What is the Duhqan?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the meaning of the Duhqan?

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : The Duhqan?

The Shaykh : The Duhqan is said to be the head of the farmers, but it appears, and Allah knows best, that what is meant in the hadith is the head of the servants.

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