Does the Quran or Sunnah Explain Déjà vu? | Q&A | Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi
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00:00 Introduction
01:20 Does the Quran or Sunnah Explain Déjà vu?
12:08 How do we understand the Hadith on the gender of a baby?
37:26 Can I perform Hajj without a Mahram?
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Man called this deviant a scholar🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Ahmed-bv9rc man called this shaykh a devient 🤣 🤣 🤣
He's knowledgeable about a lot of things but be careful he has some ideologies that goes against Islam
@@GameOnMeso you watch another sheikh that some say goes against Islam saying YQ goes against Islam and so you say he goes against Islam… This back and forth is depressing. We have a sheikh here with extensive knowledge and a doctorate from a top tier university specializing in Islamic studies but another sheikh who simply has a KZhead following sees YQ as against Islam because he doesn’t agree with /left a group that represents a small minority of Muslims who think any Muslims who don’t agree with them completely are “lesser.”
@@LB-jw3ly I agree with the knowledge part but if you can't for the truth you'll stand for lies. Or maybe he doesn't have the gut to tell the truth in people's face
ASA. May Allah reward you and your family and friends for the services you are providing for the Ummah. AMEEN.
subhanallah this understanding of deja vu makes so much more sense
May we get a lecture/video on the History of Islam in Russia? Sounds very interesting and a lot of people would benefit from this history lesson, insha'Allah.
That’s true you know it should be done
I think the questions are emailed
Yeah you’d have to email it brother inshallah
I believe the email is given at the 1 minute mark into the lecture by Shiekh 🙂
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بارك الله فيكم استاذ بروفسير ياسر قاضي. May Allah bless you ustaz professor Yaser qadhi
Always great full to Allah for having sheikh Yasir qadhi in our generation May Allah reward and protect you and you family
May Allah continue to bless you with more beneficial knowledge Ya Shiekh,
Subhanallah very useful information and upto the point.
Jazaklaah for mentioning the world we living in and what’s happening around us we need look in now about some of the things about our Diin jazaklaah
Excellent knowledge, make things understandable with clearility. Thanks & Best Wishes.
masha allah very informative video may allah bless you
May Allah Almighty increase your knowledge and bless you with a long righteous healthy life to benefit Muslim umah. You indeed inspire me to learn more about Islam.
I came here to see if deja vu was explained in relation to qadr or islam, but then got a full lecture of hadith science, which increased my knowledge. Key takeaway of hadiths: Hadiths are preserved by meaning and not by words. So wording can differ and change the meaning, thats why crossreference of multiple authentic can determine the correct meaning. Whereas all 7 ahruf Quran variation were one by one variation and word by word, thaught to prophet muhammad saw which has been preserved orally and written. Oral preservation makes sure that quran is being thaught correctly generation to generation, if one makes a mistake another hafiz (person who memorized the quran) can correct their mistake. Each hafiz gets a certificate from the hafiz teacher they learnt it from, it all traces back so there is no mistake in preservation. jazakallah khair
I learn so much with the side notes. All the general knowledge. 🌟JazakAllah Khayr Salam
I don’t know about locations but many time there are so many situations that takes place that are extremely similar and the words that come out from our mouths feels the same as well. Never understand why.
JazakAllahukhair all the questions were important and needed to be explained . BarakAllahufeekum...
People still listening this man after juuj wama juuj
what is wrong with his yajuj majuj opinion, I don't find it that controversial. The identity of yayuj majuj is not article of faith, they exist that is all we need to know.
@@kakalam6004 zombies doesn't sound right
@@Hellfire_is_real yes they don't and that is why we are free to reject his opinion, making takfeer and saying he is this and that, who gave people authority to judge, why are they making themselves into scholars when they are not? Why are people forgetting that they are not in position to judge, only Allah can judge. We can make yajuj majuj zombies, mutants, or underground barbarians - it does not effect any articles of faith. It is not like you are going to interview them and discuss socio-political structure of the world, they kill whatever they see, and destroy whatever they come across. So I don't think people will have luxury to identify their kind as to what species or life form they are. Just know that they are children of Adam, and sure denizens of Hell, is enough for us.
