How is the separation between the obligatory prayer and the voluntary prayer, and what is the wisdom behind it?
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The questioner : ... Is there evidence?
The Shaykh : ... A strange question. I thought you were asking about something valid, or not?
The questioner : ... You leave...
The Shaykh : ... Therefore, the question remains strange. What do you want with the other hadith?
The questioner : ... This hadith does not speak...
The Shaykh : ... Or it speaks.
The questioner : ... Out of place.
The Shaykh : The answer is from two aspects: The first is taken from the jurisprudence of the hadith. What is the goal of the hadith? The goal of the hadith is to establish the separation between the obligatory prayer and the Sunnah. So, what achieves this separation is mentioned in the hadith of Mu'awiyah: two things: leaving, and this is the strongest form of separation, or else speaking, because speaking is not valid in prayer. So, if another action is found that resembles speaking in that it is not permissible in prayer, it is annexed to the speaking that is not permissible in prayer. It is changing the place, as we see in the mosque, but in another hadith found in Sahih Abu Dawud, yes... The other hadith means that he changes his place or deviates from his place. This is what is mentioned in the hadith. There are opinions, which are of course not narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but they do not conflict with these two hadiths, and they are that the wisdom in changing the place is to increase the witnesses[Az-Zalzalah 99:4-5], [Az-Zalzalah 99:4] the earth speaks with everything that fell upon it, so this becomes an addition of testimony for the one who prayed here and there. So this is an inference, meaning it is not an explicit text, whereas the explicit text is in the two previous hadiths.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Of course, the answer is on the same pattern as before, regarding a material benefit that he considered... Rather, the Muslim is supposed to consider the religious, legal aspects, and then the excuse that he separates the men from them, this is, in my opinion, impractical, unless we assume that the tenant is not a man.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I think not.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And there are women who see the oil on their faces. Do you think the female employees in television, in the radio, and in the offices, what Allah willed.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is what we spoke about.
The Shaykh : ... A strange question. I thought you were asking about something valid, or not?
The questioner : ... You leave...
The Shaykh : ... Therefore, the question remains strange. What do you want with the other hadith?
The questioner : ... This hadith does not speak...
The Shaykh : ... Or it speaks.
The questioner : ... Out of place.
The Shaykh : The answer is from two aspects: The first is taken from the jurisprudence of the hadith. What is the goal of the hadith? The goal of the hadith is to establish the separation between the obligatory prayer and the Sunnah. So, what achieves this separation is mentioned in the hadith of Mu'awiyah: two things: leaving, and this is the strongest form of separation, or else speaking, because speaking is not valid in prayer. So, if another action is found that resembles speaking in that it is not permissible in prayer, it is annexed to the speaking that is not permissible in prayer. It is changing the place, as we see in the mosque, but in another hadith found in Sahih Abu Dawud, yes... The other hadith means that he changes his place or deviates from his place. This is what is mentioned in the hadith. There are opinions, which are of course not narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but they do not conflict with these two hadiths, and they are that the wisdom in changing the place is to increase the witnesses
(4) That Day, it will report its news (5) Because your Lord has commanded it.
يومئذ تحدث أخبارها * بأن ربك أوحى لهاThat Day, it will report its news
يومئذ تحدث أخبارهاThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Of course, the answer is on the same pattern as before, regarding a material benefit that he considered... Rather, the Muslim is supposed to consider the religious, legal aspects, and then the excuse that he separates the men from them, this is, in my opinion, impractical, unless we assume that the tenant is not a man.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : I think not.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And there are women who see the oil on their faces. Do you think the female employees in television, in the radio, and in the offices, what Allah willed.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is what we spoke about.
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