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“The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when pronouncing “Allahu Akbar,” raised his hands to the level of his ears.” And another hadith says: “He raised them to the earlobes.”
- Jama'at (reading prescribed prayers with the community).
- Azan (call to recite prescribed prayers).
- Qamat (saying Qamat before farz prayers of the prescribed prayers).
- Raising hands to the ears by men (women - to the chest, shoulders) during takbir-tahrimi (exaltation of Allah before the start of prayer, symbolizing the entrance to prayer, after which all extraneous actions should stop).
Malik ibn Huwayris radyallahu anhu says: “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam raised his hands to the level of his ears when saying “Allahu Akbar.” And another hadith says: “He raised them to the earlobes” (Muslim).
- The man places his right hand on his left, wrapping his thumb and little finger around his left hand and holding them under the navel, the woman also puts her hands and holds them on her chest.
Alqama ibn Wail ibn Hajar reports that his father Wail ibn Hajar said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he put his right hand on his left under the navel” (Ibn Abi Sheiba; Asar As Sunan).
Ibn Qudama writes: “The hadith, which says that the hands should be folded under the navel, was narrated by Ali, Abu Huraira, Abu Midjliz, Ibrahim Nahi, Sufyan Sauri, Ishaq ibn Rahwiyya radiallahu anhum, because Ali says: “Fold the right hand on the left under the navel is sunnah." This hadith was narrated by Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Abu Dawud (al Mughni).
- Reading Sanaa (praising Allah) after takbir-tahrimi in 1 rak'ata.
From Aisha radyallahu anhu: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam began, he read: “Subhanakallahumma wa bihamdik, wa tabarakas-smuka, wa ta ala jadduka, wa la ilaha gairuk” (Abu Daud; Tirmidhi).
- Ta"avuz (pronouncing the formula "A"uzu bi-Llyahi minash-shaitanir-rajim" (I resort to Allah from the shaitan who is stoned) - 1 cancer before "Fatiha".
- Bismillah (pronouncing the formula “Bismillahir-rahmanir-rahim” In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful) in every rak before “Fatiha”.
- Say “Amen” to yourself after “Fatiha.”
Abu Hurairah narrates to Radiyallahu Anhu that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “When the imam says: “...gairil magdubi alayhim walad daaaaliiin,” then you say: “Amen” (Bukhari).
In this and similar hadiths, the pronouncement of "Amen" for the one following the imam depends on the pronouncement of "walad daaaalliin" by the imam, and not on the pronouncement of "Amen" by the imam. It follows from this that the imam will say “Amen” to himself and the muktadi will not hear. The words “valad daaalliin” will be heard by everyone because of reading aloud, which is why the muktadis must say “Amen” (to themselves) after the imam pronounces the words “valad daaalliin.”
- Takbirat intikalyat(saying takbir “Allahu akbar” before going to ruku,” sajdah, straightening up from sajdah to sit on ku’ud (sitting on the knees between two sajdahs) and rising to his feet on the qiyam for the next rak’ata.
- Ruku" masnun (bowing from the waist as required by the sunnah): tilting the body 90 degrees, hands on the knees, eyes looking at the soles of the feet.
From Abu Barzi Aslami: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the hand,” the back was so straight that if water were poured on it, it would not flow” (Tabarani).
- Sujud masnun (bowing to the ground as required by the sunnah): feet, palms, nose, forehead should touch the ground. The head is located between the palms, the elbows do not touch the ground, the hips and should not be pressed to the ribs or to the stomach.
During Sujud, a man's elbows are spread, his stomach is away from his knees (elbows should not touch the ground, hands should be near his face), women's elbows are pressed and touch the ground, and the stomach is close to the knees.
Abdullah ibn Malik quotes Radyallahu Anhu: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam committed soot, he spread his hands wide” (Bukhari).
Yazid ibn Habib reports: “The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam passed by two women who were reciting prayer. He said to them: “When you perform sajdah, then press some part of your body to the ground, because in this women are not like men” (Abu Daoud, Marasil).
