so Mike Rotolo hvala car - this is Imam what it Hakeem I'm here in Arctic Norway we just
finished our Torah we s allah the masjid is this way yes and i want to show you the Midnight Sun
you've heard about the Midnight Sun before but I'm actually going to show it to you now Subhan
Allah so this is it right behind me as you see over here it's just gonna touch the mountain it
would look like a sunset but at this time of the year we don't have a sunset and something
else that will shock you subhanAllah is that this is this is actually West right but the
Sun is not setting in the West here actually it's not setting at all it's actually in our
north why because this Sun keeps going around the sky in circles it doesn't set
it just keeps going around in circles all day and if you look behind me as well yes here also
here we have a full moon so we have the Midnight Sun and we have the full moon and the Midnight
Sun is still behind me here in the mountain you could see it's a vanilla fur you know I'm
gonna tell you something very impressive that this actually this Midnight Sun was mentioned
in sulukule calf when allah subhanaw taala talks about the story of zul qarnain alayhi salam and
that allah subhanaw taala gave him abilities to travel as far in the earth in the east and
as far in the west and during these travels allah subhanaw taala says that he went and and saw some
people who Allah did not give any coverings from the Sun alumni Jolla whom Coleman London Elohim in
dunya cetera yes that the people who he arrived they were under the Sun and they don't have any
covering from the Sun what does that mean so Carla at that time when it was revealed the scholars of
tafseer have not seen this phenomena because they haven't traveled to this extreme parts of the
world but here subhanAllah we have it over here the Sun and it just went behind the mountain I'm
gonna walk a bit more so it appears again there you go you see it again some hell I just have
to follow the mountain so Allah says that there are people on this earth who cannot take covering
from the Sun meaning in the sky and that's true subhanAllah here if you're in the Arctic in some
places if I didn't have these mountains you would see the Sun all day all night subhanAllah and you
could see even though it's summer and most of I'm sure in your country now it's 32 33 34 degrees if
you're in America it's maybe 100 Fahrenheit but here look I'm wearing still winter clothes see
that I'm trying to keep myself look how thick my jacket is subhanAllah so that's beautiful Arctic
Norway and it makes our fasting also very nice of Han Allah because we only have to deal with
the hunger but the thirst of him that Allah this in this weather it is hard to feel thirsty Subhan
Allah and most people now are already asleep because they have work but Muslims are awake
because they just finished their tell away and soon insha'Allah they are going to have their
side and someone say how do you fast over here if you don't have sunset or sunrise what do you
do exactly now of course there are several fatwas but the Muslims gathered together and they wanted
to choose something that unifies them in this region hamdulillah about 1200 Muslims many of
them come from smaller towns around this year an Arctic Norway so they follow the the fatwa that
came from al-azhar about following mecca time so we follow mecca time so that's why when we
break our fasting the Sun is in front of us and some of you say it's hot well the Sun doesn't
set so what do you want us to do exactly if that's what that's what we follow and then after this we
also follow taraweeh on Mecca time as well and fetcher on Micah time as well handle in there
it's not going to last like this because in just a couple of years in Ramadan we're going to have a
real sunrise and sunset and then we will have to follow the local town and it's going to be very
long almost 22 hours some kind of likes of people who are sick or all or have a reason not to fast
but that's the you can hear the seagulls over here we're just on the sea we're near the ocean
you might say subhanallah how is it it's actually a bit warmer here than most of Arctic Norway why
even though we are we are above the Arctic Circle already we're just a short flight from the North
Pole but it's green over here because we are near the ocean and the ocean gets warm waters
from the Gulf of Mexico which hamdulillah keeps us a bit warmer here in winter yeah so that's
the that's over here what we're doing an Arctic no you could see there is oil refineries here in
in Norway because you know that's the Norwegian economy depends on oil industries and I think
if there was no oil allah-allah means there would be some people living over here yes because most
people more than 70% or 80% of the Norwegian population is in the south of Norway and only a
small number of people here and I say subhanallah how what allah subhanallah descent muslims over
here why because allah sahara wants people to know about Islam everywhere we go everywhere we go on
this beautiful earth of allah subhanahu wata'ala there is someone who people could learn about the
Quran and learn about the prophesy salem and his message and we are the ones who are trusted with
this message to convey it to the people over here I don't have the Louise had several cicadas this
year by the blessing of allah subhana wa ta'ala so this is really good finally I'm walking away again
from the Sun which is just behind the mountain here if I walk about 15 minutes I will see the
Sun again there is a beach over there subhanAllah I'll be happy to take your questions about Islam
in architect Norway but I wanted to go to surah al-kahf and go to the part of zul qarnain and
read the part which allah subhanaw taala talks about the people who have no covering from the
Sun yes alhamdulillah that we have this over here it's a very beautiful phenomena and so
Allah and again my home is just over here and so a lot if you come I have a guest room I would be
very happy to host you in my home and show a lot I'm not just saying this I'm saying this
for real I saw all of you come here the city is called Buddha bo do and you are more than welcome
and I happen to be the Imam here and insha'Allah it would be beautiful to have you here by who is
here let me see my cell I see my brother till clear he's also from Norway but he's from the
south so they follow the local time feel sorry for you so I come a little pier masha'Allah but
you okay so you guys are I think some of yours just came back from Tala we as well if you're in
Europe and breaking your fast if you're in America and Canada you're still fasting if you're honest
really you're probably not watching this because it's too it's too early in the morning for you to
watch this play is that cool Lausanne and I would be happy to answer your questions in the comments
section insha'Allah look again one more time at the Sun over here yes if I walk a bit he will
see it insha'Allah the Midnight Sun was said I wanna come with Allah he or what I care to