The Companion's statement on Friday regarding our food after it: Is there any problem with it being an act of worship and nearness to Allah?
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The questioner : The Companion's statement, "We used to... on Friday regarding our food after it," is there any problem?
The Shaykh : From which aspect?
The questioner : From the perspective that it is an act of worship and nearness to Allah, the Friday prayer.
The Shaykh : No, no, he does not wish for the Friday prayer; he wishes for Friday itself, wishing for when the food will come to us. For example, if you have a custom with a person who feeds you, say, on the last day of the month or the first day of the month, and you are in need, you wish for that day to come.
The reader: The Book of Fear, In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Shaykh : I have a chapter on the Prayer of Fear. The Book of the Prayer of Fear? I have: Chapters on the Prayer of Fear, and a copy has: Chapter on the Prayer of Fear, and you have: Book? But Brother Abd al-Rahman said: Chapter of Fear.
The reader: The Book of Fear.
The Shaykh : The Book of Fear, did Ibn Hajar refer to it?
The reader: No, he did not refer to it, but he spoke about it being chapters, and that in some copies it is a chapter and that it was omitted, but, he did not speak about... .
The Shaykh : It means that it is an error.
The reader: Shall we remove it?
The Shaykh : Write "omitted."
The Shaykh : From which aspect?
The questioner : From the perspective that it is an act of worship and nearness to Allah, the Friday prayer.
The Shaykh : No, no, he does not wish for the Friday prayer; he wishes for Friday itself, wishing for when the food will come to us. For example, if you have a custom with a person who feeds you, say, on the last day of the month or the first day of the month, and you are in need, you wish for that day to come.
The reader: The Book of Fear, In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Shaykh : I have a chapter on the Prayer of Fear. The Book of the Prayer of Fear? I have: Chapters on the Prayer of Fear, and a copy has: Chapter on the Prayer of Fear, and you have: Book? But Brother Abd al-Rahman said: Chapter of Fear.
The reader: The Book of Fear.
The Shaykh : The Book of Fear, did Ibn Hajar refer to it?
The reader: No, he did not refer to it, but he spoke about it being chapters, and that in some copies it is a chapter and that it was omitted, but, he did not speak about... .
The Shaykh : It means that it is an error.
The reader: Shall we remove it?
The Shaykh : Write "omitted."