- Ku'ud masnun (sitting on your knees between two sajdahs, prostrations, as required by the sunnah): a man in ku'ud (sitting after the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rak'ata, depending on the prayer) sits on his left foot, bending to the right , the right foot is placed in a vertical position on the toes, which are directed towards the Qibla, the hands should be on the hips.
The woman sits on her buttocks, bending both legs to the right and pointing her toes towards the Qibla.
If a person cannot sit like this due to illness, injury, etc., then he sits down as best he can.
Quoted from Abu Hamid Saidi: “Then raise your head and place your left leg, sitting on it, during sajdah leave your toes spread, then, saying “Allahu Akbar”, make the second sajdah.” (Abu Daoud)
Abdullah ibn Umar narrates to Radiyallahu Anhu: “From the sunnah of prayer is to place your right foot on your toes so that your toes are directed towards the Qibla, and sit on your left leg.” (Nasai)
- Tasbih ruku": "Subhana rabbiyal-"aziym" is pronounced 3 times.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud radiallahu anhu narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “When one of you makes a ruku,” let him say in it three times, “Subhana rabbiyal-“aziym,” and this is the least amount” ( Tirmidhi).
- Tasbih sujud: “Subhana rabbiyal-a” la is pronounced 3 times.
- Tasmi." When straightening the izruku (waist bow), the following is pronounced: "Sami"Allahu liman hamidah."
- Tahmid. After straightening the arm, it is said: “Rabbana lakal hamd.”
Abu Hurayrah radyallahu anhu said: “When the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam began to pray, he always said: “Allahu Akbar,” then, bending into his hand, he said “Allahu Akbar.” Straightening up, he said “Sami” Allahu liman hamidah”, and then, already straightening up, he said “Rabbana lakal hamd” (Bukhari; Muslim).
- Salawat: after reading the tashahhud in the last rak'at, the salawat of Ibrahim is read. Bukhari gives the following salawat: “Allahumma salli “ala Muhammadiu wa” ala ali Muhammad, kama sallayta “ala Ibrahima wa “ala ali Ibrahima innakya hamidum majid.” Allahumma barik "ala Muhammadiu wa "ala ali Muhammad, kama barakta "ala Ibrahima wa "ala ali Ibrahima innakya hamidum majid."
- Dua (a prayer to Allah) before salam (a greeting symbolizing the exit from prayer).
- Salam to the right and left. Say: “Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.”
Amir ibn Sad reports from the words of his father Sad to Radiyallahu Anhu: “I saw that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was giving salaam right and left. Even the whiteness of his cheeks was visible” (Muslim).
- Niyat salam: Salam is given with the intention of greeting the angels and all those who were present at the prayer on the right and left sides.
- Jahrul adhkar: takbir, tasmi", salaam must be pronounced out loud by the imam.
- Ikhfaul adhkar: the remaining dhikrs of the prayer are pronounced silently (the muqtadi (standing behind the imam) and the one reading the namaz alone pronounces all the dhikrs to himself)
- When sajda, the knees touch the ground first, then the hands, then the face; when lifting, it’s the other way around.
Wail ibn Hajar narrates to Radyallahu Anhu: “I saw the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he performed sajdah, before putting his hands, he lowered his knees to the ground, and when he rose from sajdah, he raised his hands before his knees” (Tirmidhi).
- Mukaranatul Imam: The muktadi (standing behind the imam) performs all actions together with the imam during prayer. Performing any action before the imam is considered incorrect; delaying the execution of an action for too long is makrooh (strictly not recommended).
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Touch is a powerful tool with which you can control people's feelings.
Man has one of the most advanced visual apparatuses. He has the ability to hear. Basically, that's all you need for productive communication. However, we still need to touch someone with our hands.
Why do we still shake hands when we can just wave? Why do we pat ourselves on the knee when we talk about something interesting, promising, tempting? What is the point of touching the shoulder of a person whose behavior we are unhappy with? After all, it is quite possible to use a stern, loud voice, and the message of our discontent will be conveyed.
Why do we need to touch our interlocutor, why do we touch ourselves and what does touch give us in general - we will talk about this in our blog today.
