Speaking about the righteous princes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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The student : From the chapter of remembrance, you know that the King also has a son named Saud, meaning he is from the best of people, obedient, meaning.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And he does not sit; I see him, meaning, constantly between Maghrib and Isha' circumambulating, or walking with no one, meaning I know him personally.
The Shaykh : Who is this son of?
The student : Son of Fahd.
The Shaykh : Son of Fahd himself.
The student : Son of Fahd, son of Fahd directly.
The Shaykh : And he has a beard.
The student : A beard, a full beard, nothing has been taken from it, but he is like Ibn Baz, meaning.
The Shaykh : Ah, meaning.
The student : But he does not touch it with harm, constantly the mushaf is in his pocket, meaning he is circumambulating without any guard or anything, holding his mushaf, meaning between Maghrib and Isha', meaning approximately most of the time he is present, I greeted him, meaning I know him well, alone, he does not walk with anyone.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And he does not go to pray with the famous ones, meaning the shaykhs, and this one goes to pray, and the Black Stone is always behind him, and alone, the one I know comes to greet him, how are you, O Shaykh, like that, and the young men mention him a lot, meaning they know the close ones, meaning they say he is from the best of people.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The student : But he does not go to his father to advise him, to speak to him, to say to him, fear Allah, you, this will not benefit you, tomorrow you will die, I heard this, meaning.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And even I say, let the obedient one say what he wants, meaning his father says, let the obedient one say what he wants, so I, his clothing is humble, I say, if we are humble, meaning I might... but this man, meaning his father says, and he refused to accept any government position, may Allah, he has money... trade with knowing people, but no, he has no position or known...
The Shaykh : How old is he?
The student : By Allah, a man, O Shaykh, meaning he might be in his thirties, a man in his thirties.
The Shaykh : In his thirties.
The student : Ah, like that, his name is Saud.
The Shaykh : In any case, tell him, I mentioned you to the Shaykh, so he was pleased with your prayer and your mindfulness of Allah.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And he loves you in your absence, and he sends you his salam.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills, there is much good in him, truly.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, in another one, we met him after the, in the camp, when we performed Hajj, the last Hajj.
The student : Yes, yes, that is the Colonel, Director of Religious Affairs in the Armed Forces.
The Shaykh : One of the princes also, there is much good in him, I do not know his name, Khalid or other than Khalid, but he sent me a letter and asked me, this indicates his righteousness also, that we, meaning what do they call these, those of the royal family, yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : That they give us a monthly salary, an annual salary, rewards, and so on, and I see that this is injustice, and so on, so what is your opinion? Do we take it or do we refuse it, and so on, so I gave him a detailed answer, the summary of which is the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab:, I told him, and in a narration, and this is what I direct you to, it is better if you are the one who gives charity, be you the one who gives charity, rather than much of this money going to waste.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : In other than, meaning its prescribed place.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : So in individuals, meaning from the family, there are righteous ones, praise be to Allah, but unfortunately they do not possess anything.
The student : Yes, he is this... meaning... from himself he does not agree, he does not accept, he tells you it is injustice, like that, even with us in Makkah, the Deputy Prince of Makkah, the Prince, meaning Mansur... there is much good in him, Prince Ahmad, Deputy Minister of Interior, meaning no one, meaning in cases and such, except that he does not fall short, but the procedures, meaning they take matters, we have taken much of your time, and by Allah, he does not get tired if we sit.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And he does not sit; I see him, meaning, constantly between Maghrib and Isha' circumambulating, or walking with no one, meaning I know him personally.
The Shaykh : Who is this son of?
The student : Son of Fahd.
The Shaykh : Son of Fahd himself.
The student : Son of Fahd, son of Fahd directly.
The Shaykh : And he has a beard.
The student : A beard, a full beard, nothing has been taken from it, but he is like Ibn Baz, meaning.
The Shaykh : Ah, meaning.
The student : But he does not touch it with harm, constantly the mushaf is in his pocket, meaning he is circumambulating without any guard or anything, holding his mushaf, meaning between Maghrib and Isha', meaning approximately most of the time he is present, I greeted him, meaning I know him well, alone, he does not walk with anyone.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And he does not go to pray with the famous ones, meaning the shaykhs, and this one goes to pray, and the Black Stone is always behind him, and alone, the one I know comes to greet him, how are you, O Shaykh, like that, and the young men mention him a lot, meaning they know the close ones, meaning they say he is from the best of people.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The student : But he does not go to his father to advise him, to speak to him, to say to him, fear Allah, you, this will not benefit you, tomorrow you will die, I heard this, meaning.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The student : And even I say, let the obedient one say what he wants, meaning his father says, let the obedient one say what he wants, so I, his clothing is humble, I say, if we are humble, meaning I might... but this man, meaning his father says, and he refused to accept any government position, may Allah, he has money... trade with knowing people, but no, he has no position or known...
The Shaykh : How old is he?
The student : By Allah, a man, O Shaykh, meaning he might be in his thirties, a man in his thirties.
The Shaykh : In his thirties.
The student : Ah, like that, his name is Saud.
The Shaykh : In any case, tell him, I mentioned you to the Shaykh, so he was pleased with your prayer and your mindfulness of Allah.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And he loves you in your absence, and he sends you his salam.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills, there is much good in him, truly.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, in another one, we met him after the, in the camp, when we performed Hajj, the last Hajj.
The student : Yes, yes, that is the Colonel, Director of Religious Affairs in the Armed Forces.
The Shaykh : One of the princes also, there is much good in him, I do not know his name, Khalid or other than Khalid, but he sent me a letter and asked me, this indicates his righteousness also, that we, meaning what do they call these, those of the royal family, yes.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : That they give us a monthly salary, an annual salary, rewards, and so on, and I see that this is injustice, and so on, so what is your opinion? Do we take it or do we refuse it, and so on, so I gave him a detailed answer, the summary of which is the hadith of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab:
Whatever wealth Allah has given you, and your soul is not proud of it, take it and trade with it; for it is only a provision that Allah has sent to you.
ما آتاك الله من مال ونفسك غير مشرفة إليه فخذه وتموَّلْه ؛ فإنما هو رزقٌ ساقَه الله إليكAnd give it in charity.
وتصدَّق بهThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : In other than, meaning its prescribed place.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : So in individuals, meaning from the family, there are righteous ones, praise be to Allah, but unfortunately they do not possess anything.
The student : Yes, he is this... meaning... from himself he does not agree, he does not accept, he tells you it is injustice, like that, even with us in Makkah, the Deputy Prince of Makkah, the Prince, meaning Mansur... there is much good in him, Prince Ahmad, Deputy Minister of Interior, meaning no one, meaning in cases and such, except that he does not fall short, but the procedures, meaning they take matters, we have taken much of your time, and by Allah, he does not get tired if we sit.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you.
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