@@kakalam6004 one of many issues
Y u on this channel if u stopped listening
I find the topic of the soul truly fascinating ❤❤❤
Wow the intro is kinda looooong but it's mesmorising 💖💖💖
Bro sheikh quadi ,yes very clear on this topic, we are living in a diff invironment, and women are surely getting recognized now, mashaah Allah, assalaam
the intro is so amazing!!!!!!
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Assalaamu alaykum Epic, I’ve been trying to have a question answered for weeks on weeks now regarding social anxiety. I believe this is a very relevant matter in our world today as it constitutes mental health and would especially be very beneficial for the younger generation
The topic that you've asked is more related to psychology than it is to a religious scholar. there are many reasons behind social anxiety most of which may arise from traumatic childhood event or other reasons too, each case has to be judged on its own and therapy helps a lot.
I’m not asking him to go into any personal cases; of course you go to the psychologists themselves for this and YQ clearly says himself that he only answers generic questions. But I’m just asking the shaykh for the Islamic standpoint on social anxiety and for general advice to those who suffer from it. Yes psychology itself dives into the intricacies, but Islam still has an answer for everything to some extent because after all this is a trial from Allah ‘Azzawajal
And he can definitely answer on social anxiety because one time he literally dedicated an entire Q&A session to a lecture responding to a question somebody asked regarding gender dysphoria. That is a psychological condition, so he can definitely answer to social anxiety too
I work in mental health and I'm a practising Muslim. What is it you want to know exactly? Maybe I can help or direct you.
@@israafaraj3520 I just want to have a question answered by the shaykh regarding social anxiety for Muslims. I’m aware that sheikh yasir is obviously only a religious cleric and isn’t a specialist in psychology/mental health but I just want to get the Islamic perspective from him on how to tackle social anxiety
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Sir, can you discuss the topic of women traveling to another city and staying for the purpose of job and education...
Jazakallah for such detailed analysis and such hikmat Alhamdolillah. Love you for the sake of Allah sw. shaikh yq says he is not a mujtahid and there are many giants of scholarship that he quotes. I wonder what it would be like to be in the company of such scholars, and indeed the company of sahaba and of course what would it have been like to have seen and heard our prophet sw. may Allah sw make us from those who are in the company of rasool Allah sw on the day of judgment IA.
I have sent in a question via email regarding concentration and feelings in prayer could you please react to that? I know alot of muslims struggle to understand what is actually meant by concentration and how you should do your prayer so it is accepted by Allah. I have not found an answer so could you please read that email i sent i would like to have an answer. Prayer is the most inportant thing you have to do in islam so its very inportant that people know what to do while praying
I wan to know yr from u Mufti Sahib?
The Mutazillah were conservative, but did take hadith. They just needed numerous chains and it to be an established practice, that's why they rejected some hadith due to lack of application or questionable text.
Alhamdulillah! Now it becomes clear regarding question #2.
Addition to Q.3 How about when population is 50 ladies to 1 man, apart from safety how can they travel to Hajj Pls elaborate
In the hadith about the ressemblance to the parents, the second version names the questioner as Abdullah bin Salaam. Is this the Rabbi who embraced Islam?
mashAllah very well answered jazakallah khairan shaykh kaseeran kaseera
@ 13:00 That's true... a lot of people watching this lectures from all over the world. From Kyrgyzstan also 🇰🇬 and there's translated lectures. جزاكم الله كل الخير
Personally I would feel far safer with "a group of large ladies" (43:44) than with one male mahram. 🤣😂🤣😂
Do you even know who mahram is?
@@shahbazkhan-xz3vk of course! I just making light of the Sheikhs slip of the tongue.
The gender of a child can be explained in modern science. I forgot where I read the article but the reason it is accurate is that the liquid of the sperm has a different PH than the condition of the ovary. If I'm not mistaken, somehow the difference in PH affects which chromosome is created XX or XY (male or female).
Can someone explain me the hadith in bukhari number 3328 than? Discharge means here clearly not „dominant gene fluid“ or am I wrong please correct me
The prophet peace be upon him told us here that woman can discharge too
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Well explained, Yasir Bhai. Makes me want to study Imam Bukhari
If you have time you should and you’ll find out that Bukhari is not so sahih The main issue being he says Our Prophet married a child Aisha (R .A ) was not 6 or 9 as Bukhari will have people follow blindly
Brother i got an screenshot from your picture 😁👍
@@clarejones2421 yeah ppl think its a divine book. But all the chains of his hadiths are problematic EVEN THE GOOD SCHOLARS WHEN THEY GOT OLD ADDED WEAK HADITHS AT SOME POINT OF TIME, THAT'S FOR SURE, i believe only in quran.
