih.
And that is that Abdullah ibn Omar, his
daughter,
she married somebody from Mecca.
And
she became pregnant
and she came to Abdullah ibn Umar radiallahu
anhuama and she asked her father,
what should I do?
It was during Ramadan.
He said,
break your fast and pay the That's
it. Another narration,
as I recall, says you don't have to
make qada.
So now we see 2 authentic narrations, Alhamdulillah,
attributed to some of the greatest companions of
Rasulillah,
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Abdullah ibn Abbas radiAllahu
anhu wa'am. We mentioned 2 narrations.
The second, Abdullah ibn Umar
with his daughter.
And then the second the 4th narration
is also
mentioned by Abdullah Ibn Allah.
And you can find this if your Hambali
and
that
the wife of Abdullah ibn Umar Radiallahu
Anhuma,
excuse me. It's late here and I'm sort
of tired.
So forgive me.
She
asked him
also the same question, she was pregnant, what
should I do?
And he said to her, pay the fidayah,
break your fast and pay the fidayah.
RadiAllahu Anhuma. So here are 4 narrations.
Authentic
back to the companions
great companions of the prophet. Those who are
listed amongst the 33
great scholars of fiqh,
of the companions who were known as people
of
that clearly state that a pregnant woman
can break her fast
or a breastfeeding woman
can break her fast and pay the fidya.
This is strengthened by
a second important order or a piece of
this argument,
and that is which one of these aligns
with the actual text. And I say this
respectfully.
And I'm sure other
scholars
can can,
argue this point, and we'll find people online
who have different opinions. It's okay.
I don't take this personally. It's not something
that
we need to put ourselves in. But we
need to think about how this is impacting
women's health.
We need to think about how this is
impacting the health of their children, how this
is impacting marriages.
People are very hormonal
and now they're not eating, and husbands are
also stressed out, and there's a lot of
things happening.
So the the mufti,
as I was taught by doctor Muhammad Wissam
and others,
is looking after the total picture,
not just a myopic image of something. And
that's why you have to be very careful
and respectful but careful of who you take
answers from because
these things have to be taken into consideration.
So the second piece of this is if
we were to
look at
the hadith of the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
Means any pregnant woman,
any breastfeeding woman. This is gonna answer the
question that the woman is asking about. May
Allah bless you. I don't I didn't see
your name. About, Does the frequency of breastfeeding
matter? No. Because the hadith says any breastfeeding
woman,
any pregnant woman, and this in
is called
mutlaq.
Mutlaq means an unrestricted
word.
And we have a very important axiom in
Islamic law, and I don't wanna make this
too technical for you.
But also we need to teach people. Right?
We we wanna build the literacy. And if
you
take my course on
at Swiss,
I teach this there. I teach this in
that class.
And that is
What does that mean? That means that a
a unrestricted
text cannot be restricted except with a text
which is equal to it.
So we have an unrestricted text. Any pregnant
woman,
any breastfeeding woman
is excused
from fasting.
Then we take the narrations of Abdullah ibn
Abbas and Abdullah ibn Amar.
And then we look at which one of
the three opinions
is more invested in preventing harm and bringing
benefit.
And this is the logic of my answer
and the logic of one of my teachers
who taught me this answer.
That if we look at the first opinion,
she she she can break her fast, but
she has to make up the days and
pay the.
What if she was pregnant? The next year,
she's breastfeeding. The next year, she's pregnant. The
next year, she's breastfeeding. The next year, she's
pregnant. 6 years. I know some sisters.
6 years, they didn't fast.
And then
to to have to
make up all those days
is
extremely difficult for her.
The second opinion,
this is my own med hab, and me,
I'm not trained when giving answers just to
give you my med hab.
If that was the case, you can just
buy the book of my med hab and
read it for yourself. That's not scholarship
needs to stay academic
in the sense of our academic tradition,
not the West's
academic tradition.
And our sharia is a living law. It's
not a law that's in a museum.
So for those of you who are very
adamant about following your methad, may Allah bless
you. But for those of us who are
trained,
this is not necessarily our way of dealing
with the masses.
As
said, there's no way I can give
fatwa
for people in India
just on the Hanafi Madhab Rahimahullah.
