I will share with you today two secrets to marketing your plugin or your piece of software, which for everyone here mostly is plugins, to the end users and not to developers, right? You're so close to the code, sometimes you just get in it so close that you can't see out how to get it to your users. So I'm going to share two secrets with you. And typically the way that happens when a marketer starts telling developers what to do about this is they use this illustration of a drill. And I'm sure you've heard it before. You can even raise your hand if you've heard it before. I'm not going to stop telling it though, OK? So this is how it goes.  You built a drill and you want to sell that drill now. So what you do is you start saying, I've got the best drill. It's the most lightweight drill, the sharpest bits in the world, and it's ergonomically fit to your hand. And on top of that, it's got a lifetime warranty. That's how you move forward selling that drill. And you find out after a while that's not working very well. And the marketer says to the developer, that's because you shouldn't be selling the drill. You need to sell the hole. No one wakes up in the morning and says, I need to buy a drill. They say, I need a hole, right? See, nobody does that, right? Nobody does that. And that is very common advice to be told, don't market the drill, market the hole, market the result of what your software does. But it's wrong. It's wrong advice. And I promise if you stick with me for the next seven, eight, nine minutes, that I will show you why and what to do about it instead. So before we get into that, the very first secret that we're going to talk about in just a second is that the clicker's backwards. They already told me this, too. There we go. It means nothing to be right if you're not helpful first. So before, like I said, before we get into what that means before we unpack that, I want to know, does anyone want a Snickers bar? And someone's going to have to claim it. Oh, dang, he was quick. And I'm a good shot, too. Oh my gosh, that was almost snagged. So, OK, did you know that Snickers bars and Mars bars have basically the same ingredients, right? Their chocolate, their nougat, and their caramel. The only difference is that Snickers have what? Peanuts, that's right. Well, when the Mars company first introduced Snickers, they had a really hard time helping the consumer differentiate between the two. Because the way that they marketed it was to say Snickers has peanuts. Like, that's some big, huge news. Snickers has peanuts. And they tried to get people to understand that Snickers and Mars bars are different products altogether, and that you should choose Snickers. And that went on for a long time. Sales were kind of flat until they said, you know what? Let's actually talk to our people who are buying Snickers and find out why they bought it in the first place. So they did that. And what they found out was that the inclusion of the peanuts for buyers of Snickers turned it from a treat, a confection, which the Mars bar was, into a whole new category for buyers. It turned it into a food product. They were reaching for Snickers when they were hungry, when they needed to satisfy their hunger, not when they wanted a treat, not when they wanted a snack. Well, as the Mars company began to really understand that, what people wanted a Snickers bar for, they repositioned the marketing of it. And that's when they came up with the slogan, Snickers satisfies. And you can see that's through, even through to today, a lot of their marketing still revolves around Snickers, satisfies. So what did they do? What they did, the way they made that shift was to stop selling what the customer needed, which was a candy bar with peanuts, and instead started selling what they wanted. Now here's another example kind of more within our industry. So LiquidWeb, a hosting company here in the WordPress community, has a WooCommerce-specific hosting. Now there's a guy that works at LiquidWeb named Chris Lemma. And when he sells, when he presents WooCommerce's hosting, one of their primary features is their powerful caching that's already set up in their WooCommerce hosting. But he doesn't go out and say, hey, all you e-commerce store owners, you need caching. And he doesn't even go out and say, you need a fast website, you need a fast store. Instead, he comes one further and he says, you need to make more sales. And the way to make more sales in e-commerce is to have a fast website, because the slower websites have higher bounce rates and they rank lower in search. So if you want more sales, that's what the customer wants, then you need a fast website. And we need to sell you caching in order to get that. And so that plug-in developer, which I know it's not plug-in software, let's work with me here. You move from just selling the software to selling what the software does to selling what the customer wants in the first place. And that's a big shift. And I know this because I've been around long enough to see plug-in marketing sites. Like I know that the majority of plug-in marketing sites in the WordPress community are selling either the software itself. And then if they go one better, then they're trying to sell what it does. And almost none of you, I'll stay this with great love. I want you to win. Almost none of you are selling what the customer wants in the first place. The second secret is not that. The second secret is that no matter who you're helping, no matter who you're helping, so you built this plug-in and it might have been the very best plug-in in the market. It might have had like the milkiest work with me here, the milkiest chocolate, right? The creamiest Nougat, the freshest peanuts. You might be right in saying that your plug-in is the best. But if you can't help your customers learn how to translate that into what's helpful for them, you will not see sales go the way that you want them to go. And then one step further than that, the next secret is that no matter what that is, that you're helping them with it always, always tracks back to the individual person. So when marketers talk to developers, a lot of times they say, OK, the next thing you need to do is you need to go out and build your customer avatars. And you need to build these theoretical profiles of who's buying your product.  Like, you don't have time, right? I mean, who has time for that? Instead, you've got to actually talk to your customer. You have to actually speak to your customers and find out some information. And here's an example of how that works itself out into the marketing of your software or maybe you're even a theme designer here or an agency. This really, it applies to you, too. Two minutes. Woo, OK, let's go. All right, so we worked with a law firm. And the law firm said that they wanted to their marketing site to be like, in your face. We're going to crush your competition. We're going to get your loved one out of jail. And it was directed to the criminal, right? So what we found out is we worked within that. It wasn't the criminal who ever purchased from them. It was the criminal's wealthy, well-to-do, well-put-together aunt. Or some other family member that the family considered to have their crap together. And that person would be contacted by the family and told, can you go talk with the lawyers for us? Can you go find out what's going to happen next? Well, that person has a very different want than this person, than the criminal. This person wants to be able to come back to their family and continue that appearance of having their stuff together, of being the one who always has the right answer. And you can see that that sales funnel that reaches that rich aunt is very different than the sales funnel that would reach a criminal, right? And they would have moved forward happily with their marketing to the criminal if we hadn't stopped to say, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Let's talk to your people. What do they actually want? What are they here for? So how do you do that? You have to get on the phone with your customer. And I mean, you get on the phone with your customer. You talk to them face to face, voice to voice. You don't rely on analytics because that can't tell you intent. And you don't rely on heat maps, again, because that doesn't tell you intent. And you don't rely on just what's coming through your support tickets because that doesn't tell you anything about what they wanted you for in the first place. So instead you get on the phone and you say, why did you choose us? What problems were you having at the time that you were looking for a solution? Did we help you solve that problem? What other problems are you having that we might be able to help you solve as well? And when you start to put these things together, that's when the sweet stuff happens for your customers. And even begins to reveal new features that you need to build instead of you just sitting and thinking of features that might be helpful when you actually get on the phone with your customer or take a video with them and say, hey, can I just talk to you for a little bit about this product and how we might help you? Magic begins to happen. So that person with the drill, they didn't want the drill, right? They didn't wake up and say, I want the drill.  Nobody says that. What they wanted and the reason your drill never sold was that they wanted a bookcase to put their gardening books on and they need the hole to put the shelf there and that's why they need the drill or they wanna keep their mother safe in the bathroom when she gets out and she need the hole to hang the grab bar and that's what they need the drill for. So here's what I want you to remember. All of this boils down to this. You have to sell your customers what they want and then deliver what they need, what you build delivers this thing that they wanted. That's all. Angie Meeker, thank you. All right, so we have time for one or two questions. So who's first? Yes, right behind you is the mic runner. On the right, yeah, in front of you. Yeah, sorry. A mic runner brings the mic so that everyone can hear the question. Okay, for sure. So what if your plugin is for developers who are implementing it for clients but then also the client could also be the person purchasing it. Where do you like, you know, where do you split the marketing copy between the two? So I think even in that case, you still, you're looking at your developer as the customer in that case and saying what does the developer want this for?  But that's not how marketing works. Marketing does not work on holes. It works on emotion. It works on what do I need? What's my goal? And it's just really easy for developers to just say, okay, now I'm talking to another developer so I don't need to actually market this. I can just present what it does and they'll understand and magically purchase. And when you have two segments like that, it's okay. It is okay to have two different audiences. That's, most of us have that. Most people in WordPress, we have those two audiences. One developer, one is the end user and it's okay to market to both of them but you still have to market to the developer.  I'm not gonna speak to what you want. I guess so the advice doesn't change. Excuse me. It's the same. All right. Do we have a last question? Yes, we do. Over there. Excuse me. It's actually almost as much as a comment as a question but one of the things that I found really successful for getting ahold of your users and talking to them, if you can get their email address, we send an automated email. It says, hey, I'm David and the CEO and in one sentence, could you just tell me why you signed up? And that's it. I get a ton of responses from that and oftentimes way more than one sentence and those lead to a lot of great conversations. So it's another idea to, I think it's super important to get ahold of your users. It's another idea to do that. So my addition to that is that that is a great part of your onboarding sequence for new customers but take it one step further and say, hey, I'm the president. Can I hop on the phone with you for a minute? There is something magic that happens when you actually speak to your customers because that's a conversation but it's not really two-way. It really is just the customer talking at him and he can reply and that's okay but it's very different when you're actually speaking to your customers and developers. A lot of us in our community are scared. They're just, we're just scared to get on the phone with customers and it can be really scary, honestly. You're like afraid they're gonna say something really terrible and awful about your software and they're not. They're gonna tell you how much they love it and what they bought it for. Thank you very much. You're welcome.


