It is permissible to wear silk if there is a need

The questioner : It is permissible to wear silk in the circumstances of the just. If there is a need.

The Shaykh : If there is a need.

The questioner : Such as trials, illness, or burns.

The Shaykh : Fine, how is it permissible for a need when it is forbidden, and the well-known legal principle is that nothing makes the forbidden permissible except dire necessity?

The questioner : Because the prohibition in this hadith is from the category of prohibiting the means, and prohibiting the means is permissible for a pressing need. If it is forbidden because it is a means, then it becomes permissible for a pressing need?

The Shaykh : Fine, well done. Is there a basis for Muhammad al-Shamimari’s statement that what is forbidden as a means is permissible for a pressing need?

The questioner : Yes, it has a basis in something like the sale of 'araya. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the sale of dates for fresh dates, and there is no dispensation for the poor person who

The Shaykh : was granted a dispensation for 'araya. Fine.

The questioner : The estimation that is not fitting.

The Shaykh : Is 'araya a dire necessity or a pressing need?

The questioner : It is a pressing need, not

The Shaykh : a pressing need, not a dire necessity, because he is able to eat the dates he has.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : And he is content with them. Fine.