What is the best way to guide the elderly men and women toward what is right, such as removing the pictures kept for remembrance?
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The Shaykh : Amen.
The questioner : There is a question regarding the elderly, the gray-haired...
The Shaykh : and the old women.
The questioner : The elderly.
The Shaykh : The gray-haired men and the old women.
The questioner : From the Bedouins.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If they recite verses, they lose track of a verse and answer with another, they compose and place a word, and they omit from their side... when you speak to them, they oppose you. For example, I have an old man who has pictures of elders...
The Shaykh : Pictures of people?
The questioner : Yes, I go to him and tell him, and he takes them down, meaning, I am young and so on... he takes them down out of ignorance, meaning he has no knowledge, meaning...
The Shaykh : And what does he say?
The questioner : What is the ruling on these people?
The Shaykh : Do they keep the pictures?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Hanging them? Huh?
The questioner : I don't know what their ruling is... he takes them down out of...
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah reward you, hanging pictures is forbidden.
The questioner : And the old man who knows nothing about them?
The Shaykh : Whoever he is, tell the old man, "O my father, this is forbidden." He will say, "What do you have? I am old and coming out of this world, you are young." Tell him, "Ibrahim..." or not? Ibrahim al-Khalil was younger than his father, or was his father younger than him? I ask you? Huh? His father was younger if Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was younger than his father, it is clear. He advised him and said to him[Maryam 19:43], look at this high style; he did not say, "O my father, you are ignorant." If he had said you are ignorant, that would be the end; he would not have accepted from him any diversion or argument. He said: [Maryam 19:43] meaning, you are knowledgeable, but I am more knowledgeable than you, and he called him. So tell your father, "O my father, this is it." Ibrahim al-Khalil called his father, and he was younger than him; the son was younger than him. And if I wish... and if I wish, I can ask any scholar who is trusted, and you will know, or I will send a letter to him and he will answer it in writing.
The questioner : Okay, they recite the verses... he does not saySunan an-Nasa'i 953Sahih (Darussalam) ... he does not say... the people just keep going
The Shaykh : Meaning, he does not contradict, it is not necessary to stop at every verse. Adam did not say[An-Nas 114:1-2]
The questioner : ... they took it wrong... wrong
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, Allah says[At-Taghabun 64:16] you teach them and your conscience is clear.
The questioner : Meaning, is there something required of them?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing required of them as long as this is their ability, there is nothing required of them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But you teach them, teach them, you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : There is a question regarding the elderly, the gray-haired...
The Shaykh : and the old women.
The questioner : The elderly.
The Shaykh : The gray-haired men and the old women.
The questioner : From the Bedouins.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If they recite verses, they lose track of a verse and answer with another, they compose and place a word, and they omit from their side... when you speak to them, they oppose you. For example, I have an old man who has pictures of elders...
The Shaykh : Pictures of people?
The questioner : Yes, I go to him and tell him, and he takes them down, meaning, I am young and so on... he takes them down out of ignorance, meaning he has no knowledge, meaning...
The Shaykh : And what does he say?
The questioner : What is the ruling on these people?
The Shaykh : Do they keep the pictures?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Hanging them? Huh?
The questioner : I don't know what their ruling is... he takes them down out of...
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah reward you, hanging pictures is forbidden.
The questioner : And the old man who knows nothing about them?
The Shaykh : Whoever he is, tell the old man, "O my father, this is forbidden." He will say, "What do you have? I am old and coming out of this world, you are young." Tell him, "Ibrahim..." or not? Ibrahim al-Khalil was younger than his father, or was his father younger than him? I ask you? Huh? His father was younger if Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was younger than his father, it is clear. He advised him and said to him
O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you
يا أبت إنّي قد جاءني من العلم ما لم يأتكthere has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you
قد جاءني من العلم ما لم يأتكThe questioner : Okay, they recite the verses... he does not say
Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind.
قل أعوذ برب الناسThe Shaykh : Meaning, he does not contradict, it is not necessary to stop at every verse. Adam did not say
(1) Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, (2) The Sovereign of mankind.
قل أعوذ برب الناس ملك الناسThe questioner : ... they took it wrong... wrong
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, Allah says
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فاتّقوا الله ما استطعتمThe questioner : Meaning, is there something required of them?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing required of them as long as this is their ability, there is nothing required of them.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But you teach them, teach them, you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, may Allah reward you with good.