Can it be said: that Allah, as mentioned in the hadith, "turns the hearts of the people," and thus decrees the rectification of the hearts of the people in a single night?

The questioner : If you would be so kind, meaning, with respect for your opinion; meaning, please elaborate on it regarding your belief that the Mahdi will not emerge in such a circumstance or in this era we are living in, for the reason of the corruption of people, but...

The Shaykh : ...and their need for a long period for rectification, yes.

The questioner : And I said that, yes, their need for a long period, I want to say: the hadith in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says, if it is authentic, I do not know.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : I want to know from you.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: I do not know if this hadith is valid?

The Shaykh : .

The questioner : Is it authentic?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : So, we are upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic); nothing is far from Him; so if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wills, He will rectify the people in a single night.

The Shaykh : This is correct.

The questioner : So, this corruption that we need a long period to rectify, in the case of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), has no measure and does not mean consideration; so it is possible in a single night, it is possible that it comes down, meaning.

The Shaykh: Correct.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes, but I drew your attention to something.

The questioner: Go ahead.

The Shaykh : This is a matter of the unseen.

The questioner : Yes, correct... of course.

The Shaykh : Okay; and we are talking about a matter of reality, this reality in our estimates, does it need a short time or a long time?

The questioner: Long.

The Shaykh: Long.

The questioner : This is correct.

The Shaykh : So, we will then, I will give you a simple example.

The questioner: Go ahead.

The Shaykh : That I am a poor man, I am a poor man who wants to get married, the wife needs rights, including maintenance and housing, and so on, and then perhaps we will have children, children also need what? Do we say that sustenance, brother, is upon Allah, and as came in the authentic hadiths that the fetus in the womb of its mother has its sustenance written for it; does this lead us to believe in the unknown unseen, or does it lead us to work and take the means that enable me to fulfill my religious duties toward myself, my wife, and my children, such as, for example, buying land and building a house on it, or do I say: Allah (Mighty and Majestic) might, between one evening and the next morning, send from the high heavens a person to build a house for me at his expense; is this possible or not? Why are you standing? Say: it is possible, brother, it is possible, by Allah... in this... but do we rely on this belief?

The questioner : No, of course, no, of course.

The Shaykh : This is the answer.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.

The questioner : Is it permissible to pray on a mat on which a cross is drawn?

The Shaykh : ...but when one of you says: O friend...