The ruling on rebuking one whose body is overweight
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to rebuke one whose body is overweight and advise him to lose weight?
Answer:
Consult a doctor. In this matter, consult a doctor. If his obesity is not due to indulgence in worldly pleasures, a desire for food, or a voracious appetite for food, he is not to be blamed. This is because some obesity is a disease, a result of a condition they call cholesterol or something in the blood. This is a disease, not health. However, if the obesity is due to health, indulgence, and a desire for worldly things, that is what is blameworthy. But if his obesity is the result of a disease, that is not the case; he is not to be blamed for that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to rebuke one whose body is overweight and advise him to lose weight?
Answer:
Consult a doctor. In this matter, consult a doctor. If his obesity is not due to indulgence in worldly pleasures, a desire for food, or a voracious appetite for food, he is not to be blamed. This is because some obesity is a disease, a result of a condition they call cholesterol or something in the blood. This is a disease, not health. However, if the obesity is due to health, indulgence, and a desire for worldly things, that is what is blameworthy. But if his obesity is the result of a disease, that is not the case; he is not to be blamed for that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 160 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/القضاء/الشهادات/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (36:03)
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