The hadith "Separate them in their beds": Is it a general hadith?
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The questioner : Well, Shaykh, regarding his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 495Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) Is this hadith general, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this hadith general, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How is it general?
The questioner : Does it apply to all people, for example, brothers in Allah who are not related by blood, or a father and his son, for example, and so on, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : They are separated.
The Shaykh : The boys are separated from the girls, and the girls are separated from one another, and the boys from one another; they are separated in their beds.
Because harm is feared when they reach ten years of age; harm is feared.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : For example, older people, twenty or thirty years old, are they prevented from sleeping under one blanket?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Are they prevented from covering themselves with one blanket?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The older ones, those who are twenty years old, should not be in one bed; it is very dangerous for them, and you know that a sleeping person may not be aware of anything.
The questioner : Did not Zayd ibn Harithah and Usamah sleep under one blanket, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, but were they sleeping? Perhaps they were just lying down, not sleeping.
The questioner : Do you have time, Shaykh? The question asks: What is the ruling on the Friday bath?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It asks: What is the ruling on the Friday bath according to the correct opinion, and does ablution suffice for it or not?
The Shaykh : The Friday bath, according to the opinion we consider stronger, is obligatory for everyone who attends the Friday prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Riyad as-Salihin 1152 However, it is not a condition for the validity of the prayer, because it is not due to a state of ritual impurity. The evidence for this is that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), when he spoke to 'Uthman as he arrived late.
and arrange their beds (to sleep) separately.
وفرقوا بينهم في المضاجعThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is this hadith general, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How is it general?
The questioner : Does it apply to all people, for example, brothers in Allah who are not related by blood, or a father and his son, for example, and so on, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : They are separated.
The Shaykh : The boys are separated from the girls, and the girls are separated from one another, and the boys from one another; they are separated in their beds.
Because harm is feared when they reach ten years of age; harm is feared.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : For example, older people, twenty or thirty years old, are they prevented from sleeping under one blanket?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Are they prevented from covering themselves with one blanket?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The older ones, those who are twenty years old, should not be in one bed; it is very dangerous for them, and you know that a sleeping person may not be aware of anything.
The questioner : Did not Zayd ibn Harithah and Usamah sleep under one blanket, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, but were they sleeping? Perhaps they were just lying down, not sleeping.
The questioner : Do you have time, Shaykh? The question asks: What is the ruling on the Friday bath?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It asks: What is the ruling on the Friday bath according to the correct opinion, and does ablution suffice for it or not?
The Shaykh : The Friday bath, according to the opinion we consider stronger, is obligatory for everyone who attends the Friday prayer, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):