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in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. These remain standing for the invocation delivered by Denver Police Chaplain, Rabbi Steve Kay. Normally I'm entitled to only one blessing, but I ask you for a moment to look to your left and look to your right.  So we are thankful for everyone's health and well-being and to be together in our tradition, we say how good it is to be together. Let us pray. Eternal God, we stand here as we enter a new phase as we emerge from COVID on our city, community and nation. We give thanks during this next hour as these 21 men and women who stand before us are sworn in as new officers in the ranks of our Denver Police Department. We are thankful for the Academy staff and leadership who found new and creative ways to best prepare these new officers for the highest standards of effective sound and best practices of policing. We are thankful for these 21 new officers who have learned that the best laid plans and years of Academy tradition can instantly change. Adaptability is the key skill on the street. We are thankful to these officers' families for their unconditional support during these past months while these new recruits have been at the Academy in the midst of COVID. A changing world of policing, always hoping and praying that their spouse, their partner, their son, daughter, brother, sister or other cherished family member will take the lessons learned here at our Academy and be safe on the street. We are thankful to Chief Payson and his leadership team who have needed to respond to shifting expectations of the role of a large police department. I personally pray that you new officers wear this badge with pride representing the enduring values of our city and nation. May you encounter those on the street with skills and tools that you have learned here. All of us stand here with you in pride and thanksgiving for this new stage in your life as an integral part of our Denver Police Department family. May God's presence always be with you as you come and as you go in peace. Amen. Again, on behalf of the Denver Police Department and Recruit Class 20-2, welcome. This is a long-awaited moment for our 21 new officers and we wanna thank you, the families and friends of Recruit Class 20-2 who lent your love and unfailing support throughout this rigorous process. We recognize that this was a demanding period for your daily lives and we appreciate your support. At this time, I'll invite Executive Director of Safety, Murphy Robinson. I am ecstatic to be here with you all today. This is a momentous occasion. I never thought in 2019 and before that in 2021 we would celebrate being in a room with more than five people and so that alone shows the complexity of what Class 20-2 has had to go through during their time in the academy. But on behalf of the City and County of Denver, on behalf of Mayor Michael B. Hancock and all of your public safety family, we wanna congratulate Class 20-2 and welcome you to the family of public safety. You have chosen a career path in a time where we have seen unprecedented change, not only in law enforcement but in our city and our nation as a whole and it shows the value and it shows the morals that you all have to choose this profession in this time. I will tell you this, the good ways will outweigh the bad and the challenging times will be those in which you'll look back on and be able to tell your grandchildren and their children about all the things that you dealt with when you were on patrol. I too have many stories about my patrol days. But I want you to reflect on this. You will remember this moment, the moment where you got to stand in front of your friends and family, receive that badge and understand the weight of what that badge means for you as an individual but also the weight of what that means for your representation for the City and County of Denver. I want you to know that that badge is a representation of the greatest law enforcement agency in the country. You will enjoy the police department.  But I will also tell you that every call that you go to, remember this, every decision that you make affects the people that you are dealing with, affects your fellow officers, affects yourselves, affects our citizens in the community. And that effect can be a positive change for generations. And so as you go and answer the call, whether it be a ladder in the middle of the street, like it was in this morning when I had to get out of my car and move the ladder in the middle of the street, or it be a weapons call.  And you will always be successful. I thank you for choosing the Denver Police Department as much as we chose you, and we are looking forward to a long and prosperous career in the family of public safety. God bless and watch your six. Thank you, Director Robinson. And now Chief Payson would like to share his words of encouragement with the graduating recruits. Well, what I can tell you that is encouraging for all of us is the sight that I see from this stage, all of us together, what a great day today is. And we haven't had too many good days in the last 14, 15 months. I consider today an absolute great day. I also remember the day that we met some six months ago and talked about the challenges that you are going to face in the academy, as well as the challenges that we are facing in our community. And these are unprecedented times with these types of challenges. What is remarkable to me is that each one of you were willing to raise your hand and do this job, to join the current police officers and civilian staff in doing this very difficult work. It is a reflection on the character, on the heart, on the makeup of each one of you. It is also a reflection on the families, the friends that helped shape and mold these 21 police officers. Now it's been tough, not everybody is here that on that first day when we got to talk and field training or PTO is not any easier. It's very difficult to do this job. So although we celebrate this great day for each of you, there's a lot of hard work ahead and I encourage you to do everything possible in order to graduate the PTO program because as difficult as this job is, as challenging as this job is, as much scrutiny as our department has faced and will continue to face, it is just as rewarding and more. When you get to impact somebody's life in a positive way, whether it be a young person, a family or an entire neighborhood, that is your reward. So I would like to thank each of you for continuing to stick with it. It's going to be tough, but it's all gonna be worth it. I wanna acknowledge and thank our DPD team, both sworn and civilian for still being here to do this difficult work. And I wanna thank the Academy staff for shaping these officers, preparing them for this ever-changing world and making sure that they have all the tools necessary, all of the skills necessary to serve our community. So remember, as you walk out these doors, work hard and treat people right. All people. And let's make Denver the safest, most equitable city in America. Thank you. Thank you, Chief Pazin. We have several awards for Outstanding Achievement to present today. And Director of Training Lieutenant, Kim Bowser and Class Supervisor, Sergeant Noel Akita will present the awards now. Good morning. Thank you all for being here today to share in this extremely special day. My name is Kimberly Bowser and I am the Director of Training here at the Denver Police Academy. I had the honor of Class 20-2 being my first recruit class while here at the Academy. What was once 24 individuals is now, back on November 30th, is now one group, one cohesive team. Throughout their time here at the Academy, I've seen these recruits laugh, I've seen them cry, and I've seen them build each other up when they needed it most. There's been hard work, frustration, relief, joy and sweat. There was lots of sweat. Before we get to presenting the awards to some of our top recruits, I'd like to let me introduce the recruit class Sergeant Noel Akita. Good morning. My name is Sergeant Noel Akita. I am the recruit training Sergeant here at the Academy. First of all, congratulations Class 20-2 for graduating the Police Academy. But before we begin the presentations of the awards, I want to thank all of the family and friends that sacrifice all of their time to help all these recruits at the Academy succeed. I also wanna thank the Academy staff who's done a tremendous job to make sure that this Academy was successful even under the COVID-19 pandemic. I want to begin by talking about some good things that Class 20-2 did as far as for the community. From day one, we teach community service and teamwork. Every year we're invited to fundraise for the Special Olympics. Last year, we raised over $28,000 from a recruit class of 50. This year, Class 20-2 was invited to participate in the 5K Polar Plunge under COVID restrictions and raised over $20,000 with a recruit class of 21. On top of it all, this recruit class also raised an additional $1,000 for the Denver Police Foundation. This class did an amazing job. I watched 20-2 grow from day one and I watched each of them help each other through teamwork. When someone was struggling, they banded together and helped. I see a bright future for the Denver Police Department. I am proud to be your Sergeant, Class 20-2.  Congratulations again. Now to the awards. I would like to first introduce to you Assistant Denver District Attorney, Zach McCabe to the podium. My name is Zach McCabe, and I'm the Assistant District Attorney in the Denver DA's office.  I know she would like to be here herself in person. I would like to say personally, thanks to each and every one of you in this recruit class for making a commitment to serve the people of the city and county of Denver. I wanna thank you individually as well, both as a District Attorney and as a citizen of this community. I trust that you will all take your commitment seriously and be a guardian for the community that we all know and love. Thank you very much. Some of you may know, but some of you may not know, how much work these cadets are put through, what they have to do to earn the badge that's gonna be placed on their chest in just a little bit. Besides all of the physical training, driving, arrest and control, they have to become quasi-lawyers. And that's where our office gets to step in and we have the honor and privilege to assist all of you to learn the law of the state of Colorado. For that, I would like to thank the deputies in my office who have committed a lot of time to give you what I hope were good presentations. And also our Chief Deputy District Attorney Victoria Sharp, whom I'm sure you all know quite well, who spent a lot of time with you guys to make sure that you know the law, which you're gonna be asked to go out now and apply. However, there was one recruit who had the best grade for the class. So it's my pleasure today to award the recruit the recruit who had the number one rank for legal education. And that recruit is Stephanie Reyes. Congratulations. Now we would like to present the DPD Academy Awards. The first award is the Academic Award. This award goes to the recruit who scored the highest on both major exams and quizzes. For class 20-2, the Academic Award goes to Officer Whitney Rohrbach. Congratulations. The second award is the Overall Skills Award. This award goes to the recruit who demonstrated top performance in the areas of arrest control, driving, scenarios, and firearms. For class 20-2, the Overall Skills Award goes to Officer Matthew Keeling. Congratulations. The third and final award is the Most Inspirational Recruit Award. This is a special award because it is voted upon by the class. The awardee is a person who motivates others emotionally, physically, and mentally. Inspires others to do their best and goes above and beyond to help each other, especially when they're struggling. Class 20-2 has voted the Most Inspirational Recruit Award to go to Officer Jordy Aranda. Congratulations. Class 20-2 has also chosen a spokesperson to speak on their behalf. Officer Barrett Packard, please come up. Good morning, Executive Director of Safety Robinson, Chief Payson, members of the Denver Police Department and distinguished guests. My name is Barrett Packard and on behalf of Recruit Class 20-2, I wanna thank you all for being here today. I'm sure that everyone in this room can attest to the challenges the past year has thrown at all of us. The 21 recruits here today interviewed and anxiously awaited good news last April as the original May 11th Academy start date quickly approached. The world was rapidly shutting down and uncertainty arose about our futures with the Denver Police Department. We watched idly by as city and department leadership had to make difficult and sound decisions to keep the citizens of Denver safe, healthy, and financially cared for. We watched as thousands across the country called for change within our profession and we waited for that coveted email from the Civil Service Commission with an offer letter. 