The People's Position on the Teachings of the Shari'ah in Matters of Marriage
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The questioner:
The topic, Honorable Shaykh, in this chapter is the wedding feast and the treatment of women. It reveals the people's position regarding their religion and their extreme distance from the teachings of the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that many people do not follow the manners and morals of Islam in matters of marriage. Instead, they import bad customs and corrupt traditions from other countries and are infatuated with them.
The presenter:
We seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
They consider this to be civilization and progress, and they regard the morals and manners of Islam as backwardness, rigidity, and regression, among other things they say. This is one of the byproducts of the present, ill-omened civilization. This Islamic religion is the religion of humanity from the first of creation, from the first of the Prophetic mission, to the end of the world. Yes.
The morals of Islam are the good morals for all times and places, in marriages and in other matters. If the Muslims had adhered to them, much good would have resulted. And if they had closed the doors to importing corrupt customs and degrading morals, this great defect would not have occurred in society, nor this much Westernization, nor the loss of modesty and the loss of decency in the lands of the Muslims. This did not happen except by opening the door to importing the customs of the disbelievers and the morals of the open sinners. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Exalted and Majestic.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and may He reward you with good.
The topic, Honorable Shaykh, in this chapter is the wedding feast and the treatment of women. It reveals the people's position regarding their religion and their extreme distance from the teachings of the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that many people do not follow the manners and morals of Islam in matters of marriage. Instead, they import bad customs and corrupt traditions from other countries and are infatuated with them.
The presenter:
We seek refuge in Allah.
The Shaykh:
They consider this to be civilization and progress, and they regard the morals and manners of Islam as backwardness, rigidity, and regression, among other things they say. This is one of the byproducts of the present, ill-omened civilization. This Islamic religion is the religion of humanity from the first of creation, from the first of the Prophetic mission, to the end of the world. Yes.
The morals of Islam are the good morals for all times and places, in marriages and in other matters. If the Muslims had adhered to them, much good would have resulted. And if they had closed the doors to importing corrupt customs and degrading morals, this great defect would not have occurred in society, nor this much Westernization, nor the loss of modesty and the loss of decency in the lands of the Muslims. This did not happen except by opening the door to importing the customs of the disbelievers and the morals of the open sinners. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Exalted and Majestic.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and may He reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شرح زاد المستقنع (حلقات إذاعية)|145 من 194|كتاب النّكاح|باب وليمة العرس|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:59)
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