The Eighth: And the Traveler
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The Shaykh : And who is the traveler?
The traveler is the one who is stranded, and the way is the road. Does the road have children? The road has children. The scholars say: everyone who is attached to something is considered a son of it. He is called a son of the road because he is attached to the road and continues traveling, just as the water bird is called a son of the water because it is accustomed to water. Similarly, the son of the road is the one who is continuously traveling, and he is given what will enable him to reach his homeland, even if he is wealthy in his homeland. These are the eight categories; let us count them for you.
The questioner : The poor and the needy...
The Shaykh : Those who work on it.
The questioner : Those who work on it, the debtors, and those in bondage.
The Shaykh : Indeed, alms are only for the poor and the needy.
The questioner : And those who work on it, and those in bondage.
The Shaykh : Not before, before, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled.
The questioner : And those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and those in bondage, and the debtors, and in the cause of Allah, and the traveler.
The Shaykh : And the debtors, and in the cause of Allah, and the traveler.
The traveler is the one who is stranded, and the way is the road. Does the road have children? The road has children. The scholars say: everyone who is attached to something is considered a son of it. He is called a son of the road because he is attached to the road and continues traveling, just as the water bird is called a son of the water because it is accustomed to water. Similarly, the son of the road is the one who is continuously traveling, and he is given what will enable him to reach his homeland, even if he is wealthy in his homeland. These are the eight categories; let us count them for you.
The questioner : The poor and the needy...
The Shaykh : Those who work on it.
The questioner : Those who work on it, the debtors, and those in bondage.
The Shaykh : Indeed, alms are only for the poor and the needy.
The questioner : And those who work on it, and those in bondage.
The Shaykh : Not before, before, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled.
The questioner : And those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and those in bondage, and the debtors, and in the cause of Allah, and the traveler.
The Shaykh : And the debtors, and in the cause of Allah, and the traveler.