If applying the Sunnah is difficult for some of the worshippers, is it to be abandoned, like lengthening the prayer?
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The questioner : Some of the common people, even in applying the Sunnah, cannot bear it?
The Shaykh : One says to the person for whom it is not difficult: Sit down, for Allah has made a substitute for you for standing. But that we abandon the Sunnah for your sake, we do not agree with that. This is in the public mosques. But if two people are praying together, meaning they are limited in number, and the imam sees that he should not lengthen the recitation because he knows their conditions, then there is no harm in that.
The questioner : In some Sufi regions, they say, "Shave the beard." They say this is imitating the Wahhabis, even though this is established with them. It is established with them, and they do not dispute that it is established in the Sunnah... obedience to the scholars... in changing the foundation of the religion, even though that is established with them. Do they not become disbelievers by this?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. You are now answering the questions, and the people are pleased. And you are answering with this speech. What is this speech? Does anyone say, "Do not grow the beard, oppose the Wahhabis"? Where are they?
The questioner : We have the Sufis who shave the beard, they say.
The Shaykh : But do they explicitly say, "We shave it to oppose the Wahhabis"?
The questioner : Yes, this is written in the book.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah! Well, why are they not given *al-Muntaqa* and given the other books that contain the hadith?
The questioner : They say... growing the beard is one of the signs of the Wahhabis. Shortening the garment and growing the beard are signs of the Wahhabis.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they lengthen it? We have not heard this from anyone but you. But in any case, if these people know that it is a Sunnah and that they have cast it aside because it is a Sunnah, then they...
The Shaykh : One says to the person for whom it is not difficult: Sit down, for Allah has made a substitute for you for standing. But that we abandon the Sunnah for your sake, we do not agree with that. This is in the public mosques. But if two people are praying together, meaning they are limited in number, and the imam sees that he should not lengthen the recitation because he knows their conditions, then there is no harm in that.
The questioner : In some Sufi regions, they say, "Shave the beard." They say this is imitating the Wahhabis, even though this is established with them. It is established with them, and they do not dispute that it is established in the Sunnah... obedience to the scholars... in changing the foundation of the religion, even though that is established with them. Do they not become disbelievers by this?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. You are now answering the questions, and the people are pleased. And you are answering with this speech. What is this speech? Does anyone say, "Do not grow the beard, oppose the Wahhabis"? Where are they?
The questioner : We have the Sufis who shave the beard, they say.
The Shaykh : But do they explicitly say, "We shave it to oppose the Wahhabis"?
The questioner : Yes, this is written in the book.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah! Well, why are they not given *al-Muntaqa* and given the other books that contain the hadith?
The questioner : They say... growing the beard is one of the signs of the Wahhabis. Shortening the garment and growing the beard are signs of the Wahhabis.
The Shaykh : Meaning, they lengthen it? We have not heard this from anyone but you. But in any case, if these people know that it is a Sunnah and that they have cast it aside because it is a Sunnah, then they...