Sex or not?
Let's consider a fairly standard situation. Two young human creatures of both sexes are talking. The essence of the conversation is to resolve some business issue. During the conversation, the young man periodically strokes his knee, and the girl strokes her shoulder with approximately the same frequency. From previous blogs of the “School of Nonverbalism” you already know that such stroking speaks of a feeling of sympathy for each other, and young people thus simply replace the impossible touch of their interlocutor with a possible touch of themselves.
Let's take another case. Two serious businessmen at a serious age are discussing a contract. And closer to the end of the negotiations, having reached mutually beneficial agreements, they begin to stroke their thighs. There shouldn't be any sexuality here. Men are deeply straight and same-sex relationships have no sexual context for them. There is no sexuality, but there is touching.
Now the third situation. A fashionable business coach conducts team building training, known as team building. The training participants are employees of the same department, and there is a deep chasm in the relationship. At the very beginning of the training, the business coach asks everyone to hold hands and perform some exercises without breaking their hands. And this happens periodically during the lesson. As a result, relationships improve, and after some time the department shows the ability to work as one, cohesive team. Well, it wasn’t thanks to sexual energy that this happened?
From the above scenes we can draw some conclusions:
- Touching is not always exclusively sexual.
- Touching can not only facilitate sexual interaction, but also have a beneficial effect on basic business relationships.
- Touch improves any type of relationship, both sexual and overtly asexual.
Why are we touching?
The challenges that the evolution of human communication has posed to touching ourselves and each other are numerous. But the most important of them are:
1. Demonstration of friendliness. The very fact of invading another person’s living space causes rejection. But if this invasion is of a soft, cautious nature (which is very convenient to demonstrate with a light touch), then the participants in the contact are tuned to a positive attitude towards each other, even if they do not know each other.
2. Attracting attention. In a situation when everyone around is shouting or your subject is too concentrated on something of his own, touch helps to draw attention to himself, thus distinguishing himself from the surrounding information noise.
3. Restoring mental balance. Sometimes we need care and protection. In this case, touching someone we trust helps us feel the emotions we need.
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4. Gaining leadership. Touching helps in building a hierarchy of human relationships. With the help of certain gestures that serve to demonstrate status, we force someone to shut up, stop, or give in to our claims.
What happens to us when strangers touch us? The fact is that we only allow the closest people for a short distance, for whom we have warm feelings (except for cases when we ourselves invade the living space of a hated enemy in order to strangle him). From these people we often receive both psychological and purely physical touches. And we develop a kind of conditioned reflex “safe person = touch.”
When a stranger invades our living space, we experience anxiety and indignation about this. But only until the moment of touch. As soon as he touches us, our conditioned reflex forces us to change our attitude towards this person to a more positive one, because again, “touch = safe person.”
This principle is often used in marketing. For example, in the catering industry. An experiment was conducted in one of the restaurants. One part of the waiters was supposed to lightly touch the client with their hand (the back of the hand) while serving clients. It was necessary to touch in the zone of neutral contacts - in the area of the visitor’s hand or forearm. That is, the touch should have been clearly neutral, as if random.
The second group of waiters were not supposed to touch customers under any circumstances.
As a result, waiters from the first group received 20-30% more tips than waiters from the second group. In addition, customers rated the work of the waiters who interacted with them as more friendly and professional.
Why was this particular effect achieved? The answer is obvious. A conditioned reflex is triggered. We feel the touch of another person and automatically begin to treat him the same way we treat everyone who has the right to touch us like that. We humans are generally quite automatic creatures. Many processes occur in us completely independently of our consciousness. Cunning waiters often take advantage of this.
Seduction and power
However, our manipulations do not end at catering facilities alone. One of the most saturated branches of human communication with manipulative techniques is professional seduction.
Seduction professionals try to touch their “victim” for any reason in the first few seconds of communication. This reduces natural resistance, increases confidence, etc.
