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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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He spoke about how to straighten the rows.

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The Shaykh : I see that the row is now as it was at the beginning of the standing, but I still see some crookedness. For example, some of our brothers are still making the aforementioned mistake, which is that they look at their feet and then extend their heads like this. They say in Syria, "Like the herd of wild animals." That is not what should be done. Look to the right; do you see the chest of the person behind the imam? If you see it, then you are straight. It does not matter to you if you look at the foot of the person to your right or left, unless you want to ensure that you do not leave a gap between the foot and the foot. Place the foot against the foot. This is exercise; this is exercise, but its purpose is worship. By His wisdom in His servants, Allah the Mighty and Majestic commands them to obey Him in a type of worship, and then, as they say today, it comes automatically as physical exercise, which is better than many of the exercises that disbelievers engage in, and which we then took from them. It is as if we received a new opening in exercise, whereas all our worship and prayers are exercise beyond which there is no other exercise. It is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
In the human being, there are three hundred and sixty joints, and for every joint, there is a charity every day. في الإنسان ثلاثمائة وستون سلامى ، وعلى كل سلامى في كل يوم صدقة
. The *salami* are the joints; the neck is the chain of the back, the legs, the shins, and so on. The medicine they call experimental medicine today is ignorant of the reality of this Prophetic medicine, which is that every human being has three hundred and sixty *salami*, meaning joints. And on every *salam* the Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
In every day there is a charity, meaning on every *salam* there is a charity. في كل يومٍ صدقة أي على كل سلامة صدقة
. There is no doubt that this is a burden according to the custom of people, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) removed the difficulty by his saying (peace be upon him):
Indeed, for you in every *tasbih* is a charity, and in every *tahmid* is a charity, and in every *takbir* is a charity, and enjoining good is a charity, and forbidding evil is a charity, and removing a harmful object from the road is a charity, and carrying your brother's luggage on the back of his mount is a charity. إن لكم بكل تسبيحة صدقة ، وبكل تحميدة صدقة ، وبكل تكبيرة صدقة ، وأمرٌ بالمعروف صدقة ، ونهيٍ عن منكر صدقة وإماطة الأذى عن الطريق صدقة ، وحملك متاع أخيك على ظهر دابته صدقة
. He mentioned many of these virtues, and then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concluded his speech by saying:
And the two rak'ahs of the Duha prayer gather all of that for you ويجمع لك ذلك كله ركعتا الضحى
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 63:128
. The two rak'ahs of Dhuha, meaning whoever prays the two rak'ahs at the time of Dhuha is as if he has given three hundred and sixty charities, and that is in gratitude to Allah the Mighty and Majestic for these *salami* and joints. My aim in this is to draw your attention, all of you, to the fact that Allah the Mighty and Majestic, as He said:
Do you see in the creation of the Rahman any inequality? ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت
, did not create the human being with three hundred and sixty *salami* in him to be like this, rigid, as if he or they were propped-up pieces of wood, but rather to respond and straighten the row so that it is as the Messenger (peace be upon him) desired. He used to straighten the rows and say to this one, "Move forward," and to that one, "Move back," and "Close up the gaps." And I see Satan slipping in between you, and driving Satan away. Do not blame me if I stop you for a long time, for I have stopped with you, and I am an old man as you see me. The point is that you are now commanded to straighten the rows to fulfill the desire, indeed the command, of the Messenger (peace be upon him). And this requires from you some flexibility and movement. Therefore, I hope that you will respond to Allah and the Messenger when He calls you to that which gives you life. And finally, I see that the first row has straightened, even if it is not as I wish, but rather, pardon me, as the Shari'ah wishes. But I fear that the other rows have not straightened at least as well as the first row. For this reason, we remind you of the saying of the Messenger (peace be upon him), who used to say to the first row:
Follow me. ائتموا بي
, meaning by the Messenger (peace be upon him),
And let those behind you follow you. وليأتم من خلفكم بكم
, meaning the second row follows the first row, and the third row follows the second row, and so on until the rows are straight as the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) commanded. And this is a reminder, and the reminder benefits the believers. And perhaps we will be forced, and you must bear with us, to repeat the warning once more, until we are straight in the matter of our Prophet (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him).
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