What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "He has not placed upon you any hardship in the religion"?
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The questioner : He says: What is your opinion regarding the noble verse that says: [Al-Hajj 22:78] Allah [Al-Hajj 22:78].
The Shaykh : It is a guide. And passing through al-Masjid al-Haram is a hardship. We say this verse is upon our eyes and heads:[Al-Hajj 22:78]. What hardship is there for a person if he waits until his brother finishes his prayer? What hardship is there for him in that? There is no hardship. Wait until your brother completes his prayer, then look. Also, especially since people today, and to Allah we complain, do not prolong their prayers; they do not prolong them much. It happens in five or ten minutes and the matter is over. So the affair in that
The presenter : has priorities.
The Shaykh : is that he looks at the camera. Some scholars claimed that if a person is looking, he can look at the Ka'bah and pray, so he looks at the Ka'bah. But the correct view in that is that he looks at the place of his prostration, except in the case of imitating the disbelievers, or rather in the case of imitating the disbelievers, and in the case of sitting between the two prostrations. If he is raising his finger and pointing with it in supplication, he looks at his finger. And other than that, he looks at the place of his prostration.
and has not placed
وَمَا جَعَلَupon you in the religion
عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْThe Shaykh : It is a guide. And passing through al-Masjid al-Haram is a hardship. We say this verse is upon our eyes and heads:
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍThe presenter : has priorities.
The Shaykh : is that he looks at the camera. Some scholars claimed that if a person is looking, he can look at the Ka'bah and pray, so he looks at the Ka'bah. But the correct view in that is that he looks at the place of his prostration, except in the case of imitating the disbelievers, or rather in the case of imitating the disbelievers, and in the case of sitting between the two prostrations. If he is raising his finger and pointing with it in supplication, he looks at his finger. And other than that, he looks at the place of his prostration.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2 - 13 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1402 هـ - الدرس الثاني - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (1:13:16)
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