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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the hadith: (Did the fasting people break their fast with you?) specific to the fasting person?

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The questioner : The hadith that...

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : The hadith you mentioned:
The righteous ate your food أكَلَ طعامَكم الأبرار
that this is restricted to the fasting person...

The Shaykh : This is ignorance of the meaning of:
May the fasting ones break their fast with you أفطر عندكم الصائمون
, "Did they break their fast" is, unfortunately,
-- We do not want to hear poetry, Professor Yusuf.

Another questioner : If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : We do not want to hear poetry --
= This is due to our ignorance, we Arabs, of the Arabic language, so the supplicant's saying:
May the fasting ones break their fast with you أفطر عندكم الصائمون
This is a matter of the unseen... Is it permissible for a Muslim to say to the owner of the house where he ate:
The angels prayed over you صلَّت عليكم الملائكة
? As a statement of fact, is it permissible?

The questioner: No.

The Shaykh : It is not permissible, but this is a supplication, just as one of us says: "May Allah have mercy on so-and-so," how do we know that Allah had mercy on him? No, but this is a matter of what? Supplication. This is a known Arabic style; therefore, this is a supplication, not a statement of fact, not a report,
The righteous have eaten your food أكل طعامكم الأبرار
if Allah wills,
And the fasting people broke their fast with you وأفطر عندكم الصائمون
if Allah wills,
And the angels prayed over you وصلَّت عليكم الملائكة
if Allah wills; this is the meaning of the hadith.
... meaning, do you see our situation tonight? Do you want to empty your bags?

Those present : They are laughing.
... ... ...

The Shaykh : ... it is not a major matter; that is because...
... ... ...
Source www.al-albany.com

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