Sex in general is involved in communication over a short distance, so touching in sexual or role-playing relationships plays a leading role. Moreover, we can touch not only the object of our interest, but also ourselves. And this is one of the most accurate diagnostic tools. If a girl or guy, while communicating with a member of the opposite sex, strokes himself, then this only means that he wants to stroke not his own body, but the body of the person standing opposite.
Another important area of application of touch is the area of power struggle. The struggle for power does not always involve the use of force. Often a light touch is enough to silence the interlocutor or retreat from their positions. Women most often use these methods of struggle. Men are more likely to have a straightforward and forceful style of demonstrating their status. Men are chasing showiness. A woman prefers a more economical way to demonstrate who is boss in the house. Its trick is efficiency.
Sometimes you can witness a scene where a married couple sorts things out with a representative of some service department. The man screams and waves his arms until the real leader—his wife—steps in. She gently but commandingly puts her hand on his shoulder (a gesture indicating her higher status in the system of their relationship) and the man wilts. Hands drop, shoulders drop, and mood also ceases to show signs of tone. A higher-ranking individual arrived, and the leader’s yellow jersey moved to her, along with the authority to make the final decision. And all it took was one light touch.
How to Touch Effectively
From the above, you may get the impression that touches have magical powers and are capable of acting effectively in any situation and performed by anyone. This is wrong.
For touch to bear fruit, several conditions are necessary:
- Appearance. A person touching us should not cause us disgust or rejection, we should not feel fear towards him. In general, it should look either good or at least neutral. Otherwise, the strength of the emotion that we might feel for him will change sign to the opposite.
- The nature of touch. The touch should not be “forceful” in nature. It should be easy. A strong touch is perceived as pressure. And here a physical law comes into play in our psyche - the force of action is equal to the force of reaction. The duration of the touch also matters. Too much contact will result in loss of effect.
- Touch speed. Sharp, quick touches lead to a negative reaction. The smoother the touch, the greater the effect it can achieve. There is a legend that in a geisha school in medieval Japan, little girls learned to touch water without causing ripples on its surface. Such a touch was considered both a standard of state of mind and a sign of the ability to exert maximum influence on the client with a minimum of contact.
- Place of touch. Touch a stranger or unfamiliar person only in a socially acceptable area. This is mainly the arm area in the area of the hands or forearms. Extremely rarely - above the elbow. It is advisable that the touch be made from the front. Of course, there are options when an unfamiliar waitress touches her chest to a man’s shoulder when taking an order or when changing dishes. But his companion is unlikely to like such a touch.
- Circumstances of touch. The calmer the environment in which the touch occurs, the greater the effect it will have. In an aggressive environment and in a state of excitement, we are unlikely to notice that someone has touched us. Well, except when our spouse controls us. But here the habit of obedience comes into force, developed and consolidated by years of joint marital battles for supremacy.
Touch allows us to improve relationships with other people, win them over, and create conditions for productive conversation.
Touch serves as a marker of an established relationship. If sparks of passion or at least goodwill constantly jump between spouses, then it will definitely find manifestation in touch.
Touch can reduce the effects of stress. It’s amazing how easy it is, it turns out, to disconnect from the hassle at work, everyday difficulties, sorrows and sadness - you just need your loved one to touch us.
Touch also allows us to manipulate and control other people. Subtle and true or rude and unprincipled. Touching serves as a reliable tool for achieving selfish interest in human communication.
Homework
To learn how to use touch and achieve more in the process of communication, I suggest doing some homework.
- Easy level. Try asking your colleague for something by touching him with your hand (using the recommendations given above). For example, you touch him and say: "Could you...". Do a similar experiment with different people and evaluate which of them smiled, who frowned when fulfilling your request, and who, after fulfilling the request, showed a willingness to do something else for you. If you have a pronounced off-scale sexual attractiveness, then try to perform this exercise on colleagues of the same sex, since the opposite sex will do everything for you.
- Average level. There are probably people around you who don’t really like you. Try talking to them about something that concerns both of you, using touch before you start the conversation. Just don’t try to talk to those who openly dislike you. Otherwise, the touch may turn against you.
