Request for a guiding word over the phone for the youth in America.
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The questioner : We are your sons in America, O Shaykh, and we would like a phone meeting with you. We hope, if Allah wills, that the meeting will be on the fifth day of the month of Muharram in the new year, after the Fajr prayer. Is this possible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I do not know what would suit me.
The questioner : Saturday would suit, if Allah wills, after the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh : Saturday does not work for us because we have a class at the university on Saturday.
The questioner : So what is the appropriate time?
The Shaykh : I have classes on Saturday and Sunday, so that is not possible.
The questioner : We are on the basis that the students there will be on break, so we will gather them on Friday evening, which corresponds to after the Fajr prayer here. We need a word after the Maghrib or Isha prayer. Is it possible to take, for example, half an hour or an hour? That is, it would correspond to the Fajr of Saturday here.
The Shaykh : Saturday?
The questioner : On Saturday after the Fajr prayer, we need about an hour.
The Shaykh : It is not possible. I told you: I have a class at the university.
The questioner : Monday, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I have no class on Monday, so there is no objection.
The questioner : That is fine. Monday, which, by the permission of the Merciful, corresponds to the seventh day of the month of Muharram.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Do we need to specify the topic now, or should we call you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As you wish.
The questioner : By Allah, we prefer, O our Shaykh, that the topic be related to the deviations of the youth when they return to America. Because there are many young people among us; approximately seventy percent of the youth in our city—we ask Allah, the Most High, the Great, for guidance for us and for them—come praying, but after a few months, they gradually abandon the prayer until they do not attend the mosque, and Allah knows best, they pray at home. We hope, if Allah wills, that this will be the topic, along with their relationships with women.
The Shaykh : In which state?
The questioner : In the state of Indiana.
The Shaykh : By Allah, in any case, there is no objection.
The questioner : So we will call Shaykh Abd al-Rahman directly after the Fajr prayer, around 4:30 on Monday?
The Shaykh : 4:30?
The questioner : Yes, on Saudi time.
The Shaykh : We cannot do that; it is prayer time.
The questioner : What is the appropriate time here?
The Shaykh : That is, around 5:00.
The questioner : 5:00, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : 5:00 or 5:15.
The questioner : We will call 27.
The Shaykh : No, I will give you the number later.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I do not know what would suit me.
The questioner : Saturday would suit, if Allah wills, after the Fajr prayer.
The Shaykh : Saturday does not work for us because we have a class at the university on Saturday.
The questioner : So what is the appropriate time?
The Shaykh : I have classes on Saturday and Sunday, so that is not possible.
The questioner : We are on the basis that the students there will be on break, so we will gather them on Friday evening, which corresponds to after the Fajr prayer here. We need a word after the Maghrib or Isha prayer. Is it possible to take, for example, half an hour or an hour? That is, it would correspond to the Fajr of Saturday here.
The Shaykh : Saturday?
The questioner : On Saturday after the Fajr prayer, we need about an hour.
The Shaykh : It is not possible. I told you: I have a class at the university.
The questioner : Monday, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I have no class on Monday, so there is no objection.
The questioner : That is fine. Monday, which, by the permission of the Merciful, corresponds to the seventh day of the month of Muharram.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Do we need to specify the topic now, or should we call you, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As you wish.
The questioner : By Allah, we prefer, O our Shaykh, that the topic be related to the deviations of the youth when they return to America. Because there are many young people among us; approximately seventy percent of the youth in our city—we ask Allah, the Most High, the Great, for guidance for us and for them—come praying, but after a few months, they gradually abandon the prayer until they do not attend the mosque, and Allah knows best, they pray at home. We hope, if Allah wills, that this will be the topic, along with their relationships with women.
The Shaykh : In which state?
The questioner : In the state of Indiana.
The Shaykh : By Allah, in any case, there is no objection.
The questioner : So we will call Shaykh Abd al-Rahman directly after the Fajr prayer, around 4:30 on Monday?
The Shaykh : 4:30?
The questioner : Yes, on Saudi time.
The Shaykh : We cannot do that; it is prayer time.
The questioner : What is the appropriate time here?
The Shaykh : That is, around 5:00.
The questioner : 5:00, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : 5:00 or 5:15.
The questioner : We will call 27.
The Shaykh : No, I will give you the number later.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.