Some of the common people perform tawaf around the House but do not know the supplications from the transmitted texts, so a person comes and reads to them. Is this permissible?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, regarding some of the common people, sometimes they perform tawaf around the House and do not know how to make the transmitted supplication?
The Shaykh : What do they not know?
The questioner : They do not know how to make the transmitted supplication. A person takes a book and reads to them, and they say "Ameen." Is this permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : And they do not know what the meaning is?
The questioner : But the common people with him do not know anything.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. It is necessary that he teach them the meaning. He starts by saying, "O Allah, such and such." Do you understand the meaning? He says to the common person, "What is its meaning?" He says, "Its meaning is such and such, derived from such and such." Do you understand? Or did you not understand?
The questioner : It is difficult, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Difficult! Is he making supplication with what he does not know?!
The questioner : Most of the pilgrims are non-Arabs who come from abroad and do not understand the meaning of what?
The Shaykh : That is the affliction. And for that reason, we say that if the pilgrims were directed to be told, for example, at the beginning of tawaf, "Now you begin tawaf, and say whatever you want, in your language or in Arabic, whatever you want," that would be better and more beneficial. But he takes the book and reads it as if he is reading the Qur'an, worshipping Allah by its recitation alone. Do you understand? May Allah teach you a quarter of it, if Allah wills. Is the time up?
The questioner : Shaykh, some of them in the sand regulate it by saying that running involves some running, and that one of the feet should be on the ground. Is it a condition in the sand that one of the feet should be on the ground?
The Shaykh : Hahaha, how does he run...?
The questioner : No, if he is running... everyone's feet are up!
The Shaykh : Even if he walks the usual walk, he cannot move his foot to another place without it rising from the ground.
The questioner : The second one is present.
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict. Even if it is like this... now, if Allah wills, we will go to the street and see. As for the pilgrims, there is nothing on them because they are ignorant. But as for this one who established this, I see that it is not good. As for the places that are not touched, let him make them good, and the one who touched them, his touching is not prescribed in the first place.
The questioner : ... If there is ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if there is fragrance, it is confirmed that it should be attached to his hand. But mere scent is fine.
The Shaykh : What do they not know?
The questioner : They do not know how to make the transmitted supplication. A person takes a book and reads to them, and they say "Ameen." Is this permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : And they do not know what the meaning is?
The questioner : But the common people with him do not know anything.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. It is necessary that he teach them the meaning. He starts by saying, "O Allah, such and such." Do you understand the meaning? He says to the common person, "What is its meaning?" He says, "Its meaning is such and such, derived from such and such." Do you understand? Or did you not understand?
The questioner : It is difficult, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Difficult! Is he making supplication with what he does not know?!
The questioner : Most of the pilgrims are non-Arabs who come from abroad and do not understand the meaning of what?
The Shaykh : That is the affliction. And for that reason, we say that if the pilgrims were directed to be told, for example, at the beginning of tawaf, "Now you begin tawaf, and say whatever you want, in your language or in Arabic, whatever you want," that would be better and more beneficial. But he takes the book and reads it as if he is reading the Qur'an, worshipping Allah by its recitation alone. Do you understand? May Allah teach you a quarter of it, if Allah wills. Is the time up?
The questioner : Shaykh, some of them in the sand regulate it by saying that running involves some running, and that one of the feet should be on the ground. Is it a condition in the sand that one of the feet should be on the ground?
The Shaykh : Hahaha, how does he run...?
The questioner : No, if he is running... everyone's feet are up!
The Shaykh : Even if he walks the usual walk, he cannot move his foot to another place without it rising from the ground.
The questioner : The second one is present.
The Shaykh : Yes, it does not contradict. Even if it is like this... now, if Allah wills, we will go to the street and see. As for the pilgrims, there is nothing on them because they are ignorant. But as for this one who established this, I see that it is not good. As for the places that are not touched, let him make them good, and the one who touched them, his touching is not prescribed in the first place.
The questioner : ... If there is ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if there is fragrance, it is confirmed that it should be attached to his hand. But mere scent is fine.