What do you mean when you say that all acts of worship are based on an odd number?
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The questioner : ... that the five acts of worship are based on an odd number?
The Shaykh : Yes, how many prayers are there?
The questioner : Five
The Shaykh : Odd or even?
The questioner : It is clear.
The Shaykh : Be patient, answer, hmm, okay, how many rak'ahs does it have?
The questioner : 17
The Shaykh : Odd or even?
The questioner : Odd
The Shaykh : Odd. We move on to zakah, which cannot be limited to a specific number, because zakah cannot be fixed as it depends on the amount of wealth, whether much or little. Fasting?
The questioner : The month of Ramadan
The Shaykh : Odd
The questioner : Thirty days or twenty-nine
The Shaykh : No, because it is one month in the year, meaning its fasting is considered as one month, so it is one. Hajj?
The questioner : One
The Shaykh : Odd. Its most important pillars are odd: tawaf is seven circuits, sa'y is likewise, standing at 'Arafah is once, Muzdalifah is once, the jamarat are three out of seven, staying in Mina is best when it is an odd number of three nights, and the farewell tawaf is seven.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, we mentioned sa'y with tawaf.
The student: ... O Shaykh, once in a lifetime.
The Shaykh : In the lunar year.
The student: In the lunar year.
The Shaykh : Yes, but you cannot say that the obligatory part of it is an odd number, because it varies. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, how many prayers are there?
The questioner : Five
The Shaykh : Odd or even?
The questioner : It is clear.
The Shaykh : Be patient, answer, hmm, okay, how many rak'ahs does it have?
The questioner : 17
The Shaykh : Odd or even?
The questioner : Odd
The Shaykh : Odd. We move on to zakah, which cannot be limited to a specific number, because zakah cannot be fixed as it depends on the amount of wealth, whether much or little. Fasting?
The questioner : The month of Ramadan
The Shaykh : Odd
The questioner : Thirty days or twenty-nine
The Shaykh : No, because it is one month in the year, meaning its fasting is considered as one month, so it is one. Hajj?
The questioner : One
The Shaykh : Odd. Its most important pillars are odd: tawaf is seven circuits, sa'y is likewise, standing at 'Arafah is once, Muzdalifah is once, the jamarat are three out of seven, staying in Mina is best when it is an odd number of three nights, and the farewell tawaf is seven.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, we mentioned sa'y with tawaf.
The student: ... O Shaykh, once in a lifetime.
The Shaykh : In the lunar year.
The student: In the lunar year.
The Shaykh : Yes, but you cannot say that the obligatory part of it is an odd number, because it varies. Yes.