@@iman7j887 Are you a Quranist ? What about Sunnah? There are ways of checking Hadith authenticity Just like the age of Aisha at the time of marriage As this is almost blasphemy Yet you have Muslims who just follow the house hold teachings It’s not their fault Yet Allah commands we seek knowledge Salam
@@clarejones2421 I'm not quranist and remember sunnah is not equal to hadiths, sunnah is our living tradition and we love it who doesn't love what prophet Mohammed (s) did in his life but there are thousands of hadiths which doesn't benefit us and its only make daeshi guys, and when you deal with them than be prepared to loose your head easily BECAUSE THEY USE EVERY THINGS IN HADITHS BOOKS TO QUENCH THEIR THIRST FOR BLOOD.
I have a question if anyone can answer InshAllah.. so there are times where for example.. i would be driving home from work… in silence I stopped listening to music long ago AlhamdullilAllah,.. so anyways I’m driving and of course I’m always thinking about something and I’m always paying attention to my surroundings… so many times i would snap out of my thoughts… and think to myself again like wait i don’t remember watching the road the past mile i just remember myself thinking but not seeing the usual road ahead that I just passed… and I wonder to myself… how am I still driving and I know I’m watching the road … has this ever happened to anyone or am I losing it… also there are times where I’m laying to fall asleep and i would fall in and out but for seconds maybe… but whatever I dreamed about in those seconds or maybe a few minutes felt like it was a life that i have and i have these feelings of people in my dreams i mean nobody that I know but in that second when I’m fully awake it felt like I knew those people even though i don’t remember how they looked but it was as if I had missed them… it’s been happening more often… I always recite ayat before I sleep… it’s amazing how Allah has created our minds so amazing and I know that Allah has created to where at times we can’t even imagine some things no matter how hard we try … i just wonder if anyone else has had these things happen… like de ja vu… I mean I know we were all souls before this life… could it be other souls I knew before this life.. only Allah knows…
I also have deja vu. But I also have a memory of my soul coming in this body i don't why?
what you described as de ja vu according to psychiatry is actually 'false memory', these are of two types, true event false association and other is absolutely false, de ja vu is deeper than these, and de ja vu is related to subtle stressors, anyway say Alhamdulillah and let go your stressors. Assalamualikum!!
Literalism... seriously. The goals? Fear Allaah. The Hadith is clear. Where is the confusion? Guidance is from Allaah.
I've had Deja vu ever since I was a toddler. It got stronger in my 20s. I have very lucid vivid dreams and always hear someone talking to me in them. Giving me wisdom, telling me what is happening in my waking life. I go everywhere in dreams. I dream every night, always have.
That’s crazy, I have DeJa Vu’s sometimes
I’m the same… so vivid…
Sheikh Yasir you are the best
Absolutely. What ever our Creator tells us that is our science and that is our imaan. We shell never ever question what is revealed to us. In our imaan heart comes first. Science may say today one thing tomorrow another.
Can someone explain me this hadith, when the fluid means dominant genes than why they are talking here about discharge of the woman and nocturnal discharge? Here is the hadith: Um Salama said, "Um Sulaim said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Allah does not refrain from saying the truth! Is it obligatory for a woman to take a bath after she gets nocturnal discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she notices the water (i.e. discharge).' Um Salama smiled and said, 'Does a woman get discharge?' Allah's Apostle said. 'Then why does a child resemble (its mother)?"
Epic, is it possible for you guys to bring this question to YQ’s attention? I believe it’s very relevant in our current age and is important for many of us. Jazakumullahu khayran
Actually the hadith regarding the birth of male or female baby describes the facts in science. The hadith “ if the males semen overcomes female one” actually suggests that if “y” chromosome(which is the determinant of male sex and only present in male sperms) carrying sperm of male overcomes “x” chromosomes carrying sperms to fertilise female eggs containing only “x” chromosome the baby is born as a male baby. If this “y” chromosome fails to do so the “x” chromosome(which is the determinant of female sex) prevails and the baby is born as a female baby. I think this may explain the hadith more clearly.
