Zia Sheikh – Even the mistakes of the Companions are a mercy for us Khatira

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The transcript describes the history of the Prophet's comments about the Islam, including the use of "imm modified" in subtle wording and the concept of seeking comfort in difficult situations. The transcript also describes a woman trying to resolve problems by herself within the confines of her closed closures, and is warned not to go close to someone until she has a light coming from the dark string. The transcript provides examples of how words "imm modified" and" are used to describe close relationships between a husband and his wife, and how "imm modified" is used to describe the relationship between a husband and his wife. The transcript describes a woman trying to resolve problems by herself within the confines of her closed closures, and is warned not to go close to someone until she has a light coming from the dark string.

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			which follow the verses which talk about fasting
		
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			in the Quran.
		
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			We've all heard those verses by now in
		
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			which Allah SWT tells us here and all
		
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			of the following verses which talk about the
		
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			excuse of a person traveling sick and so
		
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			on and rulings related to that.
		
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			Following that is some verses which took place
		
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			after an incident took place in the time
		
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			of the Prophet when he came and he
		
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			said that he had done something wrong.
		
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			In the morning he came to the Prophet
		
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			and some Sahaba were sitting there.
		
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			He said that Ya Rasulullah I've done something
		
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			wrong and he was crying.
		
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			What was that thing wrong?
		
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			First of all we need to understand what
		
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			the ruling was in those days.
		
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			So prior to what we have now in
		
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			terms of the allowance to eat at night,
		
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			to drink at night and to have intimacy
		
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			at night, the ruling was for the Muslims
		
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			at that time that as soon as Isha
		
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			prayer was done then nothing was allowed.
		
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			So basically the only time that they had
		
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			to fulfill whatever they needed was between Maghrib
		
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			and Isha.
		
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			After Isha they went to sleep after Taraweeh
		
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			or whatever they did they went to sleep
		
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			and no more food, no more drink after
		
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			waking up.
		
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			So this was the ruling.
		
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			However this incident took place and the purpose
		
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			of the talk is to kind of highlight
		
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			that even the mistakes of the Sahaba they
		
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			ended up as a mercy for us.
		
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			So Umar he said Ya Rasulullah I went
		
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			to sleep after Salatul Isha with my wife
		
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			and he said and I smelt something good
		
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			meaning she was smelling attractive to me and
		
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			she basically became a means of seduction for
		
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			me and I did what I did.
		
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			So Ya Rasulullah I have made this mistake
		
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			what should I do and he was crying
		
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			and very upset at what he had done.
		
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			So when Umar stood up and he said
		
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			this a bunch of other Sahaba stood up
		
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			also and said Ya Rasulullah we have also
		
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			made this same mistake in the past so
		
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			we need some kind of resolution.
		
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			So Allah SWT he revealed these verses which
		
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			come up and at the same time the
		
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			Prophet SAW he said to Umar he said
		
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			that you were the most worthy of the
		
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			one that these verses would be revealed for
		
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			and as you probably heard before that there
		
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			were many verses revealed which were in accordance
		
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			with the will and the desire of Umar
		
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			known as meaning those ayat which corresponded to
		
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			the intention of Umar or what Umar wanted
		
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			amongst them was the ayatul hijab.
		
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			So this is along the same lines that
		
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			Umar he presented himself and then in accordance
		
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			with what he wanted these verses were revealed.
		
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			So we will go through the translation and
		
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			interpret slowly Inshallah.
		
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			Allah SWT says that a Rafath has been
		
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			made Halal for on the nights of fasting.
		
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			What is a Rafath?
		
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			According to the Mufasireen whatever men desire from
		
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			women that is known as in one word
		
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			summarized in one word as a Rafath and
		
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			this also found in the verses related to
		
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			Hajj.
		
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			Allah SWT says when a person is in
		
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			the state of Ihram then he cannot engage
		
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			in Rafath.
		
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			Rafath means any talk or any thought of
		
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			desire even with one's wife if one's wife
		
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			is in Hajj with him in the state
		
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			of Ihram no talk of romance no talk
		
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			of desire anything like that is prohibited while
		
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			being in the state of Ihram.
		
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			So that same word Rafath is used but
		
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			here Allah SWT has said that a Rafath
		
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			desire and being close and intimacy all of
		
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			these things are permissible for a man at
		
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			the time of in the nights of fasting
		
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			meaning to go close to the women has
		
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			been made permitted permissible for you.
		
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			They are a clothing for you and you
		
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			are a clothing for them.
		
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			This is a very beautiful example that Allah
		
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			SWT is giving by using terminology metaphors to
		
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			show the closeness of this relationship.
		
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			So the closest thing to our body is
		
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			what?
		
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			It is our clothing.
		
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			So similarly Allah SWT is saying that this
		
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			relationship of a husband and wife is just
		
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			like the clothing on the body that's how
		
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			close it is or it refers to the
		
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			actual act of intimacy that the closeness becomes
		
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			just like the clothing on the body that
		
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			the husband and wife are so close to
		
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			each other it's just like the clothing on
		
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			the body and also when a person is
		
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			feeling cold or when he is feeling afraid
		
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			what does a person do?
		
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			He wraps himself up in a blanket as
		
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			we know the Prophet when what did he
		
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			do?
		
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			When he came down after seeing Jibreel he
		
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			said you know cover me up cover me
		
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			up meaning with a blanket so Khadija covered
		
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			him so when a person is afraid or
		
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			cold you know he needs some kind of
		
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			comfort what does he do?
		
