Continuation of the discussion on the location of the heart and its relationship to the mind, and what medicine has achieved in transplanting a human heart from one person to another.
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The Shaykh : The important point is that the distance is long between Damascus and Faya, so naturally they are pumping the water through pipes, but the pipes are not extended in a single stretch from Faya to Damascus; rather, there are basins along the way, meaning that between, for example, every ten kilometers, there is a large basin where the water collects, and then it is channeled to a second and third basin, and so on. I am giving an example for the doctors and their knowledge: if the last basin, which is the closest to Damascus, were hit by, for example, a shell, and the water leaked out, the water would be cut off from the town, and the people of the town would not know that the water is coming from here, so they would be truthful in saying the water is coming from here, but this does not negate what they are ignorant of, which is that it is coming from far away, with other stations and other basins, and so on. This is a very approximate example of human ignorance regarding the structure of the human being that Allah created and fashioned. Yes?
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes? Did this example become clear to you? This is exactly the reality of the doctors regarding the heart. They do not know that there is a close connection between the heart and the brain. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has informed us of this. This is one of the benefits of believing in what Allah has revealed. Therefore, there is no difference between medicine and the Shari'ah, except that the knowledge of medicine is limited, and the Shari'ah is broader by nature, because it is from the All-Knowing, the Expert. So I wanted to say: it is not possible to separate the alif from the nun and here.
The questioner : Yes, I understood, O our Shaykh.
The questioner : They mentioned another issue, and it is perhaps stronger than the previous issue, and it may be imaginary, although we have heard something of it that is realistic. It is that now, in some American and European countries, the entire heart is being replaced with an artificial heart. So a man now has no heart except the artificial heart, and yet he is a sane, thinking man, and so on.
The Shaykh : This is the answer to it. Yes?
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello, I am calling you from Algeria.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar!! My brother, yes, there is noise. Pull this plug out and plug it back in.
The questioner : It happened, even if in a way.
The Shaykh : It was cut off from the heart.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the brain, this is the brain. This artificial heart does not now emanate reason: "Or have they hearts with which they do not reason?" No, rather this brain that was connected to the heart is a reservoir like this reservoir. This artificial heart now lives on the supply it received from the divine heart. Yes, and therefore, in addition to the good you mentioned, I heard, and in any case, I do not have the time to follow up, that they installed an artificial heart, but he did not live.
The questioner : A very short period.
The Shaykh : A period, that is it.
The questioner : And this supports that the storage has ended, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : This point, Subhan Allah, Shaykh Ahmad al-Salik mentioned it to me.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That a doctor, who is a Muslim and very trustworthy, knows Shaykh Ahmad in Turkey, a physician, informed him that the one who underwent a heart transplant, where a heart was transferred from one person to another, if this man to whom the heart was transferred lives, he does not live as a sound human being.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, His Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Do you not remember me, or do you not remember, His Eminence the Shaykh? I am Jamal from Algeria. I asked you once about the issue of my marriage if I was praying, and you do not remember me, His Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh : My brother, the sound cuts out for you.
The questioner : It cuts out because I cut the sound in order to hear you well.
The Shaykh : Okay, why are you standing? Continue your speech.
The questioner : I do not know if you remembered me or not, that I asked you about the issue of marriage, His Eminence the Shaykh. I mean, the material of the marriage contract was that I was not praying, and I made the marriage contract, and in a letter from His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymeen in his letter: *The Ruling on the One Who Abandons Prayer*, he says: that the marriage contract is not valid.
The Shaykh : You mentioned this before, so what do you want now?
The questioner : You asked me to call His Eminence Shaykh al-Uthaymeen.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did you do?
The questioner : I tried to call him, but I was not able to reach him, O His Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, what can I do for you?
The questioner : I am asking, I do not know what to do, O His Eminence the Shaykh!
The Shaykh : What do you want from me, my brother?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner : I am hearing, His Eminence the Shaykh, I am hearing you.
The Shaykh : Okay, listen to me, I am telling you: what do you want from me now?
The questioner : Advice, O His Eminence the Shaykh, or guide me.
Another questioner : The son of the Shaykh, Anas, and he was studying in America, said: By Allah, I am hearing this from you now, but you have reminded me of a lecture or a seminar I attended in America, which was: if a heart is transplanted from one person to another, does he have the right to know, meaning who donated this heart to him? Meaning where did this heart come from? He said: so they raised a strange issue, and he said: if the heart is transplanted from one person to another, then some of the characteristics of the person from whom the heart was taken come in the characteristics of the person to whom it was transferred. And they mentioned a story of a man who had no religious inclinations, and the heart taken was taken from a man who was, meaning, he used to go to the church and attend their religious lessons. He said: so that man to whom the heart was transferred developed religious inclinations after he had none. And the strange thing is that he went to the same church that that man used to go to, and he says: I enter it as if I know this church, and I am entering this church for the first time. Subhan Allah.
