A Response to Those Who Deny the Principle of "Blocking the Means to Harm"

The questioner:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. Now, Shaykh, you mentioned blocking the means to harm (sadd al-dhara'i') and that it is one of the principles of the Shari'ah. Some writers and thinkers do not see it that way at all. Yes.

The Shaykh:
Because they want the falsehood and do not want anything to stand between them and it. But if they had fear of Allah, faith in Allah, and a commitment to preserving this religion in their hearts, they would know that blocking the means to harm is a requirement of the Lawgiver. It is a principle on which there is scholarly consensus, and the abundant evidence from the Book and the Sunnah points to it. Take, for example, the saying of Allah the Exalted: . There is no doubt that insulting the religion of the disbelievers is obligatory, and insulting the idols is obligatory. But if this leads to them insulting Allah, we avoid it. We avoid it not out of respect for the idols, but out of respect for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), so that we do not become the cause of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) being insulted. Yes.

The presenter:
So these people want to open the means to harm.

The Shaykh:
They want to open the buttons. Yes.