The Shaykh’s note on the issue of getting acquainted: that in some gatherings it is appropriate to get acquainted with one another, and he cited the saying of Allah the Exalted: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.”
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The questioner : I mean, some of the brothers broke their fast, and some are waiting.
The Shaykh : We ask them what they are waiting for? Are they foreigners like me? In a gathering like this, it is appropriate to conduct the kind of getting acquainted that people do in gatherings other than this one, and they resort to the like of the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Hujurat 49:13] - and peace be upon you - so we want you to check on us after you have finished the prayer, to introduce us to these brothers. A general question: are they speaking?
The questioner : They are speaking Arabic.
The Shaykh : Are they Chinese or not?
The questioner : Malaysia, Indonesia.
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, not all of them are from Malaysia; some are from Pattani and they live near me in the Pattani region.
The Shaykh : And do you all speak the Arabic language?
The questioner : Most of them speak the Arabic language, and this is the Pattani region with 7 million people. Thailand occupied it, just as Israel occupied Palestine, so Thailand occupied it. They are all Muslims. In Pattani, 7 million is the number of Muslims.
Another questioner : According to the statistics of the eighties, it might be 4 million people.
Another questioner : I read in one of the publications that one of the brothers gave me that their population is seven million, which is permissible recently. And in one of the years, there was a king in Thailand who became Muslim and announced his Islam, and he concealed his Islam rather. And they found after years, among the things he left behind, that he was a Muslim. So the people of Pattani, Thailand occupied it, some of them, and the others are from Malaysia.
The Shaykh : And perhaps they are students in the schools.
The questioner : In the universities and the Sharia institutes.
The Shaykh : In the universities
The questioner : And the Sharia institutes
The Shaykh : Good, and how long have they been in this country approximately?
The questioner : By Allah, some of them have completed their studies, and some of them are on their way to finishing their studies.
The Shaykh : I do not mean how many years have passed since they were in this country?
The questioner : Some are old-timers and some are new; some came this year.
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : Yes, I mean, the brother sitting on the right there came recently and does not speak the Arabic language.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
Another questioner : I am your brother in Allah, Muhammad Fath. My name is Muhammad Fath. I study at the Language Center. I came new this year.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : May Allah open the doors of good for you.
The Shaykh : Amen, okay, please, and peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : We ask them what they are waiting for? Are they foreigners like me? In a gathering like this, it is appropriate to conduct the kind of getting acquainted that people do in gatherings other than this one, and they resort to the like of the saying of Allah the Exalted
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you
يا أيها الناس إنا خلقناكم من ذكر وأنثى وجعلناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا إن أكرمكم عند الله أتقاكمThe questioner : They are speaking Arabic.
The Shaykh : Are they Chinese or not?
The questioner : Malaysia, Indonesia.
Another questioner : Our Shaykh, not all of them are from Malaysia; some are from Pattani and they live near me in the Pattani region.
The Shaykh : And do you all speak the Arabic language?
The questioner : Most of them speak the Arabic language, and this is the Pattani region with 7 million people. Thailand occupied it, just as Israel occupied Palestine, so Thailand occupied it. They are all Muslims. In Pattani, 7 million is the number of Muslims.
Another questioner : According to the statistics of the eighties, it might be 4 million people.
Another questioner : I read in one of the publications that one of the brothers gave me that their population is seven million, which is permissible recently. And in one of the years, there was a king in Thailand who became Muslim and announced his Islam, and he concealed his Islam rather. And they found after years, among the things he left behind, that he was a Muslim. So the people of Pattani, Thailand occupied it, some of them, and the others are from Malaysia.
The Shaykh : And perhaps they are students in the schools.
The questioner : In the universities and the Sharia institutes.
The Shaykh : In the universities
The questioner : And the Sharia institutes
The Shaykh : Good, and how long have they been in this country approximately?
The questioner : By Allah, some of them have completed their studies, and some of them are on their way to finishing their studies.
The Shaykh : I do not mean how many years have passed since they were in this country?
The questioner : Some are old-timers and some are new; some came this year.
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : Yes, I mean, the brother sitting on the right there came recently and does not speak the Arabic language.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
Another questioner : I am your brother in Allah, Muhammad Fath. My name is Muhammad Fath. I study at the Language Center. I came new this year.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : May Allah open the doors of good for you.
The Shaykh : Amen, okay, please, and peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
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