Is the expiation for the gathering said only by the speaker, or does it include everyone present?
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The Shaykh : The expiation for what?
The questioner : The gathering.
The Shaykh : Do we make the supplication a second time, or not?
The questioner : We haven't spoken yet, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as a question?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, the expiation for the gathering is for each one of us.
The questioner : Whether one spoke in the gathering or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning you are speaking about yourself?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Mmm.
The questioner : Those who sat and did not speak?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is speaking now, our Shaykh!
Another questioner : The one next to him.
The questioner : That is why I am asking.
The Shaykh : No, he is asking as a general principle, as a rule.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, since you were present in the gathering, the expiation includes those who sat, whether they spoke or listened, because in their listening they are participants in the good and in the idle talk. The hadith comes here: "If it was a gathering of good, it was like a seal, otherwise, if there was idle talk, it was an expiation for it." So, each one of us says it, but not as a group. Yes, this group enters into a matter we started with you and did not complete.
The questioner : This is what I wrote down, and if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, we will not forget it.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The questioner : The gathering.
The Shaykh : Do we make the supplication a second time, or not?
The questioner : We haven't spoken yet, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, as a question?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, the expiation for the gathering is for each one of us.
The questioner : Whether one spoke in the gathering or not?
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning you are speaking about yourself?
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Mmm.
The questioner : Those who sat and did not speak?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is speaking now, our Shaykh!
Another questioner : The one next to him.
The questioner : That is why I am asking.
The Shaykh : No, he is asking as a general principle, as a rule.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In any case, since you were present in the gathering, the expiation includes those who sat, whether they spoke or listened, because in their listening they are participants in the good and in the idle talk. The hadith comes here: "If it was a gathering of good, it was like a seal, otherwise, if there was idle talk, it was an expiation for it." So, each one of us says it, but not as a group. Yes, this group enters into a matter we started with you and did not complete.
The questioner : This is what I wrote down, and if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, we will not forget it.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
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