2020 pushed many officers to retire early for applicants to withdraw from hiring processes across the country and for many to question if this was the career for them. Nearly every outside instructor we had this year would tell us, you all are crazy for stepping into this career in 2020 but we thank you and respect you for doing so. This got me thinking about why I personally wanted to become a Denver police officer. The answer I came up with was simply this, if not me, who? I can confidently say that every recruit in class 20-2 shares the same sentiment, it would not change their careers for the world. We have been trained well and are ready for the unknowns that await us in just a few short days. Lieutenant Bowser, Sergeant Akita, and the entire Academy staff have put their heart and soul into preparing us and laying the foundations for which we will all build our careers upon. We have been prepared physically, mentally, and emotionally for the adversity we will inevitably face as a police officer. We are confident in the training we have received and we'll use it to be the officers that are to the department and more importantly, our city has called for and expects. I want to take a minute to thank everyone who made it possible for the 21 of us to be here today. To Chief Payson, the department command staff, your hard work and ability to make sound decisions allowed this Academy to happen and we thank you. To Lieutenant Bowser, Sergeant Akita, and the Academy staff, the hours of planning, mentoring, and teaching allowed us to safely meet in person and gain the vital knowledge we need to be the best police officers we can be. You taught us to pay attention to detail, respect others, utilize our strengths, and so much more. Thank you. Last, but certainly not least, our family and friends. You all stuck by our sides as we made our way through the Academy. Long days and even longer nights of studying took its toll on us, but you supported and loved us through it. I'm sure many of you know the Denver Revised Municipal Code as well as some of us here, and in an unlucky few, we're put in a control hold of time or two. Thank you for your love, for your patience, and for your support. To close, I want to say a few words to my classmates. We walk through these doors as strangers, and we'll walk out of them as family. We created a bond that can only be forced through blood, sweat, and tears as we work towards a common goal. We have bled together, we've cried together, we've laughed together, and we've even passed out together.  So go forward boldly and humbly. I want to leave you with the words of Tecumseh that says, so live your life that the fear of death may never enter your heart. Trouble no one about the religion. Respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.  Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Thank you all. Now, with the assistance of Executive Director and Deputy Mayor Robinson and Chief Payson, we will begin our graduation certificate presentation. Whitney N. Roarbaugh, Matthew J. Keeling, Isabella R. Abeda, Savannah M. Jarrais, Shahida, Matthew M. Lamir, Henry Garcia, and R. Martinez, Jordi I. Aranda, Kimberly G. Fuentes Sanchez, Stephanie J. Reyes, Catherine M. Roberts, Santos Reyes, Anthony Iglesias, David A. Botreven, E. Wharton, Marissa T. Henry, Christopher R. Moroni, Sylvester O. Morenya, Nan Kim T. Nguyen. Now I invite the Honorable Judge Lombardi to administer the Oath of Office. If you could raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, state your name, do solemnly swear by the ever-living God that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Colorado and the charter and ordinances of the city and county of Denver and that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office of the officer, police officer of the city and county of Denver to which I have been appointed and upon which I am about to enter. Congratulations. Sergeant Nikita. Holy one of blessing. The smiles and the thumbs up that we have seen over the past hour fill our hearts and our souls with pride and joy. A new chapter begins of these 21 new sworn officers. We ask that they continue to heed the wisdom of their FTOs and others as they prepare for their first shift. May the brightness of their badge remind them even in the hard days ahead and guide them to make wise decisions, listen with respect and always be safe on the street. We also ask for your blessing for all who had gathered here today, for those who dwell in the city and county of Denver and for those men and women in uniform who serve our armed services, protecting the values of our great nation, the United States of America. May we stand as a united nation, living our lives by the values that our flag represents.  Amen.


Thanks, Jason. So as Jason said, I'm Guy Martin, and I will be your host for the top ten signs that your company doesn't get open source. And I'm not as funny as David Letterman, and I'm definitely not an open source luminary like Lines Torvalds, but hopefully you'll get something useful out of these things even if it's just as cautionary tales. So number ten, we don't use or rely on open source in my company, or I don't use or rely on it. Well, we know that that's not true. If you've sent mail on the internet, if you've used Firefox, if you've touched a web server in any way, you've probably used open source, a lot of Android phones out there, as well as folks that use enterprise Java via things like Jetty and even JBoss. So number nine, we think open source is only about risk management. Well, you obviously have to have a process, and that's represented there in the left-hand side, but if that's the only thing that you're thinking about in open source, you're missing all of the value in community. So things like Drupal, things like SC Linux, things like Hadoop, all of the things that make open source really valuable from a community perspective. Number eight, what about support? Is an open source free? Obviously, you're here at Red Hat Summit. We provide support for Enterprise Linux, but there's a lot of other ways that you can provide support for other pieces of open source software. Obviously Drupal, if you're doing content management, it can be provided support by Acquia, Enterprise DB, MongoDB, the list goes on. The other thing with open source is that you have the benefit of being able, since you have the source, to run an open source support desk in your own organization, if that makes sense. Number seven, I can't mix and match open source and proprietary software. Well, you don't have to forklift your entire enterprise to bring open source in. You can put it in a variety of different ways, shown by the architecture there, but you really have to think about it from a pragmatic perspective and really balance the idealism pieces of open source with the pragmatism of actually making it work in your enterprise. So number six, there's no value in any open source contribution. Well, I think our friend Sir Isaac Newton would disagree with that since he said that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants, and a lot of companies are starting to realize this now, OpenLogic did a survey that showed the contributions from people within companies are on the rise. You also want to expose your developers to a bunch of different best practices because it helps them in their careers and it really helps your organization as well. Number five, well, my contribution fails, my patches were rejected. Well, you really need to think about kind of the sweet spot there of what is a contributor and those are the people that power open source and that's the things that they're concerned about. And you really need to think about this also from the perspective of a quilt. If you're bringing patches into an open source project, they need to fit with the rest of what's going on in that project so that it actually makes a cohesive whole. Number four, I can't develop like open source in-house. I can't use those methodologies. Well, that's not true. I have three great examples, Forge.mil, DOD Community Source, the Genevieve Alliance for Infotainment and Automotive, and the Kuali Foundation started at Cornell for open source management for a higher education. Remember, these are also all stepping stones that you can use to help your organization get to maybe open sourcing something after they've become more comfortable with it. Number three, hey, I want to open source things because I think there's three developers out there. Well, you need to think about the perspective of what's in it for me. That's what everybody's concerned about and you need to think about how you position this message with regard to where people are in this altruistic versus intrinsic perspective and really tune your message to make the most sense for those folks. Number two, hey, my code's on GitHub. I have community, right? Well, no, you just can't dump code out on GitHub and hope that community forms spontaneously. You need to be thinking about things like bug tracking and task management so that your community has something to latch onto and you really need to think about the membership lifecycle of your community and sort of how communities grow and how you have to nurture them. And my favorite one is coming up. Number one, hey, legal just wants me to tweak this license just a bit. Before your legal team drops a whole bunch of documents on you, you need to run, not walk to the open source initiative and really look at the approved licenses there. Not only because we don't want to go through and read your own open source license, we're probably not going to use your code if we have to do that. So it's very important that you not do that. And finally, what should you do now? Use these as cautionary tales. Really in your organization, try not to accept the status quo if you can and find people who you can team with to ask the right questions of your enterprise. And then if all else fails, you can always take Bart Simpson's approach and have your executives write, open source is good for me. I'm going to embrace it multiple times. Thank you very much.


فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دادا دالا وياله من شراف عظيمي الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد وردنا شرح أحديث الصيام من كتاب بلوغ المرام نحن نتكلم بلوغ المرام رتبع الإمام حافظ ابن حجر العسقلاني ورحمه الله نحن now on the third حديث إن كتاب الصيام أما حديث الصيام The Hadith The Chapter for it is تعليق الصوم والفطر بالرؤية Connecting, fasting and breaking your fast By seeing and observing عن ابن عملي رضي الله تعالى عنهما قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إذا رأيتموه فصوموا وإذا رأيتموه فأفطروا فإن غم عليكم فقدروا له متفق علي ولمسلم فإن أغم عليكم فقدروا له ثلاثين وللبخاري فأكمل العدة ثلاثين وله في حديث أبي هريرة رضي الله تعالى عنه فأكملوا عدة الشعباني فأكملوا عدة الشعباني فأكملوا عدة الشعبانة ثلاثين This Hadith حديث ابن عملي رضي الله تعالى عنه The first one Of the two Is مخرج عند الشيخين إمام البخاريين المسلم Both narrated it As Hafظ بن حجر mentions which is متفق علي And They both narrated it بخاريين المسلم من حريثي ابن شهاب الزهري عن سالم عن ابن عمال رضي الله تعالى عنهما بخاريين narrated it in The Book of Fasting بابو هل يقالوا رمضان أو شهر رمضان الإمام المسلم in the fasting الإمام النووي chapter in the chaptering of بابو جوب صوم رمضان لرؤية الهلان And both of them بخاريين المسلم as I said They both narrated it من طريقي ابن شهاب الزهري رحمه الله And the wedding That Hafظ بن حجر brought it It is that which تيخينا الإمام البخاريين المسلم Both mentioned إمام المسلم also narrated this حريث in another رواية اما من another طرق another path another way من طريقي عميد الله عن نافع عن ابن عمال But there's a slight زيادة at the beginning of that narration of إمام المسلم's one Which is فإن أغمي عليكم فقدرو له ثلاثينا So as I said بخاري المسلم both narrated the حريث And they both narrated it من طريقي ابن شهاب من طريقي ابن شهاب الزهري عن سانم عالي بن عمار إمام المسلم narrated this حريث from another طرق طرق Which is the طريق عميد الله عن نافع عن ابن عمار رضي الله و تعالى عنهما Which has a زيادة which is an additional point to it at the beginning of the narration which is فإن أغمي عليكم فقدرو له ثلاثينا أبو داود narrated this حريث as well And he narrated it in كتاب الصيام باب الشهر يكون تسعن و عشرين But he narrated it from the طريق of what from the طريق of سليمان ابن داود العتكي عن حماد ابن زيدن عن أيوب عن نافع عن ابن عمار النافع إنسونة بداود النافع the student of ابن عمار who is the mullah ابن عمار as well ابو داود added an additional point to it which is that ابن عمار فكان ابن عمار إذا كان الشعبان وتسعن و عشرينة if the month was 29 نظر له الهلال the crescent will be looked for فإن رؤية فذاك if it's seen then good وإن لم يرأ and if it's not seen ولم يحل دون منظره سحها صحاب ولا قترة and there is no cloud no dust أصبح مفطرا ابن عمار will stay without fasting فإن حال دون منظره but if there was between he's seeing سحابون a cloud أو قتارة or a dust أصبح صائما he will remain fasting and that طريقة في سنيمال ابن داود العتكي who narrated from حماد ابن زيدن who narrated from أيوب عن نافع عن ابن عمار شخل الباني classified it بصحيح in the Hadith number of 1902 إمام البخاري narrated this Hadith as well he narrated it in كتاب الصوم بابو the chapter قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا رأيتم الهلال فصوموه but this time بخاري brought it from what من طريق مالك عن عبد الله ابن الدينار عن ابن عمارين and also بخاري has a ziada in its edition at the beginning فإن وم عليكم فأكمل العدة ثلاثين that is all of that which relates to the Hadith of ابن عمار the first one the second one حديث is حديث أبو غريرا the Hadith of أبو غريرا بخاري المسلم both narrated it بخاري narrated it أنه إمام مسلم رحمه الله narrated it both of them they narrated it from من طريق شعبة بن حجاج who narrated it from محمد بن زياد who narrated from ابو غريرا رضي الله إتعالى عنه which its wording is صوموه لرؤيته وافطروا لرؤيته فإن غابي عليكم فأكمل عدة شعبان ثلاثينة لا استوانيه بمام البخاري إمام مسلم يسيز فإن ومي عليكم الشهر فعدوا ثلاثينة here is a issue that I heard from حافظه بن حجر which is فإن غم عليكم فقدروا له إذا المتفق عليه ولي مسلم فإن وغم عليكم فقدروا له ثلاثينة ولي البخاري فأكمل عدة ثلاثينة and then he said وله في حديث أبو غريرا إمامه حافظه بن حجر he said وله في حديث أبو غريرا this وله that وله is it's a tricky point or it's a problem because مو همن أنه إفراد البخاري it looks as though that it's only from the narration of إمامه البخاري because that was the last mention ولي البخاري فأكمل عدة ثلاثينة وله إي وله إي ولي البخاري and the reason why بخافظه بن حجر funny to this issue this problem is because he followed the gazu of صاحب المحرر ابن عبدالهادي he followed this in ابن عبدالهادي he followed this in what ابن عبدالهادي and what has become clear to us as I just previously mentioned that this hadith is from what أنه من الحديث المتفق علي بخاري المسلم both narrated it but the wording is the wording of إمامه البخاري and that is what it seems like حافظه بن حجر is trying to say that the حريثة of ابن غريرا is the wording of بخاري but what حافظه بن حجر should have done why are we saying that he should have done this because this is his norms فكان الأولى بك عادته أن يقول متفق علي it was more befitting for him to say متفق علي and then say وهذا لفظه البخاري and he shouldn't have said this is the wording of بخاري to show that the حديث is narrated by بخاري المسلم but the wording is the only wording of إمامه البخاري رحمه الله that is what relates to الكلامه على الحديثي that was talking about the hadith in terms of what على الحديثي speaking about both of the hadith from the angle of what رواية we spoke about it in terms of its رواية now we're going to go into the ديراية and the understanding of the حديث the first thing we need to understand is there is a غريب الحديث ومفرداتي this is something we said we're going to always do the strange wordings that are in the hadith and the terminology that I used if we look at the wording of the حديث the Prophet ﷺ he said بصومو وإذا رأيتمو هو فأفطرو so we see that the Prophet ﷺ in the حديث بالعمر two places he used the what he used رأيتمو هو two times في موضوعين من حديث بالعمر and if you look at that then this is a بامير العائب it's a pronoun for an absent it's a pronoun for an absent and it doesn't have دون أن يكون له اسمون ظاهر ونرجع إلي and there is no there is no proper noun in which this pronoun goes back to so there is no name that was mentioned in which this pronoun goes back to so this is a this is غريب this is a this is اشكال now and this is if you go back to the حديث which they narrated you'll see that that's how the wording is the meaning is clear the meaning is clear because two ways tells us what this pronoun goes back to two things are telling us it there are two things that tell us it the first thing that tells us it is مفهوم من السياق from the context it becomes clear to us from the context it's clear that this is رمضان that's been spoken about so then it becomes clear إذا رأيتمو who is referring to the present the هلال the present that's in terms of its meaning in terms of its narration now there is a clear narration that mentions the هلال which in إمامو إمامو مسلم narrated it and also بخاري رحمه الله as well إمامو البخاري بخاري رحمه بخاري الليث عن عقيل عن ابن الشيهاب به and also بخاري مسلم and narrated it that the Prophet إذا رأيتمو гهالة فصوموا وإذا رأيتموه فافطروا so the حلال was brought in that narration but if you see the هلال so two things tell us where the program goes back to one is the meaning and one is that there are other external narrations that have come in order to support it to tell us that which is in the hadith or that which is meant by it it is the metaphah now look at the first إذا رأيتموه and the second وإذا رأيت موه is referring to the ِهِلَلُ شَوَّالِ the present of Ramadan and the second one which is ِذَا رَأيت موه is referring to the ِهِلَلُ شَوَّالِ the moon of shaw'al So the first one is called ِهِلَلُ رَمَضَانِ is talking about the the present of Ramadan and the second one is talking about the present of shaw'al And that is why the hadith says to us ِذَا رَأيت موه if you see the moon of Ramadan or the present of Ramadan فَصُومُ فَصْت وإذا رأيت موه and if you see the ِهِلَلُ شَوَّالِ the moon of shaw'al فَأَفْطِرُوا break your fasting The second one is ِوَ إِذَا رَأيت موه ِهِلَلُ شَوَّالِ the moon of shaw'al فَأَفْطِرُوا break your fasting Is that clear? That's the first point Then the prophet ﷺ said ْفَأِنْ وُمَّا ۩ And some of the ۩ رِوَيَات من إبن عمر And if you guys remember properly which is ۩ صعيح مُسْلِم ۩ مُسْلِم means this one ۩ فَأِنْ وُمْيَا ۩ And another ۩ رِوَيَة which was ۩ فَأِنْ غَابِيَا Both generations have come But we want to first know what is ۩ وُمَّا ۩ First of all the way we read it is ۩ وُمَّا ۩ It is ۩ ضَمُّ المُعجَبَة وَتَشْدِيدُ المِين Some narrations it says ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ Which is what it is called ۩ عمر Abu Ghurayrat says his ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ So we have ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ And all of those meanings are the same as ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ ۩ How ever you want to say it He says in his Kitab ۩ النهاية في غريب الحديث هيسايز يقالُ غُمَّ علينا الهلالُ، كما يُقالُ أُغُمِّ علينا الهلالُ، وغُمِّ إذا حالَ دون رؤيته غيبٌ أو قترةٌ لذا النهاية إبن أثير رحمه الله يتكلم ويخبرنا أن غُمَّ أُغُمِّه وغُمِّه كلهم يقالوا the same يقالوا all of them but what they mean إذا حالَ دون رؤيته غيبٌ أو قترةٌ it is if there is a cloud or if there is dust and smoke that gets between you and sighting the moon or the crescent فإن غابية is what فإن غابية is what بفتح الغيني المعجمة وكسر البائل موحدة and it comes from the word مأخوذٌ من الغباوة ويعدم الفطرات وهي استعارة الإخفائي الهلالي it is when something is hidden from you أذن لا أنها في غريب الحديث فإن غابية أي خفية if it gets hidden from you so the word all of them they mean the same then the Prophet ﷺ he said the other strange word is you can say so both ways are allowed to be said which one is the eloquent one way of saying it it is eloquent to say it is more eloquent to say but it is permissible for you to say you can say both both ways and we have mentioned in the previous hadith that the علماء have two interpretation regarding this and the strongest opinion here is that which the majority of the scholars are upon in opposition to that which is very well known in the حملي مدهب and that is what that what إقدروا له means إحسبوا له account for it من الحساب والتقدير account it and estimate it but the correct meaning is that we complete it by 30 days تماما and half of them the Hajar he brought another group of people who try to get from فق درو له أما فق برو له إما محافظ من حجر إني سفتحوا الباري he mentions that أبو العباسي بن السراج who is from the شافعية ونطرفي بن عبدالله الشخير from the تابعين أنا بن قوتيبا as from the محديثين they all said the third interpretation which is that بحساب المنازل that you do the astronomer astronomer كل that is done إبن عبدالبر رحمه الله he says أسفوا مطرف إبن عبدالله he said لا يسحوا there is no authentic chain of narration from him أسفوا إبن قوتيبا إبن عبدالبر said فليس من هو من إبن