And as Sheikh Ahmed Taharayan,
my teacher for 6 years,
who was a great Maliki scholar. I asked
him one time in the basement of his
home,
should I give only Maliki answers to people
in America? He's like, la la la, don't
do don't do that, don't do that.
Give them what is
closest to the truth
and facilitate for them.
Protects them from harm. So let's quickly review.
First of all, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
in the authentic hadith of Prophet salallahu alaihi
wa sallam.
He said that the fasting has been the
obligation of fasting has been removed from the
pregnant woman and the breastfeeding woman. This hadith
is authentic related by Sayyidina Maturmedi.
And back to what sister Fatima is saying,
I mentioned the hadith of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam which is also a good
hadith.
That if someone eats in front of a
fasting person, the angels make dua for the
fasting person. You'll find this in my highlights.
So we shouldn't be
forcing women who who can't fast to fast.
This is their decision.
This is their decision. They should not be
coerced, they should not be bullied, they shouldn't
they should not be made fun of. This
should be very fluid. This is not Why
we make something hard that Allah has made
it easy? Why make something difficult that the
Prophet made to be easy for the people.
Nobody can be more pious than the Messenger
of Allah.
Allah. Then we mentioned that scholars agree that
these women have this dispensation?
They don't have to fast.
And there are 3 opinions as to
how they have to recompense for those missed
fasts.
All three opinions are respected.
We love all those. Ulema, we love the
students of those ulema, we love those madrasas,
even though we may not agree on certain
things. So what? It's not a big issue.
The first is the opinion of the Hanafis
and the Sheikh Aiz.
And one statement attributed to Imam Malik that
she has to make up the day and
pay the fidayah.
The second is really the major opinion in
our school, the more popular opinion. I'm trained
in
the without fanaticism.
But in fatwa, I'm not trained to give
answers just in the school.
And that is
that
she just has to make up the day.
The third opinion that we mentioned is the
opinion of Ibn Abbas radiAllahu
ta'ala Anhuma
and Abdullah ibn Umar radiAllahu
Anhuma.
And we mentioned 4 texts, authentic
texts
attributed to them.
And there's something about these texts I should
share with you. And that is that when
a Sahaba says something and then acts on
it, it becomes even stronger.
May maybe sometime a Sahabi says something and
he doesn't act on it, or she doesn't
act on it, then it's not considered as
strong. The axiom in Islamic law says, actions
are stronger than statements.
So
not only did Sayyidina ibn Abbas
or Sayyidina Abu Al Abin Amr
advise their wives
and their daughters and their jariyah
to do this, they did it in front
of them.
So that makes it even like
more stronger.
And finally, we said that the overall
principle that should be guiding issues of ichtihad
because this is an issue of ichtihad. This
is not
This is legal,
jockeying back and forth,
is what is going to bring people
benefit and prevent harm from them.
So within that vein,
and I've I have, you know, children and
I've seen the impact of pregnancy.
I'm actually expecting a baby in July. Well,
my wife is expecting a baby now. Make
dua for all of our pregnant
brothers,
sisters, and the brothers who are
at their service. Alhamdulillah. May Allah give us
righteous children.
That the predominant
concern for pregnant women and breastfeeding women is
nutrition
because we don't want them to become ill.
We don't want them to become
also hormonally. There's a lot of things happening.
So in that vein, my humble opinion and
you're free to follow any opinion
is that the opinion of Abdullah ibn Abbas,
and the opinion of Abdullah ibn Umar, because
of the of the Hadith.
And because of the overriding
writing principle of protecting the mother from harm
and the baby from harm is the third
opinion.
I'm happy to take any questions about this,
any any discussion,
but I hope that makes this issue clearer
for you.
That the prophet said that the obligation of
fasting, there's exemptions for pregnant women and breastfeeding
women, also postpartum women.
That the scholars differ over how they recompense
this in 3
schools. Right?
Me, Hanafiya was Sadat to Shefaia.
And one statement of Imam Malik, she has
to make up the day and then do
the fidya.
The strong opinion or the more popular opinion,
the predominant opinion in the Maliki school is
that she just has to make up the
day.