- Extreme. If you are in a quarrel with your loved one, colleague, friend, use touch during a showdown. Only in no case at the beginning of the conversation, but closer to its middle, when you have already listened to your interlocutor (without interrupting him even once, if possible), but have not yet expressed your arguments to him.
Touching helps you control and manipulate another person’s attitude towards you. Communication is always a conflict of interest. Even if you are talking with your mother, friend, colleague or partner, the conversation still follows a script and on a topic that is closer to only one of you. Therefore, in communication, one is always the leader, and the second is the follower. So if you are trying to manage your interlocutor, do it correctly and effectively.
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We continue the series of articles aimed at protecting the good name of protest defaulters, whom scammers call DEBTORS. This is the fourth article
For many, it is difficult to scroll through all the pages and get a holistic idea of WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT in this series. To make it easier to understand, I present
STATEMENT
I categorically reject the accusation of dishonesty brought against me, which is evident from the fact that the court accepted a statement of claim for debt collection, where the owner of our apartment was determined to be the debtor. But I didn’t borrow anything from anyone (without repayment). My good name has suffered from this status assigned by the so-called plaintiff. Misappropriated unjustifiably... The fact is that, according to dictionaries, a “debtor” is a violator of monetary obligations, and a monetary obligation arises exclusively on a civil law transaction or other basis provided for by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
At the same time, no references to a civil transaction within the framework of which unfulfilled obligations could arise were given in the statement of claim.
Contrived monetary obligations allegedly arising from the Housing Code of the Russian Federation are not subject to consideration in court
(THIS IS CATEGORICALLY BLAPING AND THAT'S ALL!!! Master this fencing! We lunge, and when the enemy tries to take advantage of the moment of our appearance in accessible proximity, we simply take cover with a shield: according to the consumer protection law, we are the weaker party. All evidence must be provided by the strong side... So - we just throw a dice - and who will prove it? - and the strong side sits there, it has lawyers, attorneys, legal experts, money, connections).
Let us consider the materials contained in the claim with references to Art. 309, 310 Civil Code of the Russian Federation:
- obligations must be fulfilled properly (Article 309 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation);
- unilateral refusal to fulfill an obligation is not allowed (Article 310 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).
These references are in no way linked to actual circumstances. I hereby declare that on our part there is no intention to evade the burden of maintaining the common property in a proportionate share and to be freed from the obligation to pay for services rendered, but it is impossible to fulfill these obligations due to the guilty actions of the creditor, who evades the conclusion of the contract and thereby created obstacles:
Obligations arise from contracts ... (Part 2 of Article 307 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).
If it is impossible for the debtor to fulfill an obligation caused by the guilty actions of the creditor, the latter has no right to demand the return of what he has fulfilled under the obligation (Part 2 of Article 416 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation);
The plaintiff in this case is an improper creditor, as confirmed by:
1) the absence in the content of the claim of information about what the violation or threat of violation of the rights, freedoms or legitimate interests of the Plaintiff consists of;
2) lack of evidence of the creditor’s fulfillment of counter-obligations (part 1 of Article 56, paragraph 4 of part 2 of Article 131, Article 132 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and Articles 307,309,312 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation in their systemic relationship)
The plaintiff fraudulently arrogated to himself the right to receive payment for the maintenance of common property and the provision of utilities. The plaintiff creates the appearance of managing the apartment building.
Previous articles provide detailed additional reasons
In this paper, another basis is considered. We specifically formulated it with a challenge
7. The plaintiff should not touch the common property of the house at all. He's just a raider
The plaintiff does not have the right to file claims due to possible incomplete payment of bills and for the provision of services and work for the maintenance of common property, due to the fact that the claim material does not provide any evidence of the presence of such property and its composition.
The specific composition of the common property of an apartment building is an essential condition of the management agreement for an apartment building by virtue of clause 1, paragraph 3, Article 162 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and 432 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. According to clause 3 of the Rules for the maintenance of common property, approved by Government Resolution No. 491, “When determining the composition of common property, information on rights to real estate objects that are common property contained in the Unified State Register of Rights to Real Estate and Transactions with It (hereinafter referred to as the Register) is used. as well as information contained in the state land cadastre.”