About dominant and recessive chromosome, FYI our cells are not dominated only by mom's or duad's, rather some are dominated by mom's set of chromosomes others by dad's, so no monopoly here, but what Prophet pbuh said is Haq and will be Haq, may be our science is not matured enough to interpret. Subhanallah!! And we dont have to part our ways from science, rather we should be responsible when we speak or write and give up over zealousness, a Muslim by default should not be one, but we forget!!!
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Why are we looking modern science to justify our deen?
Exactly!!!!!!!!!
Because is a gradual a subtle way to lead people away from the religion. Of course, it people had more religious knowledge there would be no problem.
So he should look to ancien sciences to explain our deen
Does anyone the the name of reciter at the intro ?
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If they were many madhabs why to stick to only 4?if someone will start a new madhab is it ok to follow that madhab?
Follow the Madhab of the Salaf
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So what if the science is actually have't catch up to the ayat or hadits that clash with today's science yet? That's science is just a tool to measure the nature, but that tool isn't suffice yet to link the connections, with what the qur'an and hadits had said. You know that now is the era that people craze over fasting, when in Qur'an and hadits we're so familiar with it since the time of Rasulullah or even before that to the time of the previous prophets? I'm thinking that the Qur'an and hadits tells us about the final answer, the guidelines, while the how and the why will be proven by science, WHEN the 'tool' is sufficient enough to measure that truth. Because we know that science today is not final, and it's progressing each day. When scientists can't find the corellation it doesn't mean it's final, it could be like the next 10 or 20 or more years from now, what we knew from science today will change. So for me it is safer to follow the final answer (the Qur'an and hadits) instead of ignoring it until i know the how and why (the science behind what the Qur'an and hadits said). Sami'na wa atho'na. 😊
Asalamalykum where do I contact yasir qahdi please ??
by emailing
Wa Alaikum as salam. I think thru Epic Masjid website phone number.
He says it in the beginning
I dont think this conflicts. It can be reconciled as follows: The woman's eggs are only x and the male's sperm are x (female) or y (male). If the 'female' sperm (x) of the male dominates the 'race to the egg' and reaches the egg (x) first and the fertilized egg then becomes xx then the child develops to become a female. Makes sense to me. And Allah knows best. What do y'all think?
Because the Hadith does not say this
I had the same logic.
@@damirage2010 The hadith does not say this. The hadith describes competition between female juices, described as yellow, and male juices, described as white
Deja vus is purely a brain thing. It is explained when a part of the brain is stimulated somehow and it gives the feeling of familiarity that we have been somewhere before but in fact this can be artificially stimulated too (research has shown this). This does not mean that we have actually been somewhere ir met someone as it is a feeling caused by stimulation. I'm afraid I cannot explain psychologically how it happens however it fits within Islam as it is a brain reaction such as lovewhich can also be caused by stimulating parts of the brain.
35:02 Evolution is a Hypothesis as well
The hadith is correct except the understanding of the way the discription of girl or boy is confused by the individual seeker to this knowledge. For example If the man's fuid overtakes the woman's fluid, it will be a boy. That = YX and XX is when the woman's fuid which by defult is determaning another creature of Allah be it Human or otherwise will be a girl, only when Allah chooses for it to be XX. In otherwords, the man's fluid can also have Xx. X or Y means dominant, like blue eyes like the mothers eyes and or dark hair like the fathers. x or y = less dominant. It could also mean character or resemblence, even emunity to certain environmental aspects of life such as sensitivity to pollen giving allergies, taste in things as heredatory and such. Or even interests and so on... So the Sahi Hadith's are correct. Its about understanding it. However Science will never catch-up to the knowledge revealed and embeded stably in the Qur'an. It might by chance only scratch the surface like chip off the old block but, Nah... nice try. XX = GIRL - XY = BOY, Xy = GIRL like DAD - xY = BOY like MUM. Capital means Gender, low case means Resemblences and interests and whatever else they'll have in common.
