The Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen asked one of the doctors: Does a human being have seven intestines?
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Is the brother Rashad present? We want to ask: Does a human being have seven intestines?
The questioner : The brother Hajjaj was with me in the hospital and presented this issue to me, but it is not seven intestines; rather, it can be divided into seven parts. The intestine is the passage for food until the passage for excretion; it is one, but it is divided into sections. We can divide it into seven sections according to each section.
The Shaykh : Fine, so in any case, in the opening, he divided it into seven sections.
The questioner : I mean, I looked into it with the brother Khalid and found that there may be some slight differences in the naming, but...
The Shaykh : Yes, Ibn Hajar is old; the differences have changed. The important thing is, if the matter is as he said, as the Shaykh supported the brother Rashad, then this is the best of what is in the hadith and the meaning: that the disbeliever fills his belly, which includes these seven functions. Do you call these functions?
The questioner : I mean, the stomach is not the small intestines, which are not the large intestines, but they are seven. If we count them, we may get seven, but they may be restricted to more.
The Shaykh : Do you mean that they increase beyond seven?
The questioner : We can divide them in another way...
The Shaykh : I will give you a week to study the subject.
The questioner : It is the words of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, my brother, this is far-fetched.
The questioner : He says reality refutes this. He says some of the disbelievers eat and do not get full.
The Shaykh : Some eat and do not get full, and some of the believers eat and get full. This is correct; it may be based on the general rule. Allah said:[Al-Anfal 8:2] Is every believer like this? Yes, no. Perfection, even this is perfection. Even this believer is perfect in faith; he does not strive to be one whose only concern is his belly. Yes, in any case, if this matter is correct from the medical side, it contains a sign for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the hadith applies to it exactly, and there is no issue with me. Yes.
The questioner : They fill up at the same time.
The Shaykh : Whether they fill up at the same time or not, the important thing is that he wants to make all of these fill up. Filling the stomach may cause them all to fill up and work, and not filling the stomach may fill only one of them. Yes, how?
The questioner : They all work in both cases.
The Shaykh : It does not contradict that they work in both cases, but this one works seven in the believer; he works only seven. As for that disbeliever, he works with all of them.
The questioner : This is the faith that fills the heart of the disbeliever and the heart of the believer... filled with faith.
The Shaykh : In any case, now we give you a week.
The questioner : On what basis? I say the matter is clear. It is clear. Another one comes and divides it...
The Shaykh : Because you just mentioned now that it may increase.
The questioner : It does not increase in number. I mean, it consists of a hand, a joint, and an elbow, the elbow I mean. And we can say... one like this, I mean, one can divide it... it does not allow more than this division. But it is clear that it is indeed seven.
The Shaykh : That is enough, praise be to Allah. If the words, praise be to Allah, the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) correspond to the tangible reality, and the disbeliever wants to fill these seven, and the believer does not care about them. Do you know 'uqat? 'Uqat is dried milk and is cooked in a specific way. Sometimes it is made into two discs, a disc the size of the fingers, so that you can see the fingers of the maker who made it, his fingers. And sometimes it is made of a type of flour called "latah" by people, latah with a haa, because the person licks it. Yes, let us go.
The questioner : The brother Hajjaj was with me in the hospital and presented this issue to me, but it is not seven intestines; rather, it can be divided into seven parts. The intestine is the passage for food until the passage for excretion; it is one, but it is divided into sections. We can divide it into seven sections according to each section.
The Shaykh : Fine, so in any case, in the opening, he divided it into seven sections.
The questioner : I mean, I looked into it with the brother Khalid and found that there may be some slight differences in the naming, but...
The Shaykh : Yes, Ibn Hajar is old; the differences have changed. The important thing is, if the matter is as he said, as the Shaykh supported the brother Rashad, then this is the best of what is in the hadith and the meaning: that the disbeliever fills his belly, which includes these seven functions. Do you call these functions?
The questioner : I mean, the stomach is not the small intestines, which are not the large intestines, but they are seven. If we count them, we may get seven, but they may be restricted to more.
The Shaykh : Do you mean that they increase beyond seven?
The questioner : We can divide them in another way...
The Shaykh : I will give you a week to study the subject.
The questioner : It is the words of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, my brother, this is far-fetched.
The questioner : He says reality refutes this. He says some of the disbelievers eat and do not get full.
The Shaykh : Some eat and do not get full, and some of the believers eat and get full. This is correct; it may be based on the general rule. Allah said:
The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith
إنما المؤمنون الذين إذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم وإذا تليت عليهم آياته زادتهم إيماناThe questioner : They fill up at the same time.
The Shaykh : Whether they fill up at the same time or not, the important thing is that he wants to make all of these fill up. Filling the stomach may cause them all to fill up and work, and not filling the stomach may fill only one of them. Yes, how?
The questioner : They all work in both cases.
The Shaykh : It does not contradict that they work in both cases, but this one works seven in the believer; he works only seven. As for that disbeliever, he works with all of them.
The questioner : This is the faith that fills the heart of the disbeliever and the heart of the believer... filled with faith.
The Shaykh : In any case, now we give you a week.
The questioner : On what basis? I say the matter is clear. It is clear. Another one comes and divides it...
The Shaykh : Because you just mentioned now that it may increase.
The questioner : It does not increase in number. I mean, it consists of a hand, a joint, and an elbow, the elbow I mean. And we can say... one like this, I mean, one can divide it... it does not allow more than this division. But it is clear that it is indeed seven.
The Shaykh : That is enough, praise be to Allah. If the words, praise be to Allah, the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) correspond to the tangible reality, and the disbeliever wants to fill these seven, and the believer does not care about them. Do you know 'uqat? 'Uqat is dried milk and is cooked in a specific way. Sometimes it is made into two discs, a disc the size of the fingers, so that you can see the fingers of the maker who made it, his fingers. And sometimes it is made of a type of flour called "latah" by people, latah with a haa, because the person licks it. Yes, let us go.