قوتيبا he is not from those people who is relied on this in this regard now we need to look at five things relating to this حاليث now five مسألة five we've spoken about first we've finished we spoke about حديث إبن حيث الرواية from the angle of the Rewire we've spoken about it إبن حيث الدراية but we spoke about إبن حيث الدراية one point which is غريب الحديث ومفرداته we spoke about the strange words that are in there and the meanings that those words carry إبن حيث الدراية we're going to move on to the next one which is we're going to now look at and the matches that are in it and there are five things that we take from it five فق and five مسائل that we're going to take from this حديث مسألة الأولى the first مسألة or the first فق that we take from this حديث is what both of the narrations that it's على وجوب إكمال الشعبان ثلاثين يومان that شعبان we have to complete it for 30 days when like him في حال استطار الهلال when the crescent and the moon is hidden from us either by the cloud or by dust or anything other than that so if a person doesn't know هل أهل هلال رمضان has the sighting of رمضان taken place or not has it been seen and the reason why is because because of the fact that the eyes can't see it no one knows if رمضان has entered whether the moon has actually been is out there the reason is because بسبب إيداء من رؤية والإبصار the sighting of the moon is hard and the seeing is hard this is now what فهو يومان يشك it's a day which is doubted هل هو من رمضان is it from رمضان have we entered into رمضان أم أنه ما يزالوا من شعبان or are we still in شعبان are we still continuously in شعبان is that doubt and this hadith it goes in accordance to the previous hadith that we touched on which is النهيو عرصيامي يوم الشكي the prohibition of fasting the day of doubt rather not only does it go hand in hand with that hadith but it also goes hand in hand with two qa'idahs which are known بل يوافق القاعدة تيني المعروفة تيني rather it goes in accordance to the two well-known principles which the first one of it is ألياقينه لا يزولوا بالشك أما لا يزالوا بالشك a certainty is not removed with doubt and the second qa'idah which is الأصل بقاء الأصل بقاء ما كان على ما كان the original essence is that everything it is left as it was and it's original essence that it should be left how it is the asal which here we are certain about is what that شعبان is in the asal is that شعبان was something we were in we were in شعبان there is no doubt about that but the doubt is has شعبان gone and has Ramadhan entered so the doubting here is what دخول رمضان المشكوخ فيه the entering of Ramadhan is doubtful إذن the qa'idah was what ألياقينه with the certainty of شعبان's existence cannot be removed with the doubt of Ramadhan and an example for that is كان الإنسان وطاهيران a person was a pumpurity وشكف الحدث and he doubts impurity what's the ruling in this the ruling is فإنه يبقى على طهارته that the person remains upon his purity and that he stays upon the certainty and he does not remove on to the what ولينتقل عن الطهارة بحدث مشكوخ فيه and that he doesn't leave the certainty which is the purity to the doubt which is the impurity you don't do that and why is that and this religion my brothers it shows us من سماحة هذا الديني how simple and how easy our religion here is our religion is a religion of ease and simplicity حافظ بن حجر رحمه الله in كتاب فتح الباري the fourth volume page 122 the page what page 122 حافظ بن حجر نفتح الباري it brings the statement and it brings the statement ويبن عبدالهادي it is تنكيح إن التنكيح بقى ابن عبدالهادي رحمه الله تعالى ذات ابن عبدالهادي سن حافظ بن حجر ركوتر ابن عبدالهادي ذات ابن عبدالهادي سن الذي دلت عليه الأحاديث that which the hadith have shown وهو مقتضى القوائد قواعد وهو مقتضى القواعد وهو مقتضى القواعد مقتضى القواعد and it is also in accordance to the principles is أنه أي شهر that any month غم that there is a barrier between you and see in the moon أكمل ثلاثين you completed to 30 this is the what الذي دلت عليه الأحاديث the hadith have shown this and وهو مقتضى القواعد and it is in accordance to the principles we mentioned two of those قواعد right which is لا يزول بالشك أما لا يزال بالشك أنا الأصل بقاء مكان على مكان so here ابن عبدالهادي he statement is beneficial you know why because he said this is not only for رمضان الشعبان oh no no he said أنه أي شهر it is any month غم which there is no ability to see it أكمل ثلاثين 30 days are finished سواء في ذلك الشعبان و رمضان he said whether that is is in the الشعبان الرمضان or whether it is other than it this is a fiq of that great noble سكولة ابن عبدالهادي رحمه الله تعالى the second and the second fiq that we take from the hadith the second fiq that we take from the hadith is what أن العبرة or أن المعتبر سيامي the thing that is taken into consideration when it comes to fasting and when it when it comes to breaking the fast is two things there are two things to take into consideration to say that the شهر رمضان has entered and there are also two things which we base our rulings on to say that the month of رمضان has now gone so it's only two things لا ثالث لهما there is not a third thing the first one is what رؤية الهلال the sighting of the moon so we sight the moon for the entering of رمضان and we sight the moon for for the leaving of رمضان and the entering of شوال based on this hadith which the Prophet SAW said إذا رأيتموه فصوموه وإذا رأيتموه فأفطروه فلا يجوزوا إذا based on this hadith it is not permissible to fast before sighting the moon for رمضان as it's also not permissible what كما لا يجوزوا الإفطار the same way it is not permissible to stop fasting or to consider the ending of رمضان to come without sighting the moon of شوال إن شاء الله تعالى there is no problem if the people use telescopes if they use those things because those are all what لأنه في الحقيقة أمور مساعدة للعادي because those things are only things that help the eye in getting things closer to you but to clarify it for you and this is the opinion of السماحة الوالد الشيخ عبد العزيز ابن باز عليه رحمة الله in his مجموعة فتاوة ابن باز took the opinion that it's no problem if the people use telescopes he said that on his 15th volume 15th volume page 70 because the sheikh رحم الله he said that all of his reality is مساعدة it's just help and aid in your eyes but he said it is not the عمدة عمدة means what it's not the full reliance the full reliance is what على رؤية العيني the sea of the eye so the second way in which رمضان is established or the leaving of رمضان is established is by completing 30 days إذا لم يرى الهلال that's if the first one wasn't done the first one which is the رؤية الهلال which is the sighting of the moon doesn't happen then we move on to the second option which is we will have to complete رمضان 30 days and then move on to شوال or the month before رمضان which is شعبان we will have to finish شعبان on 30 days since we didn't see the هلال so this is the second method where's the evidence for that then it's in the حديث فإن وم عليكم فأكمل العدة 30 which is a complex part of the حديث فإن وغمية some of the rewired said it اما فإن وم فإن وم we should all of those are the same عليكم فق الدروله 30 اما فأكمل العدة 30 how many days you completed to? 30 you completed on what? on 30 ولذلك شيخو الإسلامي بلوتايم عليه رحمة إذن those are the two ways first of all before I was saying the same statement those are the two ways which رمضان's entering and رمضان's leaving is done on and that's not only رمضان as we brought the statement of even عبدالهدي it's not only رمضان this is for who? this is for every single month that the sighting of the moon is done if it's not seen then it is completed to 30 30 days شيخو الإسلامي بلوتايم said a statement which deserves to be read إن شاء الله و تعالى and in his 25th volume page 132 شيخو الإسلامي بلوتايم he says we know out of necessity from the religion of Islam that rulings are based on the sighting of the moon like fasting like Hajj like عدة the woman's administration like عدة and also like the إيلام or other than that in terms of أحكام that are collected to the moon and the sighting of the moon so Hajj is based upon the moon the عدة is based upon the moon رمضان is based upon the moon إيلاء is based upon the moon all of these are what? are they based upon the شيخو الإسلامي بلوتايم then says بخابر الحاسبي and now يورا أولا يورا لا يجوز and to base it on the what to base it on which issue we're going to come to later إن شاء الله و تعالى which is the issue of using the the method that people try to do which is the third they try to invent the third way which is they want to use the astronomy they want to use these degrees in what? establishing it the حديث كنالي says to us what? one of two إذا رأيتموه if you see it رؤية العين is spoken about here the eyesight has seen it or the حديث says فأكمل العدة 30 then we've completed 30 and then we have no other choice other than seeing it or completing on the 30 days this issue of what the حساب الفلكي we're going to شاء الله و تعالى prove that that is incorrect the third masala that we take from this حديث or the third fiq we take from this حديث is before I move on to the third one there's an issue which I have to mention which refutes this concept of the usage of the astronomy which is the حديث narrated by ابغاري المسلم من حديث عبداله من عمر which is that the Prophet عليه الصلاة والسلام he said we are a nation who are illiterate لا نكتب we don't write و لا نحسب and we don't do حساب which is astronomy we don't use the falak we don't do that the Prophet said الشهر هكذا و هكذا و هكذا the Prophet said the month is like that and like that و عقد الإبهام ثم الثالثة the Prophet ﷺ he took the finger and he connected those two عليه الصلاة والسلام trying to say what 29 this is one of the ways that the Arabs would say 29 و الشهر هكذا و هكذا و هكذا and the Prophet ﷺ said the month is this and this meaning referring to as 30 so it's either 29 or 30 for us Arabs we don't use this astronomy we don't use astronomy so the Hadith of the Prophet ﷺ it says it clearly حافظ المحجر in فتح الباري in فتح الباري in حافظ المحجر in فتح الباري he says a very powerful statement he says he says if it's hidden from you if it's hidden from you then complete it to 30 then complete it to what? 30 يبن حجر said و لم يقول he said that the Prophet ﷺ didn't say فسألوا أهل الحساب ask the people of astronomy the Prophet ﷺ said that والحكمة في كون العدد عند الإغماء يستوي في المكلفون فيرتفع الاختلاف والنزاع عنهم ألا عافظ المحجر is the wisdom behind that he says the wisdom in that is what the figure when it's hidden everybody is the same in it they are all the same in it so فيرتفع الاختلاف the dispute is lifted when it's out of them and disputations if you guys couldn't see it the شريع I took it from all of you guys and I made it into the 30 so there's no dispute or argumentation in that particular matter إن شاء الله يتعالى go to مجموعة الفتاة read the 25th volume paid 113 132 146 and 166 and 174 Bible Tamia he's مجموعة الفتاة also read Fatah Al-Bali the fourth volume paid 127 also read مجموعة الفتاة بنباز the 15th volume paid 109 you'll find more explanation there إن شاء