Is it permissible for us to pray the prayer for the absent one for Shaykh Jamil?
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The student : Our Shaykh, is it permissible for us to pray the prayer for the absent one for Shaykh Jamil?
The Shaykh: It must, yes.
The student : It is permissible for us to pray the prayer for the absent one for him.
The Shaykh : No, no, not for Jamil or anyone else. The prayer for the absent one is prayed for someone for whom no one is praying.
The student : Okay, what if he died in a country where there is no Islam?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. What did you understand from me?
The student : I understood.
The Shaykh : What did you understand from me? If you had understood me, you would have spared yourself the second question.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What did you understand from me?
The student : I wish you would clarify it for us again.
The Shaykh : Do you see how it is? May Allah forgive you, may Allah forgive you. The prayer for the absent one is prayed for a person who died in a land where there is no one to perform this collective obligation. So, if this collective obligation is performed for him, then praying for him in other countries is a religious innovation.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Understood.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : So your second question is gone.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Spare yourself the trouble.
The Shaykh: It must, yes.
The student : It is permissible for us to pray the prayer for the absent one for him.
The Shaykh : No, no, not for Jamil or anyone else. The prayer for the absent one is prayed for someone for whom no one is praying.
The student : Okay, what if he died in a country where there is no Islam?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. What did you understand from me?
The student : I understood.
The Shaykh : What did you understand from me? If you had understood me, you would have spared yourself the second question.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What did you understand from me?
The student : I wish you would clarify it for us again.
The Shaykh : Do you see how it is? May Allah forgive you, may Allah forgive you. The prayer for the absent one is prayed for a person who died in a land where there is no one to perform this collective obligation. So, if this collective obligation is performed for him, then praying for him in other countries is a religious innovation.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Understood.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : So your second question is gone.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Spare yourself the trouble.
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