Disposing of a specific charity for its missing owner
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The questioner : The one with me, we won't tell you about it now. Yes. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Praise be to Allah, how are you?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, by the grace of Allah.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Shaykh, in Ramadan we found a man, and we learned from his condition that he did not have enough food to sustain him. So I gathered from some of the brothers and told him, meaning, the day after the Maghrib prayer, we will find you in this mosque. I do not know where the man lives. The man did not come from that day until this very moment.
The Shaykh : Is "that day" a foreign expression?
The questioner : Or from here?
The Shaykh : That is a foreign expression from pure Yemeni Arabic.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh. By Allah, we have become foreigners, and it is in our tongues.
The Shaykh : I am afraid of that, because there are people like these in front of me.
The questioner : We seek help from Allah. So now, this food that we prepared, the man is in Hell, we did not know his place, we did not even know his name to ask about him. So how do we dispose of such a specific charity whose owner is known?
The Shaykh : If the specific person is missed, give it to another who is deserving of charity.
The questioner : Yes, meaning there is no period we wait for him or something like that.
The Shaykh : No, unless there is hope, and I do not think this hope is possible because you say you do not know anything about him.
The questioner : Yes, we know he lives in the units, but where?
The Shaykh : That is it. Hurry with the good to others.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may you be blessed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Welcome. Peace be upon you and the mercy of
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Praise be to Allah, how are you?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, by the grace of Allah.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Shaykh, in Ramadan we found a man, and we learned from his condition that he did not have enough food to sustain him. So I gathered from some of the brothers and told him, meaning, the day after the Maghrib prayer, we will find you in this mosque. I do not know where the man lives. The man did not come from that day until this very moment.
The Shaykh : Is "that day" a foreign expression?
The questioner : Or from here?
The Shaykh : That is a foreign expression from pure Yemeni Arabic.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh. By Allah, we have become foreigners, and it is in our tongues.
The Shaykh : I am afraid of that, because there are people like these in front of me.
The questioner : We seek help from Allah. So now, this food that we prepared, the man is in Hell, we did not know his place, we did not even know his name to ask about him. So how do we dispose of such a specific charity whose owner is known?
The Shaykh : If the specific person is missed, give it to another who is deserving of charity.
The questioner : Yes, meaning there is no period we wait for him or something like that.
The Shaykh : No, unless there is hope, and I do not think this hope is possible because you say you do not know anything about him.
The questioner : Yes, we know he lives in the units, but where?
The Shaykh : That is it. Hurry with the good to others.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And may you be blessed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Welcome. Peace be upon you and the mercy of
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1266 — d3watuna.com (16:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.