الله تعالى the third and the third that we take from this is what هل يعتبروا في الرؤية تختلافوا مطالع الأهل أم أنه إذا رؤية في بلد إن لزيمة ناس وكله مصوم the issue here is is it taken into consideration the sighting when there is a difference of region the region are different or if it's seen in a particular place then everyone else has to fast if it's seen in one land does that mean every single place in the world has to fast before I mention the خلاف I want to explain to you guys how it occurred before I mention to you the difference of opinions there are I need to explain to you how it occurred because we are people who are students of knowledge and we need to understand how the disputations and argumentations of the علماء came into place if we go back to the hadith the Prophet ﷺ said إذا رأيتموه فصوموه وإذا رأيتموه فأفطروا here we find that the Prophet ﷺ said إذا رأيتموه if you see it رأيتموه so what's the condition here إشتراء الرؤية the seeing is conditioned also that's one إذا رأيتموه the first thing we took from it is what that the seeing is a condition the second thing that the hadith also mention what also the point that we also take from the hadith is what that the people all have to see it because the hadith says إذا رأيتموه it's plural if you all see it إشتراء الرؤية عموم الناس له that is conditioning citation I'm going to be cited by every single person so it's saying as though it's saying إذا رأى الناس if the people say see it جميعا all of them واجبصوموه that the fasting is obligatory and if everybody does not see it then there is no fasting obligatory on anyone but then what happened that understanding that can be taken from the hadith the scholars days they all unanimously unanimously this is an إجماع unanimously there's no خلاف that connecting the sighting of the moon في حق كل أحد on every single person there is an إجماع على عدم تعليق that the sighting of the moon cannot be put on every single person there's an إجماع there's no خلاف on it and the إجماع of the علماء is a what it's a حجة it's a حجة so the first part of the hadith إذا رأي تموه if you see it فصوموه are you with me that's good the scholars they unanimously agreed upon إجماع الأمة على عدم تعليق وجوب الصوم if بالرؤية في حق كل أحد so what's the meaning going to be then the meaning is going to be then إذا وجدت الرؤية الشمعية إذا وجدت رؤية أسلامي إذا وجدت رؤية أسلامي بينكم بينكم and the scholars they differ on how many people it has to be the majority of the scholars are upon the opinion that it's what that it's one there are also those who see it to be two so there's two opinions here some say one some say two the ones who said one they took a hadith which is going to come to us later إن شاء الله يتعالى حديث مع عمر رضي الله يتعالى عنه others they took it as two as though it is witness شاهدي عدلين when the witnessing has to be done by a testimony in a court of law they said it's like a shahada and a shahada requires two reliable honest people إذا رأيتموه so we explain the word إذا رأيتموه صح إذا رأيتموه we've agreed إذا إجماعه ملعقد and also there's an hadith of إبن عمر that's going to come to us later that's going to explain to us that the process of cinema only took the sighting of who إبن عمر alone so there's an إجماع and there's the statement of إبن عمر that everybody doesn't have to see it everybody doesn't have to see it now the part إذا رأيتموه we said that it's not everybody but then it says فصوموه again there's a plural in the word فصوموه إذا فعلو شرط so here does it mean فصوموه that every single person I want you guys to understand the point there's two opinions of the sighting of the moon how many how many opinions are there? two what are the two opinions? either one or two so there's إجماع that everybody doesn't have to see it are you with me? now the hadith the other part what about the other part which says فصوموه all of you fast so it means that if one person sight say everybody has to fast around the world of two people see it then everybody in the world has to fast it based on that part this is where the خلاف came from which is فصوموه هذا من جهة فعل الشرط فالعمومه فيه غير مراد بالإجماع everybody has to fast so the meaning is going to be أنه متى ثبتة الروئة to be بلدين whenever a seeing take place in a land lazy men all of the people is obligatory on them كلهم all of them في جميع اقتاري الارضي in all over the world all over the globe they have to fast based on that one sighting of one person or two people whichever view you take whether the regions are different سواء ان التفقة المطالة مطالع here is what whether the moon there's some countries which the day and the night don't happen the same time for them when it's day for us it's nightfall another place in the world Australia, America we have اختلاف المطالع the moon is not for us all where other countries the moon is for us so based on that حديث فصوموه it doesn't consider whether the moon is the same or whether the moon is different it doesn't take that into consideration whether the land is close to one another سواء انت باعدة البلدان او تقاربت or if it's close to one another فلو رؤية اف واسين في اقصى الغربي لازم اهل الشرقي if it's seen from the corner of the world down there and from the other side of the world if it's sighted then the people from that side have to fast based on the sighting of these people does not care whether the land are close to each other or whether the lands are far from one another and it also doesn't take into consideration whether the مطالع is the same or the مطالع is different which is the moon being for the same اذان the scholars here they differed they differed on it اختلاف اكد في هذه المسألة and two strong views have came into commentaries القول الأول the first view وهو مذهب الجمهور and it's the opinion of the majority of the scholars from who الأئمة الثلاثة ابو حنيفة امام مارك امام احمد وهو قول للشافع and it's also the call of Imam Shafi'a one of these calls so what do we have ابو حنيفة امام مارك امام محمد and it's also a call of Imam Shafi'a ذات ان الهلال اذا رؤي if the moon is sighted في بلد in a land لازم صوم جميع المسلمين في اختار الأرض that the Muslims in wherever they are all of them have to fast based upon that based upon that citation based upon that seeing that took place based on what's the evidence عملا بظهر هذا الحديث they based upon how he explains the Hadith and they said that this Hadith هو اختاب للمسلمين عامه that this Hadith is talking to all of the Muslims فلا عباراتة بالتفاق المطالع او اختلافها and they said there is no consideration whether the matali is the same or whether it is different and that is the opinion that was strengthened by سماحة الوالد الشيخ عبد العزيز ابن عبد الله ابنه باز رحمه الله تعالى he took that view هذا ما رجحه الشيخ الشيخ's strength in that view that's the first view the second view is هو مذهب الشافعية it is the مذهب الشافعية the شافعي المذهب وقولوا لي إمامي أحمد and it's also a call of Imam أحمد وهو اختيار الشيخ وليسلام ابنه تيميا and it's also the opinion that الشيخ وليسلام تيميا تقل which is what أن لكل بلد رؤيةهم that every single land has its own seeing فإذا رؤية الهلال if the if the هلال the moon is sighted in a land then it's not obligatory on the other land who is far from it and they said that this hadith only applies when there is اتفاق المطالع then if the countries have the same moon then they have to fast based on each other وما اختلفت as for if the مطالع the moon is not shared by them فالأطنو you know what I mean by that right that both countries don't share the sighting of that moon they don't have the moon at the same time then they said at this point فالأطنو and they have a very strong view these these قول they have a very strong view that refutes the first opinion their حجة is the hadith narrated by is the hadith narrated by الامام الامام مسلم رحمه الله الامام مسلم امام مسلم رحمه الله as we know امام نووي is the one who chapters امام مسلم صحيح امام نووي امام نووي و إذا كانوا يرى فرق في one لان that does not necessarily apply to the regions that are far away from it و إمام موسيقى انتظر هذا المساعدة و إمام موسيقى رحمه الله تعالى و إمام موسيقى حدثنا يحيا بن يحيا و يحيا بن أيوب و قتيبة و حجر عن يحيا بن يحيا اخبرنا و قال الاخرون حدثنا اسماعين و هو بن جعفر عن محمد و هو ابن ابي حر ملتا عن كريب كريب اذا مولا افهو اذا مولا اف ابن عباس اذا مولا ابن عباس pay attention to this ان ام فضل بنت الحارث بعتته الى معاوية بالشام قال فقدمت الشاما فقضيت حاجتها واستهل علي رمضان و أنا بالشام فرأيت لهلالا ليلة الجمعة ثم قدمت المدينة في آخر الشار فسألني عبدالله ابن عباس رضي الله تعالى عنهما ثم ذكر الهلالا فقال متى رأيتم الهلالا فقلت رأيناه ليلة الجمعة فقال انت رأيته انت رأيته فقلت نعم و رأاه الناس و صام و صام معاوية فقال لكن رأيناه ليلة السبتي فلا نزال نصوم حتى نكمل ثلاثين أو نراه فقلت اولا تكتفي برؤية معاوية و الصيامه فقال لا هكذا امرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشك يحي ابن يحيا في نكتفي أو تكتفي الحريث هو ان قريب مولي ابن عباس يقول ان ام الفضل بنت الحارث قريب يكتفي ان ام فضل هو دوطة الحارث الآن ساما و ساما جهزها و ساما جهزها و نعم فضل بنت الحارث ساما فضل و يتوما عاوية في سوريا شام و انت في دمشق فقديمت في الشام و ساما جاوية في سوريا وقام وقتها بالفواه. كنت كنت أكثر منها فقدينه إلى شام فقديني وحجتها كنت كنت أكثر منها وقالت لك، لماذا أنا أتكبر؟ قالت لماذا أنا أتكبر؟ أنه أرامضان رمضان أتكبر وقالت لك، سأرى المنزل new moon of ramadan on Friday فأنا قد سأعود إلى مدينة في نهاة المنزل عبد الله ابن عباس، ربما يبقى الله يسأل معه about the new moon of Ramadan and he said to me when did you see it or he said to me when did you see the moon I said we saw it on the night of Friday he said did you see it yourself I said yes and the people also saw it and they fasted and Mu'awiya also fasted whereupon he said but we saw it on Saturday night so we all continue to fast until we complete 30 fasts ابن عباس رضي الله يتعالى عنه he saying here ابن عباس رضي الله يتعالى عنه he saying that did you see it personally he's asking him and he said yes I saw it and the people saw it with me and they fasted and so did Mu'awiya ابن عباس then said to him لكننا رأيناه ليلة السبت but we we saw it on Saturday we saw it on Saturday so we will continue to fast until we complete 30 fasts حتى نكمل 30 او نراه او unless we see it فقلتوا الفضل say I said to him ألا تكتفي برؤية Mu'awiya are you not going to be surprised with the sighting of Mu'awiya and he's fasting فقال لا ابن عباس said no هكذا أمرنا رسول الله the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم this is how the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has commanded us so based on this حديث what do we realize and Imam Noah explains it he said حديث القرائب and ابن عباس ظاهروا الدلالة للترجمة it's clear for how the chapter was placed by him by Imam Noah he's trying to say with the chaptering which is that إنما لم يعمل ابن عباس بخبر قريب ورده لأن الرؤية لا يثبت حكمها في حق البعيد the reason is because that the sighting is not established on the individual who's far from you also the hadith that we're on right now actually strengthens that opinion which is that it could be understood in the second view or the second scholars their opinion which is that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا رأيتموه فصومه if you guys of every land see it then fast because another people of another land didn't see it so this addressing is not referring to them so that is and this is the opinion that Shaykh أليسامي بن عثيمية strengthens Shaykh بن عثيمي رحمه الله he strengthens that opinion and I advise each and every one of you to read his شرح الممتع شرح الممتع I advise you to go and read Shaykh أليسامي بن عثيمي he has a very good statement and a very solid explanation and he says that second opinion is what the evidence has strengthened if you want to look more into this issue and you want to research a bit more go to the sixth volume page 274 go to fourth volume page 328 go to fourth volume page 123 go to fourth volume page 273 also with the Hashia of Ibn Qasim you can see third volume third volume 358 Hashia Ibn A'abideem second volume page 393 go to the Majmoor of Shaykh عبد عزيز بن أباز the 15th volume page 77 شرح الممتع Shaykh أليسامي بن عثيمي the sixth volume page 321 also go to the third volume 140 go to the third volume page 273 go to المنح الشافيات في شرح المفردات by Buhuti Al-Hambali page 111 those are مراجع and those sources which you can go to in order to get more researches regarding this issue the fourth that we can take from this حديث and we will stop that for today we will carry on tomorrow by mentioning the fourth benefit that can be taken from this حديث and the fifth insha'Allah next lesson سبحانك الله وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله استوفروا كواتوب إلي


