Explanation of the ruling on using the word "Alo Alo" when answering the mobile phone, and that it is obligatory to differ from the disbelievers and replace it with the word "Ala Ala."
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The Shaykh : All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides has no one to mislead, and whoever He leaves to mislead has no one to guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. [Ali 'Imran 3:102], [An-Nisa 4:1], [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71].
As for what follows:
For the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
Following up on our discussion yesterday regarding the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) from imitating the disbelievers on the one hand, and his command (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to differ from the polytheists, the Jews, and the Christians, on the other hand; following up on that, I wish to draw attention to something that some people may not pay attention to, but if we link it to that prohibition and that command, we will find that we were unaware that this matter should be corrected and aligned with the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) from imitating, and his command (peace and blessings be upon him) to differ from the polytheists. That is their saying, on the occasion of what you heard earlier in the radio experiment: "Alo Alo." "Alo Alo" is a foreign word, and there is another Arabic word that is its complete synonym, which is a substitute for "Alo Alo": "Ala Ala." So "Ala" is a particle of opening in the Arabic language. Therefore, it is necessary to turn away from this common word, first: because it is not an Arabic word, and second: with the intention of differing from the disbelievers even in this detail, due to his command (peace be upon him) which we mentioned yesterday:Sunan Ibn Majah 3621Sahih (Darussalam). This poetry, as we established yesterday, is gray hair which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has decreed upon the disbeliever and the Muslim, so it is not in the hand of the Muslim or the disbeliever not to grow gray hair. Nevertheless, he (peace be upon him) said: meaning: differ from them in something that is not of their making, but rather is from the creation of their Lord. So how should we not differ from them in something that is from their language and from their custom and traditions which they have spread in all the lands of the world? So if someone wants to call out to his companion, instead of saying: "Ala, are you present?" Yes, peace be upon you, what does he say?
"Alo Alo." It is necessary to turn away from this word and to establish in its place this Arabic word, "Ala," in the old Arabic poetry in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) testified that it is the truest word spoken by a poet:
"Ala, every thing is false except Allah":
This is a particle of attention to be used as a substitute for the word: "Alo." This is the first reminder.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمونO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم مِن نفسٍ واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالًا كثيرًا ونساءً واتقوا الله الذي تساءَلون به والأرحامَ إن الله كان عليكم رقيبًا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولاً سديداً * يُصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومَن يُطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزاً عظيماًAs for what follows:
For the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
Following up on our discussion yesterday regarding the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) from imitating the disbelievers on the one hand, and his command (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to differ from the polytheists, the Jews, and the Christians, on the other hand; following up on that, I wish to draw attention to something that some people may not pay attention to, but if we link it to that prohibition and that command, we will find that we were unaware that this matter should be corrected and aligned with the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) from imitating, and his command (peace and blessings be upon him) to differ from the polytheists. That is their saying, on the occasion of what you heard earlier in the radio experiment: "Alo Alo." "Alo Alo" is a foreign word, and there is another Arabic word that is its complete synonym, which is a substitute for "Alo Alo": "Ala Ala." So "Ala" is a particle of opening in the Arabic language. Therefore, it is necessary to turn away from this common word, first: because it is not an Arabic word, and second: with the intention of differing from the disbelievers even in this detail, due to his command (peace be upon him) which we mentioned yesterday:
The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their hair), so differ from them.
إنَّ اليهود والنصارى لا يصبغون شعورهم فخالفوهمDistinguish yourselves from them
خالفوهم"Alo Alo." It is necessary to turn away from this word and to establish in its place this Arabic word, "Ala," in the old Arabic poetry in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) testified that it is the truest word spoken by a poet:
"Ala, every thing is false except Allah":
This is a particle of attention to be used as a substitute for the word: "Alo." This is the first reminder.