Personal Freedom and Its Limits
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The questioner:
I am Salim. He says: Is personal freedom a right for every human being, because some people deny this most strongly?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is personal freedom a right for every human being? Because some people deny this most strongly.
The Shaykh:
What is freedom? It is not one thing; there is limited freedom and absolute freedom. What is meant by absolute freedom? No. But freedom according to one's benefit and according to one's interest, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
I am Salim. He says: Is personal freedom a right for every human being, because some people deny this most strongly?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Is personal freedom a right for every human being? Because some people deny this most strongly.
The Shaykh:
What is freedom? It is not one thing; there is limited freedom and absolute freedom. What is meant by absolute freedom? No. But freedom according to one's benefit and according to one's interest, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [فيديو] موقف الإسلام من التيارات الفكرية \ الشيخ صالح الفوزان \ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:22)
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