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If you don't mind, I'll give it to you right now. Chief, we're still trying, but the wires are a lot... I don't care how busy they are. There must be some word by now about Thurston's killers. Get out of them again. Tell them I want action fast. Yes, sir, I'll try immediately. Now what do you want, Pagan? I wanted to tell you something very important about the late department, Mr. Thurston. Something I'm sure you never realized, Mr. Chief. I happen to be his only heir. Is what? So many times he told me, Pagan, when I go, I wish to leave everything to you. No! Unfortunately, I don't know where all his money is, but if you would help me to locate it for a reason of a commission...  Yes, I know, I know, but if you would help me collect it as a state, I could give you a percentage. A small one, of course, but... Get out of my office! Get out before I... Yes? There's a call from Cairo, sir. It just came through. I'll take it. Hello? Hello? Yes, Chief. And what if I do? What business is it of... Ken? Ken Thurston? Hi, Chief. But, what? It can't be you. The reports of your death. Ken, what happened there in Cairo? A local lab was working with me. He was in my room alone when a female visitor came calling on me. Her charms blew fatal. Yes, but why...  Chief, if the boys were after, I think I'm dead. Maybe they'll relax a little. Oh. Oh, then the looting of that steamer carrying an American relief shipment isn't just an isolated game. Not a chance. The pirates who bought it on the Red Sea were too well-organized.  The American people pay for shipments of food and clothing for those poor starving unfortunate... I know. And they pay Captain Kidd to make a fortune on the black market. Any lead yet on who's behind it? Chief, send me the Harbourman file by the first paying. The Harbourman file? Good Lord Ken. What makes you think he's mixed up in this? Because I was killed with three silver bullets. Silver bullets? Do I get that file? Yes, yes, right away. Where'll my man get in touch with you? At the Kismet. A crummy little cafe near the Nile. A good place for you to hide out? No, terrible. But they sell the finest martinis I've ever traced here. What's up? Martini with the onion. Good. Now I'll bring another for the young lady. Uh, I see no young lady at your table. You will in a second. Very well, Effendi. I heard you ordered that drink for me. Too bad I wanted to surprise you. How did you know I would join you? I saw you come in and check the unattached males and I thought, well... I had a friend once who liked onions and his martini. He had excellent taste in drink. Nothing wrong with his taste in women. Your martini, Effendi. Good. Here. Well, thank you, Effendi. Shall we drink? To our meeting. To your friend who brought it about. Ah-ha. To my friend. What was your friend's name? I thought it was. Ken Thurston. Unfortunately, he died before I learned his real name. Too bad. How did that happen? I killed him. They hear martini. It is too strong, perhaps. So this meeting is no accident? You knew it was not. Are you going to shoot me again? That depends. I'm very fond of money. I'm very fond of living. We could both be happy. If you were to remain alive, you could pay me money for information. Would it be worth it? Would it not be worth almost any amount if it concerned... Here, sir.  I could be even more. Oh! What's the matter? Oh, sir. I thought I saw... I should have to leave now. Can you leave me later tonight? Where? At the Silver Scourge. Meet me there in an hour. Have the martini waiting? The young lady is leaving, Effendi. She's left.  Ah-ha! Is the mind counting too late now? No, Mr. Thurston. No, Mr. Thurston. Don't go out there. There you are. Where did you come from? No, wait. I'll talk to you later. Get out of my way. No, Mr. Thurston's people are shooting out there, giving each other... I've got to get to that girl. Is that the girl you were after, Mr. X? That's one lying there in the street. Yeah. Oh. I say, what's all this rampage about? Fearfully noisy neighborhood, fellow conga to decent night's sleep. Hmm. You haven't been hurt, eh? Well, let's have a look at her. You doing, doctor? Having for 40 years. Sibli is the name. Dr. Ford Sibli. My place is right across the street. When practicing here, we'll let me see you down the way.  What about her? Is there any future to it? The girl's future's all in her past, young man. She's dead. I saw it all, Mr. Thurston. The car was parked waiting for her. She opened the door, she screamed, and then came to shop. So you do, but the door will be filled with a scared rabbit, instead of giving a license number. For which you should thank me. We have no time to chase local murderers, not while this dangerous Haberman is still alive. What do you know about Haberman? Hm? What do I... Oh, why else would the chief send me to you with this file? Probably because you talked him into it. Your usual slight consideration. Well, that's what you're doing here in Cairo. There you go. Oh, Sibli. Well, as I was saying, did you know that this fellow Haberman is an international soldier, a fortune, and a pirate? I did. Oh. Well, did you know that there is no description of him anywhere? Not even his sex? The only clue is that he's not about silver. All his jewelry, ornaments, even his weapons are of silver. Remind me to buy you a dictionary, Peygon. Dictionary? So you can learn the meaning of secret and confidential. There are stamps on the outside of the reports you brought me. Oh. But, Mr. X, why do you think Haberman is here in Cairo? The bullets that killed that man in my room were made of silver. If Haberman deserves to be caught in hunger, look, using such a precious metal and such a waste of fat. Oh, welcome, Peygon. Starting right here. Here?  That's right. The Silver Scarab. The floor show. And a female dancer, too. You know, Mr. Therson, there's nothing I like better than a female dancer, unless it's a female. Mr. X, she's the dead girl. The dancer is the dead girl. Come back to life. The resemblance is close, but not that close. Oh. Oh, yes, you're right. I can see that now. Sure. But for a minute, I thought, hmm, look at those silver spangles in her dress. Yeah. Stay here, Peygon. I'll pick up later. But why leave now, Mr. Therson? There'll be other dancers, I hope. Yeah, I'm gonna see this one in her dressing room. Nothing about it. It was her own idea. I think it's your lies, Aida. Why did she visit this man? I tell you, I do not know. I just... Oh! Again, I ask you, Aida, why did she visit you?  What is the meaning of this intrusion? Do I have to write it out for you? Your humor is as badly conceived as your entrance here. Perhaps this will teach you to mend your men's... No, but lead with your right, it gets into trouble. At least my arm, you're breaking it. Funny thing about judo, it's liable to hurt people.  Let's talk about it later. Good night. You were very foolish. He meant that. I've been foolish before. Not with men like that. Well, with women. Oh.  That might depend. And what you can tell me of my sister Deborah's death. Mr. Thurston. Good old Egyptian grapevine.  Sure, but not here. No, then where? Why not a little boat ride on the Nile? You see, Kim, my sister Deborah preferred the easy life. Quick money, men like Paul V, the man you threw out of my dressing room. She's a wealthy and powerful man, Kim. Owner of the Euphrates shipping company. Euphrates shipping company. He was her friend. It was because of him I think that Deborah was involved in this trouble. What troubles later? That's just it. I do not know any details. That was why I wished to speak with you. I thought perhaps you could tell me something about it. No, you're going a blank here later. Only matter a couple of hours ago, and then only for a few minutes. I see. Now my poor sister Deborah's death. Well, the Fates have decided. There's nothing we can do to alter their decisions. I'm a great believer in the Fates, Kim. What did they tell you about the immediate future? I do not know, Kim. You'd like to guess? I'm not sure. Afraid to find out? Afraid, yes. But you could give me courage, Kim. I could try. If you want me to. Yes, Kim. Yes, I want you to. Very much. Then I'll try. But sir, have you dropped that gun? Oh, it got my wrist. It got, I think. You dropped the gun. I dropped your wrist. No. No, I... All right, Kim. All right. How'd you get that of inspiration?  Let's keep an open mind about this. You cannot convince me otherwise. No, I can try. And hold you to my arms this way. There isn't very much you can do about it. Everything is so mixed up. Can I do? I don't know yet. But you've got to change your mind later. And this is the personest way of trying to convince who I can think of. It's in position of my good nature. Dragging me around in that alley is like this. Would you mind telling me why we're here? To find out what makes the wealthy the supposedly wealthy. And do you think you can find out that I'll be sneaking around behind all this warehouse? No, all of them. Just this one. It's a creative shipping company. I cannot reject my pay-go and I'm jimmy at that window. You talk as though I was a professional warehouse breaker. I don't know how to do that. I'll give eight to five that I don't want to lose with most of this silver.  