Salam No Name, I’m afraid your explanation is incorrect from modern genetics. As a base reference, Allah says in the Quran Surah Najm, in ayahs 45 & 46, that He created the male and female from a drop of sperm fluid. If I can explain from current scientific understanding: The women’s egg cell will have either the X-chromosome she inherited from her father or the X-chromosome she inherited from her mother. Each egg cell only has exactly half of the woman’s genetic material. Each of the man’s sperm cells also only have exactly half of his genes, including either the Y-chromosome from his father or the X-chromosome from his mother. If the man’s Y-chromosome sperm fertilizes the egg, the baby will be XY (X from Mom’s egg, Y from Dad’s sperm) and become a boy. If the man’s X-chromosome sperm fertilizes the egg, the baby will be XX (one X from Mom’s egg cell, one X from Dad’s sperm cell) and become a girl. We all get an X chromosome from our mothers. Whether we are male or female depends on whether we got a Y chromosome or an X chromosome from our fathers. The dominant and recessive genes are usually describing the autosomal genes on the other 22 pairs of chromosomes, not the XY sex chromosomes.
brother Yasir...the hadith relating to the the child being a Male or female is true due to the fact that the Y and X individual chromosomes is effected by the deference in tempreture...so both the even slight differences in temperature between the farther and mother during the time of intercourse will inshaallah have play on the possible gender of the child
This is the dumbest thing i ever heard. Why cant people choose to have which child they want? Because Allah decides that. There is no man or temperature that decides that. Dumb hadith. Written by a man.
The Quran says there is if there is and also says no
I really wish he wasn't a reformist. But he is.
Interestingly enough, there’s some new theories about the role women play in the gender of the baby. The egg might actually play a bigger role than previously believed. I’ll always place my bets what the Prophet PBUH says.
Our sheik please talk about autism. Thank very much JZKL
What are you wanting to know exactly? A medical doctor might be the person to go to ask about autism, unless you have a fiqh question
@@miriamh2551 Autism is not an illness and doesn’t need a medical doctor. It can be managed.
@@livingrateful medical professional* Autism is a disorder and developmental disability (I didn't mean to imply it is an illness). It is usually diagnosed by pediatricians, and children with autism often work with other medical professionals too.
MashaAllah very well explained, JzkAllahu khayran ya Shaykh
Ma sha Allah very well explained' May Allah bless you
Sahih ya sheik barakalah
Salaam alaikum, It's true that there is more safety and security nowadays for a woman to travel alone.. But what about sexual attraction ?! I believe there will be more chance that a lady attrackts someone or vis versa when she travel by her self.
@Tahmid Alpha12 I get your point and i agree with you. My point is to minimize the chances of getting into sexual attractions, we all know that not everyone fear Allah and not everyone lower their gaze, so when a lady is out with a mahram the chances of getting into sexual attractions is lower than when she travels alone.
Thank you Sheik.
U ‘re families to me
@12:43 brother it’s not discharge ! It is further explained by ahlul bayt in ilah us sharie which says that there are seeds in women n man if the seed of women comes it a baby girls n of man igs baby boy ! It explains the XY N XX chromosomes! N seeds are the DNA If the the Male XX enters the its a baby boy if the female then it’s XY female !
Salam Tammy, actually XX is generally always female (one X from Mom, one X from Dad) and XY is generally always male (one X from Mom and Y from Dad). There are XXY, XYY, XO, XY with inactive Y, etc. but these are considered abnormalities each occurring in 0.1% of the population or less. 99.9% of us are XY male or XX female.
The mother named him Mohammad not father the prophet pbuh was born posthumous his father died bfore the prophet was born .
What if your one and only mahram is scrawny and you’re actually stronger than him?
Sir, There is a hadith Prophet said to women 'I have not seen any one lack in intelligence like women. Because in Quran witness of one man is equal to two women. And women don't do namaz and fasting in period that is lack in their imaan.
Thank you Shaykh you for explaining about the soul being eternal. We have always lived, we are living now and we will continue to live after death (of the body). We hear about something happening for a thousand years in the next life.. it’s eternal living. What we do now & our actions here will determine where we ‘choose’ to live (Heaven or Hell) and how we will live (bliss or torment). It’s our chose. Let’s not get carried away on this life of no more than 100 years and forfeit our eternal abode of thousands and thousands of years with Allah. Allah is not unjust to men/women. HE only gives you equal measure of what you give. Men/Women do injustice to their soul with their own actions.