And then finally, the opinion of 2 great
Sahaba as well as others like and
others
that she just has to
pay
the. And I shared with you that that
aligns more with the general idea of the
Hadith according to its language.
The and
then second, the idea of protecting
harm.
I see a sister said she's expecting a
baby on April 20th, Masha'Allah.
We ask Allah
to bless you
and to make your pregnancy, Insha'Allah,
a great pregnancy
and an easy birth
So someone's asking about Fidya. One of the
easiest ways you can make Fidya is, for
example, through any of our important
charitable organizations.
You can actually go and I'm sure on
their websites, they have an option
where if you click that option, you can
feed those people for the days you missed.
That's the easiest way to do it Alhamdulillah.
Someone's asking, does it have to be Muslims?
It doesn't have to be Muslims because Allah
said,
Also there's
the
So
both of these words
according to the predominant opinion meet any any
poor person.
I think I heard it's around $10 but
maybe you wanna check at the North American
Fit Council or AMJA,
just to make sure.
Are there any specific questions,
as I look here at the question box?
Why do the Hanafi and Shafi'i opinions differ
from the companions
as well as the Malekis? Right? Because they
they
they claim that that verse
fit the Malachy's,
I can talk about. The Malachy's say,
from
Whoever sees them the moon has to fast.
So their opinion is that the verse was
abrogated.
Although, again, authentically narrated in Sahih al Bukhari
from ibn Abbas
who said that this is not abrogated,
by the way.
Exactly.
So the issue of having miscarriages in Ramadan
is something, first of all, you wanna talk
with your physician
about
fasting, of course. And may Allah bless you
and make things easy for you. We know
many authentic hadith actually wrote a small essay.
Why collected these hadith and did some of
the analysis of the the the narrations
that these children are waiting for you in
paradise. They are actually in the daycare
of Sayyidina Ibrahim SubhanAllah
and his wife.
Your children are in the daycare of Sayna
Ibrahim.
Allahu Akbar. In the process of he saw
those children,
On one of the narrations of Bismaraw al
Mi'raj, he was shown the children of Jannah.
Those children.
And we know that
there were,
women
around him who lost children and he would
say that your child will drag you into
Jannah as you struggled for this child not
to be dragged from your womb.
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And one man he lost
his son
to miscarriage his wife and the prophet said,
your son is
refusing to enter jannah until you enter jannah
with him.
So may Allah make it easy for you.
But you wanna talk We have actually a
primary care doc here. If she wants to
chime in, she can chime in. But I'm
sure
you wanna ask your primary care physician. I
I I think we have to be very
careful answering questions like this as
religious teachers. My training is not in medicine.
You know, this is an interdisciplinary,
sort of discussion. Right? So I would say
go with whatever your doctor is saying. If
you don't follow a certain fiqh and going
with the easier way, is that bad or
good? It's not bad as long as it's
held by one of the respected scholars. And
also, you don't for you all, you don't
have to be following a specific.
Who has to follow a specific in their
training is someone like myself who went to
law school
in the sense of our foundational studies.
Our foundational studies, we have to learn 1
med hub well.
That has to happen. Because that's how we
see the practice of the law, the theory
of the law, and we begin to imagine
Islamic law. And then that leads to something
else.
But for the masses of the people,
you are on the madhab of who you
ask the question. This is a great axiom.
And and these madhabs were never meant to
be used this way like Crips and Bloods
and the Lakers and the Celtics.
Oh, man. So the
the Madhavs
are important inspirational guides which keep us with
keeps us within the realm of Orthodox.
So we had to be very careful
and understand that sometimes,
you know, I know people get passionate. I
I don't agree with them. I'm sure they
won't agree with me. May Allah bless them.
But
the masses of the people don't have time
to learn a med hap
in any real detailed way. In a basic
way, it's fine. And then, even if I
learn my medheb, if my local mosque
doesn't follow that medheb, I'm gonna follow the
mosque.
Like where I used to live, I'm Madiki.
We pray
very early,
and,
exactly.
And the masjid that I used to go
to is Hanafi. They pray to Asr later.
