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Long hope (tul al-amal)

طول الأمل

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy says that wasting time comes from long hope, because a person assumes that tomorrow will come. He holds that following desire turns one from the truth, and that long hope makes one forget the Hereafter.

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Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy says that wasting time comes from long hope, because a person assumes that tomorrow will come. 1 He holds that following desire turns one from the truth, and that long hope makes one forget the Hereafter. 2

Wasting time and long hope

The Sheikh says that wasting time comes from long hope, because a person assumes that tomorrow will come. 1 2

Following desire and long hope

The Sheikh says that following desire turns a person from the truth, and that long hope makes him forget the Hereafter. 2

Speaker's view: the aim is guidance and readiness to meet God

The Sheikh's view is that all of prayer lies in following guidance and preparing for the meeting with God. 3

People and things also explored

Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 5, at 01:20:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 5, at 01:20:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  3. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Sharh Ketab Al Fawaed, episode 5, at 01:21:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)

Paying a debt in the form owed is obligatory by consensus. A debt due now must be paid on demand when the debtor can pay; a deferred debt is not due before its term. Payment is made in like items, with value owed where there is no like; a better payment is allowed when unconditioned. Remission, gift, assignment, set-off and settlement take the place of payment. A solvent debtor who refuses is compelled, imprisoned and his apparent property sold; the majority hold that a bankrupt is put under interdiction and his property divided among creditors, against Abu Hanifa. The insolvent is given respite, and his debt may be paid from zakat if he borrowed for himself in a lawful matter. A dead person's debt attaches to his estate and takes precedence over bequests and inheritance.