The soul is not eternal, it had a beginning, it was created by Allah. Only Allah is eternal.
extrapolation , hmmmm :)
Dd
Humble Opinion: Yasir Qadhi methodology in interpreting things is not correct. Modern Scholarship is erroneous. May Allah guide him, for scholarship lies in sub-continent.
This is pure and utter jibberish... SubhanAllaah. La illaha illAllaah. I can't listen to an entire lecture from this guy....
22:50 so what about those muslims who live and die by the precise "wording". They have great debates about this
Problematic everything is problematic. When is science define religion.
Thanks for the answers Sheikh and May Allah protect us against Shaytan. Looking at the X and Y chromosomes as well critically the other Hadith is also correct with science recent discovery that the Male determine the gender. Male has XY and Female has XX. This also confirms that the female is a part of the male with the XY, as our mother Hawa was a part of our father Adam. So, in generality we can say Female chromosome is X and Male is Y from a layman point of view not a geneticist. So when the X dominates after sex to give XX, then you have a female and when Y dominate after sex to give XY, you have male and that confirms the hadiths as well. Remember this was said 1400 years ago without any devices of science as we have today. That alone is a miracle enough for believing heart, and our greatest enemy may Allah protect us from IT, will always throw doubts in our hearts as IT promised it will fight US from all angles.
I don want to hear dis topic
No a woman does not need a male ‘mahram’ to perform Haj given that one of its features is the x 7 run between Safa and Marwa in memory of the efforts of Hajar (mother of Nabi Ishmael) . She did that run without any male adult around and in fact insofar as we know raised Ishmael as a single parent. Mecca should be a safe place anyhow for women with safety officers appointed whenever and wherever necessary. There is no justification whatsoever for intrusion into a Qur’an- abiding female’s space that knows following Allah’s guidance Alone is Islam and not the dictates of a husband/man or other female. Allah(SWT)’s Own Statement says that any that engage in such intrusion, harassment, stalking, obstruction, undermining will only meet with His painful Punishment when it’s due. Be it during those peoples life , at death or both.
I agree with you about the x 7 runs between Safa and Marwa during Hajj was first performed by a woman on her own and that women should be able to perform Haj on their own or with other women, The truth on the ground is different. I heard some men sometimes invade women’s space. I haven’t been to Hajj yet (InshaAllah one day). So l can’t confirm or deny. I also heard that a woman past menopause does not need a Mahram to go for Haj. And Allah knows best.
@@livingrateful It makes you wonder how the mahram concept became mandatory for Haj/Umrah, doesn't it ? You wonder why many people have stopped thinking rationally, in the face of hadith dogma. Its very possible that the purpose was to reduce potential harrassment of women by the local Arab/visiting men, even though security are deployed around the area and even though it is supposed to be a sanctified area and even though male muslims are expected to be respectful towards women at all times. There is no rationale related to menses whatsoever. During Umrah once, I recall being stopped by the 'mutawa' who just stepped in my path during a mild run, and shook his head and finger sternly at me and seemed to indicate that I could only run between the 2 green strip fluorescent lights hung from the ceiling at either end which was notably shorter than the whole length between the 2 entirely-paved-over hills. There were no instructions about this policy written or being announced about this from anyone and the lights were only visible if you cared to look upwards. I was puzzled initially and then thought 'but surely I'm meant to run!' as long as I'm not blocking anyone else path or in danger of touching or shoving anyone, as was NOT the case as it was not crowded then. I was also fully covered apart from my face! A little later, an Indian-looking lady caught my arm and actually said 'no you are not supposed to run!' and I had to laugh out of real surprise and ask her 'what else was Hajar doing when she was first here and why else do we commemorate her efforts !?' She had no answer for me. The whole concept and purpose of the exercise being is ,above all it is for believers to put their trust in Allah(SWT) Alone just as Hagar did and was called upon by Allah(SWT) to do so. She wasn't a rasul but certainly exercised and was afforded her right to direct divine communication.
The running is for men only? We do the sai to retrace the path in remembrance of Hajar but we don't have to run?
This man is about to leave Islam. Guaranteed. It is in his eyes, He just has not found a safe place to hide yet X Muslim