Using the title "Mother of the Believers" for anyone other than the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
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The questioner : Regarding the phrase "Mother of the Believers," once you told me on the phone, "May our greetings reach the Mother of the Believers." My intention was that it is not used except for the women of the Prophet, meaning it is permissible for us to use it with the intention that she is the mother of the brothers or the mother...
The Shaykh : ...understood.
The questioner : If it is understood by me...
Another questioner : Indeed, my Shaykh, without flattery, we feel that Umm al-Fadl is our mother, truly.
Another questioner : The mother of the Salafis.
The Shaykh : And she reciprocates your feeling with another feeling: where did this motherhood come from? She feels this.
Abu Layla : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh.
Umm al-Fadl: Umm al-Mu'minin has this meaning for me, because I am the mother of my children, these ones, meaning.
The Shaykh : They are my children, so they become your children.
Umm al-Fadl: I mean, not every woman is called Umm al-Mu'minin, if so.
The questioner : No, she has an understanding.
Umm al-Fadl: I mean, not everyone can say Umm al-Mu'minin.
The Shaykh : Everyone, like my story, has a group whom he guides toward the path of good, and has a wife, even if she is barren, so she is the Mother of the Believers.
The Shaykh : ...understood.
The questioner : If it is understood by me...
Another questioner : Indeed, my Shaykh, without flattery, we feel that Umm al-Fadl is our mother, truly.
Another questioner : The mother of the Salafis.
The Shaykh : And she reciprocates your feeling with another feeling: where did this motherhood come from? She feels this.
Abu Layla : May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh.
Umm al-Fadl: Umm al-Mu'minin has this meaning for me, because I am the mother of my children, these ones, meaning.
The Shaykh : They are my children, so they become your children.
Umm al-Fadl: I mean, not every woman is called Umm al-Mu'minin, if so.
The questioner : No, she has an understanding.
Umm al-Fadl: I mean, not everyone can say Umm al-Mu'minin.
The Shaykh : Everyone, like my story, has a group whom he guides toward the path of good, and has a wife, even if she is barren, so she is the Mother of the Believers.
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