May I take compensation for the many expenses I incurred to secure the rights of my younger brothers from my retired father's salary?
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The questioner : Regarding this, I want these matters to be clear in my mind. I mean, we currently have no right to our retired father's salary. For example, I paid ... thousand dinars because the transaction does not end easily. I paid amounts until I was able to secure this for them, because of the visits, departments, travel to Riyadh, papers, and the photo folder. This is ... and I still have to go every six months for a certificate of life, meaning a document proving that they are still alive. And for this, you pay about twenty-five dinars every six months, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Therefore, I have no right to it.
The Shaykh : In any case, before I answer your question, I need to correct your question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your saying "the father's salary" is incorrect.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The father's salary was when he was alive.
The questioner : You have done well.
The Shaykh : Now, do not say "the father's salary."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Express the truth: it is the salary of the young children.
The questioner : The young ones, yes.
The Shaykh : When you keep this correct, realistic meaning in your mind, the question falls away.
The questioner : Well done, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, but what remains is... because the truth is more deserving of being spoken.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So you do not need me to say that, by Allah, I will not be against you or... what?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, but I will be with the truth and follow the truth wherever it is.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : All that can be said regarding the expenses you incurred is: if these expenses were for a person who is not your brother,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : then you have the right to claim them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In fact, you have the right to claim them now as well. But here there are two positions, as some jurists with a touch of Sufi softness, like Ibn al-Qayyim and others, say: there is the fatwa and there is taqwa (God-consciousness).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The fatwa.
The questioner : And taqwa.
The Shaykh : And the fatwa of taqwa—did I tell you that?
The questioner : You have done well.
The Shaykh : I told you that you have the right to claim everything you spent in the way of securing this right for your younger brothers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But that is the fatwa. As for taqwa... consider that these people are not strangers to you.
The questioner : Haha, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : Is that clear?
The questioner : Well done, it is so, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : So we ask permission to leave, if Allah wills, and we will have another meeting.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : And we ask for your excuse because we did not make an appointment.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The student : And this is...
The Shaykh : This belongs to the doctor.
The student : This belongs to the doctor.
The Shaykh : Okay, the cost.
The student : Everything should be with complete clarity. I agreed with the doctor, I told him, "I... will buy it." He said, "No, Doctor, we will buy it. The doctor wants to buy it at his own expense, and you are responsible for bringing it and delivering it to the house."The Shaykh .
The Shaykh : I do not accept this or that.
The student : But listen, let me finish, Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I repent to Allah.
The student : Heh.
The Shaykh : Please, go on.
The student : May Allah honor you. Therefore, the contracts and agreements were signed, and we hope for the reward, if Allah wills. So what is required of you now is to make du'a (supplication) for me, for the doctor, and for everyone who contributed to this matter.
The Shaykh : Very good.
The student : And we hope to count this in our scale on the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh: All right.
The student : And that is the whole matter.
The Shaykh : But finish up.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your speech.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : You will put a hadith point, and I will give you a translation of what the hadith point means.
The student: All right.
The Shaykh : Our scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, from whom we received this blessed knowledge.
The student : I remembered at the last moment, the keys, excuse me, are in my pocket.
The Shaykh : Ah, okay, haha.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : This is a problem.
The student : It is true, Shaykh, there are two keys in it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Four keys, meaning each eye has two keys.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : This one and this one.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And these, these came out with the keys.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : Meaning, it is not considered a bribe if we give the employee, excuse me... we move it, take it, by Allah, this is...
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Now I want to hear the hadith point from you.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Please, did you forget something else?
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Therefore, I have no right to it.
The Shaykh : In any case, before I answer your question, I need to correct your question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your saying "the father's salary" is incorrect.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The father's salary was when he was alive.
The questioner : You have done well.
The Shaykh : Now, do not say "the father's salary."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Express the truth: it is the salary of the young children.
The questioner : The young ones, yes.
The Shaykh : When you keep this correct, realistic meaning in your mind, the question falls away.
The questioner : Well done, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Yes, but what remains is... because the truth is more deserving of being spoken.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So you do not need me to say that, by Allah, I will not be against you or... what?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, but I will be with the truth and follow the truth wherever it is.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : All that can be said regarding the expenses you incurred is: if these expenses were for a person who is not your brother,
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : then you have the right to claim them.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In fact, you have the right to claim them now as well. But here there are two positions, as some jurists with a touch of Sufi softness, like Ibn al-Qayyim and others, say: there is the fatwa and there is taqwa (God-consciousness).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The fatwa.
The questioner : And taqwa.
The Shaykh : And the fatwa of taqwa—did I tell you that?
The questioner : You have done well.
The Shaykh : I told you that you have the right to claim everything you spent in the way of securing this right for your younger brothers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But that is the fatwa. As for taqwa... consider that these people are not strangers to you.
The questioner : Haha, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : Is that clear?
The questioner : Well done, it is so, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : So we ask permission to leave, if Allah wills, and we will have another meeting.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : And we ask for your excuse because we did not make an appointment.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The student : And this is...
The Shaykh : This belongs to the doctor.
The student : This belongs to the doctor.
The Shaykh : Okay, the cost.
The student : Everything should be with complete clarity. I agreed with the doctor, I told him, "I... will buy it." He said, "No, Doctor, we will buy it. The doctor wants to buy it at his own expense, and you are responsible for bringing it and delivering it to the house."The Shaykh .
The Shaykh : I do not accept this or that.
The student : But listen, let me finish, Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I repent to Allah.
The student : Heh.
The Shaykh : Please, go on.
The student : May Allah honor you. Therefore, the contracts and agreements were signed, and we hope for the reward, if Allah wills. So what is required of you now is to make du'a (supplication) for me, for the doctor, and for everyone who contributed to this matter.
The Shaykh : Very good.
The student : And we hope to count this in our scale on the Day of Resurrection.
The Shaykh: All right.
The student : And that is the whole matter.
The Shaykh : But finish up.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Your speech.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : You will put a hadith point, and I will give you a translation of what the hadith point means.
The student: All right.
The Shaykh : Our scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, from whom we received this blessed knowledge.
The student : I remembered at the last moment, the keys, excuse me, are in my pocket.
The Shaykh : Ah, okay, haha.
The student: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : This is a problem.
The student : It is true, Shaykh, there are two keys in it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Four keys, meaning each eye has two keys.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : This one and this one.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And these, these came out with the keys.
The Shaykh : All right, may Allah reward you with good.
The student : Meaning, it is not considered a bribe if we give the employee, excuse me... we move it, take it, by Allah, this is...
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Now I want to hear the hadith point from you.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Please, did you forget something else?
The student: Hehehe.
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