What is your opinion regarding the director of the orphanage in Saranda, Albania, taking the orphans to pray with him in the mosque, given that this draws the attention of the Christians?
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The questioner : Another question now regarding the orphans in the Saranda orphanage. This is also a legal question. The orphans have started to attach themselves to the director of the home. He is of Egyptian nationality and works with us as the director of the home. They have attached themselves to him, so he takes them with him to the mosque, and they follow him to the mosque. But I felt that now, I do not know what the legal ruling is, O our Shaykh. I said that these public displays that are arousing the Christians now, and the children going out to the mosque, glory be to Allah, in a very strange way. They all go out behind the director of the home, leaving the home and going straight to the time of prayer. So what is the legal opinion, O Shaykh, in this matter of...
The Shaykh : This is the same answer as the previous one. This undoubtedly arouses the resentment of those disbelievers, or rather those Muslims who are Muslims only in name, the geographical Muslims. These displays arouse their resentment, so the matter requires...
The student : ...Do you see that there are no problems among the Muslims, O Shaykh? Do you know that, for example, now, someone told me that we used to pray between the residential buildings, and there was a noble Sudanese brother and the Saudi manager of the office, and we were sitting, and by the truth, he was teaching them the Qur'an and having them memorize it. The first time they see you, glory be to Allah, "Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but..." the children, the first time they see you, they see you as an Arab, glory be to Allah. So he gathers them after Maghrib. Imagine that a woman comes wearing clothes that go up to her knees, bringing her son to the circle.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : To the Qur'an circle, because after 'Asr, he said, "The first time we started, people were laughing at us while we were praying in the midst of the residential buildings in Tirana, and then afterwards... they came to us with their sons. So we were praying, glory be to Allah, the strange thing in Albania, the strange thing in Albania, the children, the children are strange, O Shaykh. You might find some sincerity among the adults, but the children, for example, we were praying three, and it was possible that about twelve children would pray behind us, and then they would watch you, look at you, move your finger, move this, meaning they do what you do." Shuqara: This is a verification of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):.
The student : Glory be to Allah! There is, O Shaykh, a rush among the children toward Islam in a sweeping manner, meaning in this sense. And teaching the Qur'an: the mothers, the day they saw them reading the Qur'an after Maghrib, they started bringing their sons and putting them in the circle. Even some of the Albanian old women, meaning they remember the days when they used to ask about "La ilaha illa Allah," they remember, so they take their small son, glory be to Allah, and take him to the circle, meaning out of compassion and joy for Islam.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. The strangeness of Islam to a degree you cannot imagine. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The student : ...
The Shaykh : Yes. Shuqara: I say that Islam is strange in its own lands.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. Shuqara: In its first origin.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Allah is the Helper.
The student : And may Allah send prayers upon our master Muhammad...
The Shaykh : May Allah crown your efforts with success, if Allah wills.
The student : With Allah's permission.
The Shaykh : With good fruits, if Allah wills.
The student : But I wish you would go, O Shaykh, if it is feasible for you.
The Shaykh : By Allah, as for me, the circumstances do not help me. I fear that if we leave here, it will be difficult for us to return, especially since I am here performing some service for the Sunnah. In any case, we ask Allah constantly and always to choose for me what is best for the Muslims.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The Shaykh : This is the same answer as the previous one. This undoubtedly arouses the resentment of those disbelievers, or rather those Muslims who are Muslims only in name, the geographical Muslims. These displays arouse their resentment, so the matter requires...
The student : ...Do you see that there are no problems among the Muslims, O Shaykh? Do you know that, for example, now, someone told me that we used to pray between the residential buildings, and there was a noble Sudanese brother and the Saudi manager of the office, and we were sitting, and by the truth, he was teaching them the Qur'an and having them memorize it. The first time they see you, glory be to Allah, "Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but..." the children, the first time they see you, they see you as an Arab, glory be to Allah. So he gathers them after Maghrib. Imagine that a woman comes wearing clothes that go up to her knees, bringing her son to the circle.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : To the Qur'an circle, because after 'Asr, he said, "The first time we started, people were laughing at us while we were praying in the midst of the residential buildings in Tirana, and then afterwards... they came to us with their sons. So we were praying, glory be to Allah, the strange thing in Albania, the strange thing in Albania, the children, the children are strange, O Shaykh. You might find some sincerity among the adults, but the children, for example, we were praying three, and it was possible that about twelve children would pray behind us, and then they would watch you, look at you, move your finger, move this, meaning they do what you do." Shuqara: This is a verification of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
No newborn is born except that he is born upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition).
ما من مولود إلا ويُولد على الفطرةThe student : Glory be to Allah! There is, O Shaykh, a rush among the children toward Islam in a sweeping manner, meaning in this sense. And teaching the Qur'an: the mothers, the day they saw them reading the Qur'an after Maghrib, they started bringing their sons and putting them in the circle. Even some of the Albanian old women, meaning they remember the days when they used to ask about "La ilaha illa Allah," they remember, so they take their small son, glory be to Allah, and take him to the circle, meaning out of compassion and joy for Islam.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. The strangeness of Islam to a degree you cannot imagine. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The student : ...
The Shaykh : Yes. Shuqara: I say that Islam is strange in its own lands.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. Shuqara: In its first origin.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. Allah is the Helper.
The student : And may Allah send prayers upon our master Muhammad...
The Shaykh : May Allah crown your efforts with success, if Allah wills.
The student : With Allah's permission.
The Shaykh : With good fruits, if Allah wills.
The student : But I wish you would go, O Shaykh, if it is feasible for you.
The Shaykh : By Allah, as for me, the circumstances do not help me. I fear that if we leave here, it will be difficult for us to return, especially since I am here performing some service for the Sunnah. In any case, we ask Allah constantly and always to choose for me what is best for the Muslims.
The student : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Welcome.
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