You said in *Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah* that i'qaa' is done sometimes and iftirash is done sometimes, so how is it done? Is it in the same prayer?

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.

The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Nasser?

The Shaykh : You are welcome.

The questioner: Question.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : I said in "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah" that i'qaa' is done sometimes and iftirash is done sometimes, so how is it done? Is it in the same prayer?

The Shaykh : This is left to the one praying; there is no fixed system to follow, and it is not made into a recommended practice (sunnah), because the Messenger (peace be upon him) would do this sometimes and that sometimes. As for the manner of these variations, it is not specified. Therefore, the matter is left to the one praying. The important thing is that he maintains both recommended practices (sunnahs); he sits in iftirash sometimes and in i'qaa' other times, and that is sufficient.

The questioner : Did you say that... prostration on the feet or... and then you retracted?

The Shaykh : And what benefit does this question bring you?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : What benefit does this question bring you? Were you lost? The important thing is: am I guided or not? What does this question matter to you?

The questioner : I know the truth.

The Shaykh : And I am asking you: were you ever lost?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Were you ever lost?

The questioner : If Allah wills, no.

The Shaykh : See, if Allah wills, no. And I say, if Allah wills, no. What did you gain?

The questioner : Because it was said to me that your words are contradictory.

The Shaykh : And because you are contradictory, you know the contradictory one?

The questioner: No.

The Shaykh : The group of al-Saqaf destroyed us with the phone calls one night, from eight thirty to ten, and the phone was on, meaning, for example, a person would pick it up, it would work, then it would go off, then come back, and so on. I seek refuge in Allah from them.

The questioner : On Thursday, we were in the same story, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : On Thursday, we were in the same place at Abu al-Abd.

The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, Glory be to Allah.

The questioner : I ask Allah to protect you from their schemes.

The Shaykh : O Allah, amen.

The questioner : Before the midday prayer.

The Shaykh : O Allah, amen. How are you?

The questioner : May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : Welcome.

The questioner : Okay, what does al-Saqaf do?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : What does al-Saqaf do?

The Shaykh : His work is corruption. They control security from all angles, from the heads to the individuals, so they ask about Qaddafi, and about Gamal Abdel Nasser, and about Saddam, and about... a woven network to mislead the Muslims through their leaders, and now they are misleading through false propaganda, yes.

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh: And upon you peace.

The questioner : When I ask you...

The Shaykh : I do not answer you because you do not want the truth; this is how they do it.

The questioner : Meaning, from the top to the bottom.

The Shaykh : Never, Allah is the Greatest.

The questioner : Everyone knows their role, and knows when they will show them, and knows.

The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.

The questioner : Or is this the reality, even the people...

The Shaykh : It is something truly terrifying; Allah is the Helper. There is no revealer of it other than Allah.

The questioner : On Thursday...

The Shaykh : For example, in need of a question.