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			He wraps himself up in something warm so
		
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			this relationship is such that in difficult times
		
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			it becomes just like the clothing on the
		
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			body that a person seeks solace and seeks
		
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			comfort in that relationship and another yet another
		
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			interpretation of this verse is that the relationship
		
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			between a husband and wife is that just
		
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			like the clothing it hides the blemishes and
		
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			faults on the body similarly the husband and
		
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			wife are supposed to hide their faults from
		
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			the outside world you know it's very it's
		
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			become very common nowadays to just even put
		
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			something put some stuff up out on social
		
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			media that okay my husband did this to
		
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			me and I'm mad at him and I'm
		
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			upset at him this is not what the
		
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			relationship of a husband and wife is supposed
		
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			to be if you have problems you try
		
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			to resolve them by yourself within the confines
		
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			of the closed doors and everybody does have
		
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			problems there will always be problems within that
		
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			marital relationship the best of the people are
		
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			the ones that try to resolve those situations
		
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			by themselves so this is one of the
		
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			meanings they are a clothing for you and
		
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			you are a clothing for them and then
		
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			Allah says Allah knew already that you were
		
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			making khyana amongst yourselves meaning you had these
		
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			thoughts and you were already engaging in these
		
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			activities already before this verse was revealed but
		
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			he forgave you means that forgiveness was done
		
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			and not only was forgiveness done but the
		
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			sin of doing what you did has been
		
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			omitted and taken away from your record also
		
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			after that Allah says now you go close
		
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			to them now so throughout the Quran this
		
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			act of intimacy has been uh mentioned but
		
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			uh it's always used in subtle wording so
		
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			basically means go close to them and it's
		
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			this word is from the word it refers
		
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			to the skin so when intimacy is taking
		
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			place there is skin on skin contact so
		
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			basically touching of the two skins when the
		
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			intimacy takes place so now go close to
		
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			them this has two meanings seek what Allah
		
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			SWT has written for you that means that
		
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			when you are engaged in intimacy you should
		
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			be seeking children what Allah SWT has written
		
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			for you in terms of children you should
		
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			not just have an intention of enjoying yourself
		
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			rather it should be with the intention of
		
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			bringing children into the world and another meaning
		
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			of can also mean just like it can
		
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			mean that seek that what Allah SWT has
		
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			has prescribed for you or allowed for you
		
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			meaning before this was not allowed now seek
		
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			and go after something which Allah has now
		
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			allowed for you and on top of that
		
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			Allah SWT not only relaxed the ruling for
		
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			intimacy he also now relaxed the ruling for
		
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			food and drink so a person can now
		
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			he can eat all the way up until
		
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			dawn just like he can engage in intimacy
		
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			all the way up until dawn also eating
		
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			and drinking has been allowed and eat and
		
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			drink until Allah until the white string emerges
		
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			from the dark string at Fajr time so
		
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			what does that mean the dark the white
		
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			string emerges from the dark string it means
		
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			that if you look onto the horizon where
		
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			the sun is about to rise before dawn
		
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			comes in or before sunrise you will find
		
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			a light which is emerging in a horizontal
		
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			way this is known as Subh Sadiq this
		
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			is or Tulu'il Fajr Sadiq and this
		
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			is the time that Fajr time begins and
		
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			the Suhur time ends and there's a difference
		
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			of opinion about what the exact timing that
		
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			occurs there's there's there's discussions that take place
		
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			amongst the Fuqaha there's the 18 degree rule
		
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			and the 15 degree rule some people ask
		
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			me this question how come there's a difference
		
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			in timings at Fajr it's not timetable says
		
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			one thing and our timetable is a little
		
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			bit earlier 15 20 minutes earlier so what's
		
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			why the disparity the disparity is because of
		
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			the fact that there's a difference of opinion
		
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			18 degrees refers to the sun's angle below
		
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			the horizon and 15 degrees is basically the
		
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			the later time 18 degrees is earlier 18
		
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			degrees below the horizon 15 degrees is about
		
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			15 minutes later so that's why there's a
		
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			disparity in times there is a difference of
		
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			opinion about the beginning of Fajr time okay
		
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			so whatever timetable you follow best to follow
		
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			the community timetable so that everyone is united
		
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			but like I said there's a difference of
		
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			opinion so don't be confused if you see
		
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			that this these wordings this was actually not
		
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			used in literal in a literal sense however
		
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			one sahabi he actually understood it from a
		
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			literal perspective so he used to go to
		
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			sleep with string at night and he used
		
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			to see whether he can see the white
		
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			string or the dark string and he used
		
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			to you know calculate the beginning of Fajr
		
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			time because of that until he was told
		
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			that this is not what is meant what
		
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			is meant is the uh light on the
		
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			horizon which is Subh Sadiq then you complete
		
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			the fasting until the night then Allah SWT
		
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			brings another ruling that okay you have now
		
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			understood that it is halal for you to
		
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			have intimacy at night but there is a
		
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			time where you have to draw the line
		
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			and that is when you are making it
		
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			do not go close to them while you
		
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			are in the state of these are the
		
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			rulings of Allah SWT so do not go
		
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			close to them similarly Allah SWT explains his
		
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			signs for the people so that they could
		
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			get the taqwa and the awareness of Allah
		
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			SWT so basically the summary is that we
		
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			see that even the mistakes of the sahaba
		
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			that were committed by them ended up being
		
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			a source of mercy for us just imagine
		
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			if we uh you know after salatul maghrib
		
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			we eat and drink and then we have
		
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			to run for taraweeh there's no time left
		
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			for anything basically it's a very small small
		
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			time and then after isha no more eating
		
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			no more drinking and you know all the
		
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			way until the next maghrib we have to
		
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			stay hungry so because of the mistake of
		
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			these sahaba we got the mercy for us
		
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			and it became easy for us i pray
		
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			that Allah SWT gives us to understand and
		
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			practice what has been said