I didn't say because I'm Maliki, I'm not
gonna pray with the Hanafi,
because I want the 27 times
more reward of praying in the masjid.
But also I want the unity of the
ummah of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
We act as though
we have the budget for differences.
Look, we're being pummeled in the world.
Politically, economically,
intellectually,
our resources have been stolen,
our lands have been taken from us, and
we're gonna start arguing and fighting over these
things.
That's not the purpose of.
Someone's saying I had my 5 year old
Adam
is there protected and wait,
You Wallahi, your 5 year old Adam is
waiting for you in Jannah.
Shaa Allah and he is with Prophet Ibrahim.
We'll take a few more questions Insha Allah
then I'm gonna let you go. I don't
want to speak longer than 30 minutes
and we have
arrived at 30 minutes. Someone's asking how can
you support my work?
Wallahi.
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And you allow the community to scale.
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I live, one latte is like, you gotta
put that joint on layaway.
Any more questions before
we have a brother here from Myanmar.
And now he's living in Bangladesh.
If you can see him in the comments,
and he actually is in a Rohingya refugee
camp.
He's been there for 5 years. His name
is Nor Sadiq and Norhi.
We have a lot of love for you,
bro. And we ask Allah to help us
be in a a position where we can
build the power as an ummah to support
you.
Everyone's mad at Palestine,
Kashmir,
seeing everything around them but we have to
build power.
Subhan Allah.
What are you recommend on secret
is not allowed?
No.
This is Haram.
And we you need to be careful. People
asking you to do secret
This is haram.
With the consensus of the ulama,
and it's leading to fisset.
If I take different opinions from different madhabs,
how can I ensure that my is proper?
For example, if I pray
according to the Hanafees or make so you
don't wanna do this on your own. Right?
You wanna have a consultant and who's your
consultant is your local imam, your local teacher?
By no means, am I encouraging people who
have no training just to go and nitpick
from this opinion and this opinion. No. But
you wanna you want to use imams and
like tech support.
Like how you just ask me. And you
wanna ask them. Like for example, there's a
high school student I know who's the only
Muslim in his school, and he's he's
tiny.
So he prays at school but he prays
secretly.
But he told me if he washes his
feet, you know, maybe somebody will assault him
or harm him.
And we've encouraged him to start to learn
martial arts to protect himself. So I told
him, you can wipe on your socks. Why?
Because Islam is trying to prevent harm
and to keep him from being hurt. Can
you recommend some books about Imam Jafar Sadiq?
Of course, Sayedni Imam Jafar Sadiq is one
of the great imams of Islam, alhamdulillah.
And one of the best books is written
by Abu Zahra called al Sadiq.
It's really masha'Allah fantastic book. You should read
it alhamdulillah.
Are there any more questions specific to this
topic before we let everyone go? I don't
want to ramble on and take too much
of your time Insha'Allah.
But again, what we talked about is the
hadith that allows a woman who's pregnant or
breastfeeding, she's exempt from fasting.
We talked about how scholars differ over how
she has to make up that
fast on 3 opinions. We mentioned the intention
opinion of Iba Abbas
the 4 narrations which are also he that
she just has to pay the
if that's what she can do. And
we said this is aligned more with the
language of the hadith of
as well as the idea of protecting people
from
harm.
May Allah
make everything easy for you. The deadline for
the ifidya,
again, this is another issue where there's not
a clear text. Some people say you have
to pay it within the year, others say
you don't. Well, I try your best to
pay within the year and if you don't,
Khalas, just ask Khalas to forgive you,
and do your best inshallah.
And again, the easiest way to pay and
I see this question is coming up again
and again, Amanda
is if you go to like and it's
a great question you're asking,
If you go to Islamic Relief
or Penny Appeal or Helping Hand any of
the great charities,
Muslim Aid, Baytul Mal, alhamdulillah, who I'm working
with now and you,
go to their website. I'm sure there's a
there's a place where you can pay,
the fidya Insha'Allah Ta'ala.
I hope this was helpful Insha'Allah
and I hope you have a wonderful evening,
a blessed Ramadan and for all those pregnant
women and husbands,
may Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala make everything easy
for you as you come. I know in
our situation down to the home stretch