I might try being new at this. I don't know how successful I will be. But why look, Mr. Thurston? What? Amazing. Let's climb in. There's Haberman's soul in here, Mr. Thurston. Quiet, people. The light under that door. This is somebody. Isn't there probably with a gun or a knife that's going in the sea? Do we have to? Can't we jump? It's filled with coffins. What would they be doing in a warehouse of the euphritis shipping company? All right. I'll have one of them. Huh? Oh, no, Mr. Thurston. Let the dead rest in peace. If we leave them alone, maybe they'll leave us alone, huh? Maybe. Mr. Thurston? I'm all kind of. Surely a cargo for coffins. Don't pay them. I'm leaving. I just remembered an important engagement. I left my waffle iron burning.  She can't hurt you now. How do I know? If she can move from the street in front of the Christmas into this coffin, she can do anything. Mr. Exit. There's no chance of a mistake. No. A girl in that coffin. That's Deborah. We continue with Frigidaire's man-called ex, originated by J. Richard Kennedy. This is Wendell Niles speaking.  Then look at all the ways Frigidaire engineers have planned to save your time and energy. They gave the interior of the Frigidaire refrigerator plenty of shelf space. They made it easy to store all those special things you keep in a refrigerator. Gave you space for tall bottles, a big meat tender, handy glass top hydrators for fruits and leafy vegetables. 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The trail is led into a warehouse of the Euphrates Shipping Company which he finds filled with coffins containing rifles and machine guns, except one which holds the body of the mysterious Egyptian girl, Debra. We join him now as he and Pagon stand there looking down. Mr. Thurston, let's get out of here. Small round bruise on her throat just above the artery. I wonder. The only thing I wonder about is why are we still standing here? We'd like to check the shipping tags on these coffins. That's in Arabic, but a few words. Pretty clear. Port Said, Mohammed Bay, Mecca. Come on, Pagon, we're leaving. But where are we going? To Port Said. By way of Dr. Sibley's joined across from the Kismet Cafe. Waiting for the authorities to arrive and get the girl's body, you know, when this Arabian fellow approached and struck me unconscious. Came to when the girl was gone. Ever seen him before, don't you? Once or twice, Mr. Thurston, frequenting the Kismet. Never even been introduced. Makes me furious. Can't do that to me. I want to be in the know, Thurston, definitely. Don't know what's up. No, that sort of thing, but I want to be in the know. How old, you know, Port Said, doctor? Been in the Middle East 40 years. No the pressure I can book. Good, you're in. I'll brief you later. Now, get us to Port Said in a hurry. Right. What's the time? Don't ever watch. Never carry the beastly thing. All was stopping on me. Yes, 11.43. I'll spend time enough to catch the last night train. I'll phone for a cab. Be right back. Mr. Thurston, I'm not going to ask you about the gun or about the port scene or the dead girl or the dancer's aida. Not even about Haberman. I just want to know one thing. Why we're going to Port Said? Yes, why we're... You said it. There you go. We're going there to find out about the gun. We're going to find out about Thurston, night train to Port Said. First-class carriages are on this side. Shall we get aboard? Yes, but not together. Oh, uh... No, no, you, uh, you've got a compartment for yourself. We'll meet in Port Said. Ah, quite undercover sort of thing. What's this? We meet at the Earl Ackbar Hotel. Earl Ackbar. A middle-class traveller's lodging. Quite respectable. Oh, write it down for me, will you? Sorry, Carl. No pen or pencil. I'll never carry them. Pencil always leak and the pencil's run out of lead. That's all right. I'll remember. See you there. All right, here you are. We'll see you at the good old Ackbar. Well, Mr. Thurston, did we get aboard, too? Yes. No. Huh? Hello, Pro Jean. You have a faculty for appearing where you're not wanted, Mr. Thurston. No, I've been told. Going somewhere? Port Said, for instance? Crying into my affairs or interfering with them is a very dangerous pastime. Good night, Mr. Thurston. You know something? That man's personality doesn't like me. He doesn't exactly send me. Let's get aboard. We'll take the third compartment on the left. Why the third one? Because Pro Jean's taking the second. Well, wouldn't it be less crowded if we took the fourth compartment? You know, a little farther away? There's another friend of ours in four. Huh? She got aboard by Pro Jean with Storgensworth. She? Saida. So wonderful. Just the two of us here in this compartment. And now we're nearing Port Said and our journey together will end. I wonder. Ken, listen to me. You must forget this business that brings you here. You don't know how powerful the forces are working against you. I took a correspondence course in muscle building once. Please, Ken, this is no joking matter. The pit has already been dug. The pit intended to be the grave of the man called X. There must be another letter in the alphabet. I better find it. Too many people seem to know that one. Then you will not listen to me. Oh, Ken, please don't die. Please. That's good advice, Saida. I'll try to follow it. For our times, Mr. X, when you're the most tiring of all men, no sooner do we arrive at Port Said when you rush me like mad to Commissioner of the Fort. Well? And then before I have even had a chance to chase my breath, we're off again. This time down here to the docks. Mr. Thurston. There's your answer, Pagon. This is Mohammed Bay. The Mohammed... So... so this is what Mohammed Bay stands for. A rusty old clamp steam. And look at the cargo they're loading. Coffins. Coffins. Yeah. Rosines built up a live trade in dead Mohammedans, lugging coffins to Mecca. Who suspects that a sanctimonious guy was substituting guns for bodies and brought him off to Harbourman? Ah, so that's how he can be a regular pirate and steal the American relief. Sure. Well, do you know that these coffins are the same ones that we saw in the warehouse? I don't. That's why I'm going to sneak aboard and find out. Huh? Oh, no. You meet Dr. Sibley at the old Akbar Hotel. Wait for me there. And if you don't happen to show up?  Find yourself a nice night cover. Maybe the dancers can help you forget your bereavement. Now my turn to ask the question, Mr. Thurston. Are you going somewhere? Rosine, you remind me of a summer cold, but I'm pleasant and hard to get rid of. Sometimes, if colds are ignored and get bad enough, they can prove to be fatal. What is this? National pistol week? I haven't seen so many guns since the last gangster picture. Unlike the weapons in the cinema, this one does not shoot blanks. Huh? Turn around with your back toward me. I haven't got much choice, have I? You are going aboard the Mohammed Bay to a much warmer welcome than you had expected. Mr. X. Well, Thurston, how do you feel now? All right. I see your cabin with all the latest conveniences, including the loveliest Zahida. I'm sorry, Ken. I tried to warn you, but you would not listen to me. It sounded appealing, but I couldn't go for it. Now, I'll have him known up, while he was still running around loose. Ah, yes, Harperman. Now that the Mohammed Bay has started her journey, you can forget about him. Long before we reach Mecca, you will have forgotten about everything. Because you will... Thank God, everyone... There you go. Mr. Thurston, we have come to the rescue. You're the first pirate who moves, Mr. Dr. Sibley. Sibley. If we will make them board the gank like later.  How do you ever dream this out? That's gratitude for you. I meet Dr. Sibley on the dock.  Don't take my word for it. Ask Harperman. What has he got to do with it?  I only brought Dr. Sibley aboard. So how could I have... How could I... Oh, no. Oh, tell me he's wrong, Dr. Tell me he's... Impossible, old chap. He's quite correct. You can relax now, Pulsine. Zyder, I have some covered. Tell me, Mr. X, how did you know? Your old weakness, Harperman's silver. It showed up in your disguise. Nonsense. I deliberately wore nothing metallic on it. Oh, that's what I mean. You went overboard. I never heard of a doctor not carrying a watch or fountain pen or pencil. When I thought about it, it wasn't too tough to figure out why they'd all be silver. But the worst mistake you made was in killing Deborah. Killing Deborah? But my sister was killed by shots from a car. One of Harperman's tools is shot all right, but the bullets didn't kill her. The small round bruise on her throat proved that. I do not understand, Ken. When Harperman was playing doctor, he must have found a pulse in her throat. That meant she might still talk. After she failed to kill you at the hotel and was going to double-cross me by selling information to you, I had no alternative but to strangle her. Kind of looks like she's the man you've been looking for, Zyder. Yes. The man who killed my sister.  The man I am going to kill. Zyder, that knife. Put down that knife or I'll... Are you fool? What have you done? Hold it, Paulzine. Some knife throw right through the shoulder. Pick up his gun. Sure, Mr. X. Ken, I... I don't know what to say. So you tied up with these two to find out who killed Deborah? It's true. Ken, I swear it. Well, Paulzine, you forget we're practically on the high seas, Thurston. You cannot possibly hope to take this ship over by yourself. And that's why I arranged for a little help before I came aboard. You'll notice we're losing way. That means the destroyer is coming alongside. You're right, Mr. Thurston. But we don't have to make a pilgrimage after all. No, Fager. But Harbourman and Paulzine do. A one-way pilgrimage to the final payoff of piracy. There's nothing in this world lower than the rats who profit by stealing from the poor and starving. That's why we've got to stop them. It's a long tough job. But you know, I can see you have 140 million people who just love to roll up their shirts and leave and do it. Frigidaire star Herbert Marshall will return in just a moment. The van called X is regarded each week with the best wishes of your Frigidaire dealer. I invite you to come in and learn about the famous line of Frigidaire electric refrigerators, electric ranges, electric water heaters, home freezers, and a wide variety of refrigerating and air conditioning equipment for homes, farms, stores, offices, and factories. And our Frigidaire star Herbert Marshall. Thanks for being with us.  As usual, there'll be Leon Bolasco along with Pagon Selschmidt. So join us won't you when next I return as the man called X. Good night. Frigidaire's man called X is directed by Jack Johnstone with music composed and conducted by Johnny Greene. Tonight's story was written by Sidney Marshall. So until next week, same time, same station, this is Wendell Niles speaking for Frigidaire, made only by General Motors. All characters and incidents used are fictitious. And any resemblance to actual persons or incidents is purely coincidental. 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