The composition of the common property of an apartment building in respect of which management is carried out must be registered in the Unified State Register, as required by the Federal Law “On State Registration ...” (122-FZ) and Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia dated December 23, 2013 N 765 (as amended on March 26. 2015) “On approval of the rules for maintaining the Unified State Register for real estate and transactions with it...” Appendix No. 3 to the mentioned Order No. 765 establishes that the number of the entry in the Unified State Register on registration of an existing encumbrance on the right to common property must be indicated
In accordance with Article 14 No. 122-FZ and clause 2. Appendix No. 5 to Order No. 765, state registration of property rights is certified by a Certificate.
In the absence of data on the specific composition of common property, it is no longer possible to determine the volume of services provided. This is confirmed by judicial practice. Thus, the Arbitration Court of the Samara Region, in its decision of October 25, 2013, dealt with the claim of the Closed Joint-Stock Company "Heat Network Enterprise - Service" against the Closed Joint-Stock Company "VANT" for the recovery from unjust enrichment in the form of money unjustly saved at the plaintiff's expense, constituting the cost services for the maintenance and current repairs of the common property of an apartment building, refused to satisfy the claims, referring, in particular, to the fact that " The plaintiff has not determined the specific composition of the common property of the particular house that he serves, that is, the volume of services provided has not been determined.”
As follows from the legal position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, enshrined in the Determination of December 22, 2015 N 3026, with unestablished parameters of the common property, depending on the individual characteristics of a given house, it is generally impossible to determine the cost indicators derived from them - the amount of fees for maintenance and repairs.
If the property is not defined, not fixed in composition and value, then the management company cannot have rights to it - neither the right of management, nor the property right. Moreover, failure to comply with the requirement for state registration of property managed by the HOA should be considered as a raider seizure with legal consequences established by Art. 167 and 1002 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
The absence of a means of proof of a certain type, namely a Certificate of state registration of the right to maintain a house, turns further proceedings of the case into profanation, since the right to maintain a house by virtue of Art. 60 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation cannot be confirmed " no otherevidence".
Under such circumstances, it is unacceptable to accept the claim for consideration on the basis of clause 1, part 1, art. 134 Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation. If this did not happen, then, as shown in the “Handbook of Evidence in Civil Proceedings” edited by Doctor of Law, Professor I.V. Reshetnikova ("Norma", 2005) - "the court will make illegal decisions, will not take into account the objections of the parties, and the latter, as already noted, are the source of the formation of the subject of proof"
Carbines occupy perhaps the main place in the list of equipment of any mountaineer or rock climber. Like any other equipment, carbines need care. To ensure that the carbines do not let you down at a crucial moment, you should regularly inspect them and keep them in proper condition.
Rules for using the carabiner
- Handle carabiners carefully, remember that you trust them with your life.
- The “long” side of the carabiner should be loaded. In this case, there should be only two load application points. The maximum static load that the carbine can withstand is in the longitudinal direction. If you load the carabiner in the transverse direction, it is very easy to break it.
- Do not load an open carabiner.
- The carabiner must be positioned correctly. Foreign objects should not touch the carabiner, since in this case the carabiner will break.
- When working with carabiners without a coupling, you should be especially careful! The carabiner can be opened by hitting a rock or by vibration caused by the etching of the rope.
- The rope should pass through the carabiner so that it goes from bottom to top and does not form knots.
- The rope should not press the carabiner coupling. The main indicator of the correct location is the position of the carabiner, in which the rope that passes through it when moving lifts the carabiner, and does not press it against the terrain.
- The carabiner with a threaded coupling must be positioned so that when moving the rope does not unwind the coupling.
How to inspect a carbine?
- Check the carabiner regularly for cracks, sharp edges, chips, burrs, rust and other surface defects. Do this carefully, as even microscopic cracks can significantly reduce the strength of the carabiner.
- Make sure all elements are in place and no elements are bent. This is especially true for the latch and coupling parts.
