What is the calamity for which the supplication is called?
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The questioner : From our age, the calamity has not left us...
The Shaykh : I can say that I have hit the mark, or I reserve judgment on this word, because a calamity (nāzilah) is one that the Muslims have no prior experience with and it is not part of their affairs to live with it. So today, when you say it has not left them, yes, it has not left them, but that is not what is meant by a calamity. Now, let us give a very clear example. What do you think if an imam of the mosques—and I hope we do not see this—recites the qunut for the calamity of the Muslims in Andalus, in Spain? What do you think if he recites the qunut?
The questioner : It is not in its proper place.
The Shaykh : But this is a persistent calamity? And may Allah reward you. The calamity intended is one that has befallen the Muslims and they are striving to remove it. For example, if the homes of the Muslims are attacked by rebellious, aggressive invaders, they recite the qunut and go out to expel this rebel. They do not limit themselves to supplication. There is no objection to a calamity for which they have no means to turn to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, so they turn to Him. But if it becomes part of their life, it becomes a second catastrophe, a second Andalus. And the precedent is not far from us, unfortunately. Do I hear anyone now reciting the qunut against the Jews? What, have we accepted the presence of the Jews? We have not accepted it, of course, but it has become what? A part of our life; we have become accustomed to it. So the calamity intended is the fresh, new calamity; that is what is meant by it. In any case, it is now nine o’clock, and five minutes past, and that is enough for you, and praise be to Allah. Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
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The questioner : A woman who frequently demands intercourse from her husband, and he fears that following this matter will lead to illness or weakness for him. How should he deal with this?
The Shaykh : Is he healthy or sick?
The questioner : He is healthy, but he agrees once and then turns his back on her repeatedly.
The Shaykh : This issue is actually better directed to a doctor than to a jurist.
The questioner : I mean from a legal perspective.
The Shaykh : I am coming to the point. I cannot say whether this person is able to give her her right more than what you described just now. Rather, the doctor is the one who decides. As a jurist, I say it is obligatory for him to protect her chastity, and protecting her chastity is only achieved by giving her all her rights. But if he is unable to do so, that is a different matter. Who decides, the jurist? No, it is decided by either him or the doctor when he examines him and tells him that the fear you claim is imagination and delusion, or he says, no, you are a man who does not have this sexual activity. So do as you do, or increase a little, or do more a little. That is the answer.
The Shaykh : I can say that I have hit the mark, or I reserve judgment on this word, because a calamity (nāzilah) is one that the Muslims have no prior experience with and it is not part of their affairs to live with it. So today, when you say it has not left them, yes, it has not left them, but that is not what is meant by a calamity. Now, let us give a very clear example. What do you think if an imam of the mosques—and I hope we do not see this—recites the qunut for the calamity of the Muslims in Andalus, in Spain? What do you think if he recites the qunut?
The questioner : It is not in its proper place.
The Shaykh : But this is a persistent calamity? And may Allah reward you. The calamity intended is one that has befallen the Muslims and they are striving to remove it. For example, if the homes of the Muslims are attacked by rebellious, aggressive invaders, they recite the qunut and go out to expel this rebel. They do not limit themselves to supplication. There is no objection to a calamity for which they have no means to turn to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, so they turn to Him. But if it becomes part of their life, it becomes a second catastrophe, a second Andalus. And the precedent is not far from us, unfortunately. Do I hear anyone now reciting the qunut against the Jews? What, have we accepted the presence of the Jews? We have not accepted it, of course, but it has become what? A part of our life; we have become accustomed to it. So the calamity intended is the fresh, new calamity; that is what is meant by it. In any case, it is now nine o’clock, and five minutes past, and that is enough for you, and praise be to Allah. Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
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The questioner : A woman who frequently demands intercourse from her husband, and he fears that following this matter will lead to illness or weakness for him. How should he deal with this?
The Shaykh : Is he healthy or sick?
The questioner : He is healthy, but he agrees once and then turns his back on her repeatedly.
The Shaykh : This issue is actually better directed to a doctor than to a jurist.
The questioner : I mean from a legal perspective.
The Shaykh : I am coming to the point. I cannot say whether this person is able to give her her right more than what you described just now. Rather, the doctor is the one who decides. As a jurist, I say it is obligatory for him to protect her chastity, and protecting her chastity is only achieved by giving her all her rights. But if he is unable to do so, that is a different matter. Who decides, the jurist? No, it is decided by either him or the doctor when he examines him and tells him that the fear you claim is imagination and delusion, or he says, no, you are a man who does not have this sexual activity. So do as you do, or increase a little, or do more a little. That is the answer.
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