00:00Next question, there's a gentleman who says he's an engineer, final year, would-be graduate
00:06student. His final year examination lies in the month of Ramadan. We were talking about
00:13last Ramadan, I believe. His mother and his parents have advised him not observe the fast
00:19during the month of Ramadan because it may affect his examination results. Is he exempted
00:24from fasting on this basis? A person who does not want to fast, only because of the examination,
00:32it is not a valid reason. Even though it may be a final exam and maybe the parents may coax
00:39that don't fast because if you fast, then maybe your concentration will go down and the results
00:45will become less. Even if the parents force, at this point of time, the child, the son or
00:53the daughter should not listen to the parents. Because if the parents tell you something
00:57which is against the teaching of Allah and His Rasul, that's the only time where they can
01:02disobey the parents. Allah says in the Quran, in Surah An-Kabut, chapter 29, verse number
01:078, as well as in Surah Luqman, chapter 31, verse number 15, that if your parents force you
01:15or strive to do jihad, to make you worship somebody else beside Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, do not obey them. But yet live with them with love and companionship. So here, Quran gives you permission because that is not a legitimate reason that because the examination is there, they don't want to fast so that they can get good marks. Getting marks in the akhirah, doing a farayah is more important. That is the reason this is not a valid reason and the person should yet fast. Inshallah, Allah will help him.
01:20Inshallah, Allah will help him and he will do better in the examination. With the help of Allah is more important than any other help.
01:27And Allah says in the Quran, in Surah Al-Imran, chapter number 3, verse number 160, if Allah helps you, none can overcome.
01:34Inshallah, Allah will help him and he will do better in the examination. With the help of Allah is more important than any other help. And Allah says in the Quran, in Surah Al-Imran, chapter number 3, verse number 160, if Allah helps you, none can overcome.
01:46If Allah forsakes you, who is dead, then who can help you? So let the believers put their trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So my advice is that even if it is examination, let them fast.
02:06Inshallah, the concentration will be better and they will get better marks, Inshallah.
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