Calling foreigners "O Muhammad"
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[Calling foreigners "O Muhammad"]
People have become accustomed to calling the workers in shops, the foreign laborers, "Muhammad." Absolutely not.
"O Muhammad, give me this and that." Sometimes the person may not be Muslim. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, on this?
What I know is that the foreign workers say: "O friend," "O companion."
The questioner: People have changed things now.
The Shaykh: What do they say now?The questioner: They say: "O Muhammad." Usually, they say it directly.
The Shaykh: Is that correct?! I have something better than this, that he should say: "O servant of Allah"; because they are all servants of Allah, even the disbeliever is a servant of Allah. So if it were changed to "O servant of Allah," that would be better.
People have become accustomed to calling the workers in shops, the foreign laborers, "Muhammad." Absolutely not.
"O Muhammad, give me this and that." Sometimes the person may not be Muslim. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, on this?
What I know is that the foreign workers say: "O friend," "O companion."
The questioner: People have changed things now.
The Shaykh: What do they say now?The questioner: They say: "O Muhammad." Usually, they say it directly.
The Shaykh: Is that correct?! I have something better than this, that he should say: "O servant of Allah"; because they are all servants of Allah, even the disbeliever is a servant of Allah. So if it were changed to "O servant of Allah," that would be better.