The Shaykh : These are individual reports, from which a scientific case is not formed. Okay, do you have anything else?
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes? Did this example become clear to you? This is exactly the reality of the doctors regarding the heart. They do not know that there is a close connection between the heart and the brain. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has informed us of this. This is one of the benefits of believing in what Allah has revealed. Therefore, there is no difference between medicine and the Shari'ah, except that the knowledge of medicine is limited, and the Shari'ah is broader by nature, because it is from the All-Knowing, the Expert. So I wanted to say: it is not possible to separate the alif from the nun and here.
The questioner : Yes, I understood, O our Shaykh.
The questioner : They mentioned another issue, and it is perhaps stronger than the previous issue, and it may be imaginary, although we have heard something of it that is realistic. It is that now, in some American and European countries, the entire heart is being replaced with an artificial heart. So a man now has no heart except the artificial heart, and yet he is a sane, thinking man, and so on.
The Shaykh : This is the answer to it. Yes?
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello, I am calling you from Algeria.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, yes.
The questioner : Hello.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar!! My brother, yes, there is noise. Pull this plug out and plug it back in.
The questioner : It happened, even if in a way.
The Shaykh : It was cut off from the heart.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the brain, this is the brain. This artificial heart does not now emanate reason: "Or have they hearts with which they do not reason?" No, rather this brain that was connected to the heart is a reservoir like this reservoir. This artificial heart now lives on the supply it received from the divine heart. Yes, and therefore, in addition to the good you mentioned, I heard, and in any case, I do not have the time to follow up, that they installed an artificial heart, but he did not live.
The questioner : A very short period.
The Shaykh : A period, that is it.
The questioner : And this supports that the storage has ended, O our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : This point, Subhan Allah, Shaykh Ahmad al-Salik mentioned it to me.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That a doctor, who is a Muslim and very trustworthy, knows Shaykh Ahmad in Turkey, a physician, informed him that the one who underwent a heart transplant, where a heart was transferred from one person to another, if this man to whom the heart was transferred lives, he does not live as a sound human being.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, His Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Do you not remember me, or do you not remember, His Eminence the Shaykh? I am Jamal from Algeria. I asked you once about the issue of my marriage if I was praying, and you do not remember me, His Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh : My brother, the sound cuts out for you.
The questioner : It cuts out because I cut the sound in order to hear you well.
The Shaykh : Okay, why are you standing? Continue your speech.
The questioner : I do not know if you remembered me or not, that I asked you about the issue of marriage, His Eminence the Shaykh. I mean, the material of the marriage contract was that I was not praying, and I made the marriage contract, and in a letter from His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Uthaymeen in his letter: *The Ruling on the One Who Abandons Prayer*, he says: that the marriage contract is not valid.
The Shaykh : You mentioned this before, so what do you want now?
The questioner : You asked me to call His Eminence Shaykh al-Uthaymeen.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did you do?
The questioner : I tried to call him, but I was not able to reach him, O His Eminence the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, what can I do for you?
The questioner : I am asking, I do not know what to do, O His Eminence the Shaykh!
The Shaykh : What do you want from me, my brother?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
The questioner : I am hearing, His Eminence the Shaykh, I am hearing you.
The Shaykh : Okay, listen to me, I am telling you: what do you want from me now?
The questioner : Advice, O His Eminence the Shaykh, or guide me.
Another questioner : The son of the Shaykh, Anas, and he was studying in America, said: By Allah, I am hearing this from you now, but you have reminded me of a lecture or a seminar I attended in America, which was: if a heart is transplanted from one person to another, does he have the right to know, meaning who donated this heart to him? Meaning where did this heart come from? He said: so they raised a strange issue, and he said: if the heart is transplanted from one person to another, then some of the characteristics of the person from whom the heart was taken come in the characteristics of the person to whom it was transferred. And they mentioned a story of a man who had no religious inclinations, and the heart taken was taken from a man who was, meaning, he used to go to the church and attend their religious lessons. He said: so that man to whom the heart was transferred developed religious inclinations after he had none. And the strange thing is that he went to the same church that that man used to go to, and he says: I enter it as if I know this church, and I am entering this church for the first time. Subhan Allah.
The Shaykh : These are individual reports, from which a scientific case is not formed. Okay, do you have anything else?
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