- Check the latch and coupling of the carabiner: they should open and close easily and quickly, without unnecessary effort. Closing must occur freely and completely (this is especially true for carabiners with an automatic clutch). If the carabiner does not close completely or without assistance, it must be replaced.
- The rivets of the carabiner must be straight and undamaged.
- Carabiners that have survived a fall from a height should also be replaced. After a fall, microcracks may appear in the carabiner, invisible to the naked eye, which, however, can fatally affect its strength.
Cleaning the rifle
- If sand or dirt gets into the moving parts of the carabiner, it must be removed by blowing it out. If this does not help, the carabiner can be washed in warm water and soap and rinsed well.
- The carabiner can be lubricated with graphite-based lubricants. It is necessary to lubricate the latch rotation rivet, coupling and spring. Do not leave excess grease on the surface of the carabiner.
- The rifle must be cleaned and lubricated after contact with salt water or salt air.
Surface defects
Burrs on the surface of the carabiner that can damage the rope must be removed using fine sandpaper. If the damage is significant and cannot be repaired without harming the rifle, destroy the rifle. Do not store such carabiners.
The third aspect of the Nazarite vow is described in Num. 6:6: “All the days that he has dedicated himself as a Nazirite to the Lord, he must not approach a dead body.” And, again, this was important for a normal person: to bury dead relatives. However, the Nazirites were limited by God in this matter as well. A dead body was considered unclean by Jewish law, and any person who touched it was defiled for seven days. As for the Nazirite, if he approached a dead body during his vow (even the body of a deceased parent), it was considered desecration, and his vow of consecration was immediately broken.
The Nazarenes were a symbol of the people's calling to absolute purity. There was nothing wrong with burying the dead, but the Nazirites were given higher rules of life. It must have been very difficult, both externally and internally, to make such decisions. But no pressure from outside, no influence from friends or relatives could force them to become defiled.
Are you touching something that is killing you spiritually? Windows into pornography are killing thousands of believers spiritually. Nazarenes cannot and should not touch the dead. Are you susceptible to influences that pull you towards compromise? Pressure from the entertainment industry, fashion, and the expectations of family and friends are applied to force the Nazarite into a pattern of compromise. Delilah's seduction awaits you everywhere. A Nazarene even avoids clothing defiled by the flesh. He must not touch the dead.
But the Nazarites of the New Testament go even deeper, to the internal manifestations of this limitation. When Jesus confronted the Pharisees, He said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you purify the outside of the cup and the platter, while inside they are full of robbery and unrighteousness. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness” (Matthew 23:25,27).
My friend Mike Bickle writes:
The danger of Nazirite initiation is that a person may appear holy on the outside, but inside have a hard, self-righteous heart that hides behind a mask of righteousness and impressive outward actions that try to hide the bankruptcy of the soul. Only the fire of inner intimacy with God, being filled with the Spirit along with receiving God's mercy and pleasure from us (even when we fail) can save us from the heart of the Pharisee.
Nazarenes who do not live intimately with the Lord also face the danger of self-righteousness when they rejoice in their own dedication more than they rejoice in Jesus Himself. Like the Pharisee who despised the tax collector (Luke 18:9), we will admire our own dedication and look down on others. Too often it happens that we judge others by their actions, and ourselves by our intentions. The heart of those who rejoice in their own strength will fall into one of two pits: either arrogance of achievement, like that of the Pharisee, or self-hatred, like that of the unworthy son. Only a humble acceptance of God's grace to us can help us avoid this.
If a disciplined life were the most important achievement, then the Pharisees might be the perfect model for us! They knew the Scriptures well, they carefully kept the law, but their hearts were far from the Lord and from people. Discipline, by itself, has neither the power nor the ability to satisfy the human heart. The human heart comes alive with romance, intimacy and mystery... It lights up with passion and anticipation. If we replace these feelings with discipline, we will get the cold and hard heart of a Pharisee. When discipline takes the place of love and intimacy, we only feel loved when we feel we are meeting God's standards. When we fall, we believe that we are no longer loved. The separation and discipline of the Nazirites must flow from a heart filled with the Spirit and the fire of God's zealous love.