What is the ruling on the multiplication (×) and addition (+) signs used in arithmetic?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, regarding the sign used in arithmetic, the multiplication sign and the plus sign which resembles a cross, do we use it or not?
The Shaykh : And we have a good sunnah, have you not been informed of it?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : So you should do it!
The questioner : ... All right, Shaykh, is it obligatory or recommended?
The Shaykh : When he saw a cross, he would break it.
The questioner : And this is considered a cross, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Of course, it does not become a cross unless we imagine it as a right angle, and if it is slightly tilted, it has not departed from being a cross?
The questioner : The known cross is that the distance from the top to the horizontal part is shorter than the bottom part, so I had a doubt and thought this was not a cross?
The Shaykh : Whatever revolves around the cross, break it, because you cannot imagine that the cross which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to break was viewed with such precision that it had to be placed elsewhere.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : And we have a good sunnah, have you not been informed of it?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : So you should do it!
The questioner : ... All right, Shaykh, is it obligatory or recommended?
The Shaykh : When he saw a cross, he would break it.
The questioner : And this is considered a cross, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Of course, it does not become a cross unless we imagine it as a right angle, and if it is slightly tilted, it has not departed from being a cross?
The questioner : The known cross is that the distance from the top to the horizontal part is shorter than the bottom part, so I had a doubt and thought this was not a cross?
The Shaykh : Whatever revolves around the cross, break it, because you cannot imagine that the cross which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to break was viewed with such precision that it had to be placed elsewhere.
The questioner: All right.
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