Benefits of the Hadith: (… that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade silk except in this manner, and he gestured with the two fingers next to the thumb, saying)
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The Shaykh : Now, which are the two fingers next to the thumb? The index finger and the middle finger, yes, like this. Good.
This means the ease of Islam and its facilitation. The measures come with things that do not require seeking out, meaning one does not need to bring a ruler to see the centimeter or millimeter or the like. The measure is with you in your hands: two fingers, three fingers, four fingers, a span, an arm’s length, yes, a foot. All of this is from the perspective of making things easy for people, and it is certainly the easiest. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
This means the ease of Islam and its facilitation. The measures come with things that do not require seeking out, meaning one does not need to bring a ruler to see the centimeter or millimeter or the like. The measure is with you in your hands: two fingers, three fingers, four fingers, a span, an arm’s length, yes, a foot. All of this is from the perspective of making things easy for people, and it is certainly the easiest. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.