The Naming of the One Who Keeps the Hermitage and Attending Secret Gatherings
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Question:
The poet says that many of the others say to the person who created them, and who drinks with them in their gatherings, that they possess him with them. Is it permissible to make water for him according to his original state?
Answer:
It is not permissible to call it a hermitage (summawtah). The hermitage is for the Christians, not for Muslims. It is not permissible to call a Muslim the owner of a hermitage. As for attending gatherings, there is a distinction here. If these gatherings were good gatherings containing knowledge, scholars, benefit, and sessions of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), then one should attend them and benefit from them. Also, gatherings should not be hidden, secret, or obscure from people. Rather, they should be public gatherings in mosques or in prominent places where people can see them, attend them, and frequent them. However, if they are secret and hidden, then suspicion is raised about them. Our religion does not condone such matters, unless the Muslims are in lands of disbelievers and they fear the disbelievers, as was the case with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions in Makkah at the beginning of the call, when they were threatened by the disbelievers if they revealed anything. In that case, there is no harm in secrecy.
Because they are in danger. But in the lands of Muslims, among Muslims, there is no need for such secrecy and hidden gatherings. If the intention is to spread the good that is obligatory for Muslims, it should be in the mosque or in a place where people can see it, know about it, and attend it. However, if these gatherings contain evil, doubtful matters, or if they are attended by people who are not known for knowledge or for uprightness, then it is not permissible to attend them because they are not pure and are suspicious.
The presenter:
Yes.
The poet says that many of the others say to the person who created them, and who drinks with them in their gatherings, that they possess him with them. Is it permissible to make water for him according to his original state?
Answer:
It is not permissible to call it a hermitage (summawtah). The hermitage is for the Christians, not for Muslims. It is not permissible to call a Muslim the owner of a hermitage. As for attending gatherings, there is a distinction here. If these gatherings were good gatherings containing knowledge, scholars, benefit, and sessions of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), then one should attend them and benefit from them. Also, gatherings should not be hidden, secret, or obscure from people. Rather, they should be public gatherings in mosques or in prominent places where people can see them, attend them, and frequent them. However, if they are secret and hidden, then suspicion is raised about them. Our religion does not condone such matters, unless the Muslims are in lands of disbelievers and they fear the disbelievers, as was the case with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions in Makkah at the beginning of the call, when they were threatened by the disbelievers if they revealed anything. In that case, there is no harm in secrecy.
Because they are in danger. But in the lands of Muslims, among Muslims, there is no need for such secrecy and hidden gatherings. If the intention is to spread the good that is obligatory for Muslims, it should be in the mosque or in a place where people can see it, know about it, and attend it. However, if these gatherings contain evil, doubtful matters, or if they are attended by people who are not known for knowledge or for uprightness, then it is not permissible to attend them because they are not pure and are suspicious.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13/9 شرح الأصول الثلاثة / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:20:11)
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