The Shaykh’s explanation of how the right side of the one serving drinks is determined in the gathering.
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the time of the 'Asr prayer specifically.
The Shaykh : Before, before we finish the topic of the right and the left.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : I asked before we went into the details of the issue of determining the meaning of the right side. Here, in this circle, the one who entered came in, and to his right was Professor Mahmoud. The one who entered came in with the serving, starting from Professor Mahmoud, such that Professor Mahmoud would be on the right of the one serving. So are we in disagreement that it starts with Professor Mahmoud and so on, or does it start with the brother, I don’t know his name, and so on?
The questioner : Khumays.
The Shaykh : Khumays. Where does it start? Never mind, if it is Mahmoud or Khumays.
The questioner : Sometimes it is like this and sometimes it is like that.
The Shaykh : My dear, do not say "if." If I say the one serving entered from here, if it is like this, he enters like this and exits. Do you see the brother there who has a watermelon in his hand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He entered from here, and to his right is Mahmoud. Where does it start?
The questioner : From Professor Mahmoud.
The Shaykh : If we have finished with any issue, does anyone want to discuss this topic?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : The right and the left? Some of the distinguished scholars hold that the right side of the one serving is from Khumays.
The questioner : Because it started from you.
The Shaykh : Be patient a little. I did not tell you to determine the right side so that we would say whether it started from me or not; because if it started from me, where is his right side? Well, if he goes to his right side.
The questioner : He goes like this.
The Shaykh : Then he goes like this to his left side.
The Shaykh : This is the problem.
The questioner : The right side of the one serving.
The Shaykh : Be patient a little, scholars. We are telling you that someone has something to say. We assumed that he entered from Professor Mahmoud. Do you know Professor Mahmoud? This is the one who leans like this to the side.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : The professor is here. We knew him. We asked him where it starts, and he said from Professor Mahmoud. Opposite him is Brother Khumays. Okay. You say, now, where does this one serving start? From Mahmoud or from Khumays?
The questioner : I understood that it starts from Mahmoud.
The Shaykh : And may Allah continue that and bless you for what you understood. Haha. And I say the matter is finished.
The Shaykh : Before, before we finish the topic of the right and the left.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : I asked before we went into the details of the issue of determining the meaning of the right side. Here, in this circle, the one who entered came in, and to his right was Professor Mahmoud. The one who entered came in with the serving, starting from Professor Mahmoud, such that Professor Mahmoud would be on the right of the one serving. So are we in disagreement that it starts with Professor Mahmoud and so on, or does it start with the brother, I don’t know his name, and so on?
The questioner : Khumays.
The Shaykh : Khumays. Where does it start? Never mind, if it is Mahmoud or Khumays.
The questioner : Sometimes it is like this and sometimes it is like that.
The Shaykh : My dear, do not say "if." If I say the one serving entered from here, if it is like this, he enters like this and exits. Do you see the brother there who has a watermelon in his hand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He entered from here, and to his right is Mahmoud. Where does it start?
The questioner : From Professor Mahmoud.
The Shaykh : If we have finished with any issue, does anyone want to discuss this topic?
The questioner : No
The Shaykh : The right and the left? Some of the distinguished scholars hold that the right side of the one serving is from Khumays.
The questioner : Because it started from you.
The Shaykh : Be patient a little. I did not tell you to determine the right side so that we would say whether it started from me or not; because if it started from me, where is his right side? Well, if he goes to his right side.
The questioner : He goes like this.
The Shaykh : Then he goes like this to his left side.
The Shaykh : This is the problem.
The questioner : The right side of the one serving.
The Shaykh : Be patient a little, scholars. We are telling you that someone has something to say. We assumed that he entered from Professor Mahmoud. Do you know Professor Mahmoud? This is the one who leans like this to the side.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : The professor is here. We knew him. We asked him where it starts, and he said from Professor Mahmoud. Opposite him is Brother Khumays. Okay. You say, now, where does this one serving start? From Mahmoud or from Khumays?
The questioner : I understood that it starts from Mahmoud.
The Shaykh : And may Allah continue that and bless you for what you understood. Haha. And I say the matter is finished.
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