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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the explanation of the verse: “And give the women their mahr as a free gift. But if they willingly remit any part of it to you, then eat it up with ease and satisfaction.”

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Continuation of the explanation of the verse:
And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease. وآتوا النساء صدقاتهن نحلة فإن طبن لكم عن شيء منه نفسا فكلوه هنيئا مريئا
[An-Nisa 4:4]
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A man told me, a doctor who was with me last week, an American by origin. He said: “I embraced Islam because of one incident and one verse.” We asked, “What are they?” He said, “The hadith:
It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat what will support his back. If this is not possible, then a third for food, a third for drink, and third for his breath. حسب ابن آدم لقيمات يقمن صلبه فإن كان لا محالة فثلث لطعامه وثلث لشرابه وثلث لنفثه
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2380Sahih (Darussalam)
He said, “This is the foundation of medicine. This is the foundation of medicine. If people were to implement it, hardly anyone would get sick.” As for the verse, it is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا قمتم إلى الصلاة فاغسلوا وجوهكم وأيديكم إلى المرافق وامسحوا بوجوهكم وأرجلكم إلى الكعبين
[Al-Ma'idah 5:6]
He said, “These limbs that are exposed and visible are subjected to dust and dirt, and subjected to everything. If you wash them five times a day and night, they remain clean. Islam is a religion of cleanliness and a religion of moderation, and these are the foundations of medicine.” So we told him, “Is there something else besides this? This purity purifies the spiritual harm, which is sins, because a person is forgiven in the last of its drops. But the disbelievers do not know this; the disbelievers have only the outward appearance.” So I say: If we tried, even for just one week, not to eat much. But one of you might say: “If I do not eat much, I will get hungry before the next meal comes, right?” What do we say? We say, “Eat.” And some people told me that the countries that call themselves the remaining countries eat five meals a day and night. Why? Because they do not eat much. They eat, and when they get hungry, they eat, and when they get hungry, they eat. If you try for a week and a night until Wednesday, and you inform us, if Allah wills, of the result on the night of next Wednesday.
Source alathar.net

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