Is everything whose use is forbidden also forbidden to be acquired?
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The questioner : I have two issues, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Two issues or two problems? Yes, I advise you. Always use the dual form with the alif. And if someone criticizes you, say it is a linguistic variation. Do you understand?
The questioner : Of course, for you it is a matter of precision.
The Shaykh : I advise you now that you will never be able to determine its grammatical case in every sentence, ever.
The questioner : Oh, my dear.
The Shaykh : You want the alif, and anyone who tells you to say it is a linguistic variation.
The questioner : Yes. Did you understand?
The Shaykh : Okay, so if you say "I hit the two Zayds," that is wrong. What is the correct form?
The questioner : Oh, the two Zayns.
The Shaykh : "I hit the two oils," say it is a linguistic variation, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner : The first one.
The Shaykh : If I say "I have two issues in it," that is better than "I have two problems in it," yes.
The questioner : The first one, someone might say that our statement that Umm Salimah acquired a *jinnajil* of silver, and we mean we hold that it is permissible to acquire silver now, he says this is not... that a *jinnajil* is not a vessel.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, our statement that Umm Salimah acquired the *jinnajil* of silver, and we took from that that...
The Shaykh : its use in other than eating and drinking is permissible. Yes. What?
The questioner : The *jinnajil* is not a vessel. It is not a vessel.
The Shaykh : It is not a vessel? Yes. What is it?
The questioner : What he knows is a bottle in which the hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are placed.
The Shaykh : It is a bottle. And if you wish, you can call it a bottle, but that is an extension from the perspective of extension, otherwise glass is of the kind that breaks, they call it *tabuq* among us,
The questioner : Yes. The second one, the rule is that whatever is forbidden to be used is forbidden to be acquired. This is not consistent in every...
The Shaykh : No, no, that is not correct, because use is more specific than acquisition.
The Shaykh : Two issues or two problems? Yes, I advise you. Always use the dual form with the alif. And if someone criticizes you, say it is a linguistic variation. Do you understand?
The questioner : Of course, for you it is a matter of precision.
The Shaykh : I advise you now that you will never be able to determine its grammatical case in every sentence, ever.
The questioner : Oh, my dear.
The Shaykh : You want the alif, and anyone who tells you to say it is a linguistic variation.
The questioner : Yes. Did you understand?
The Shaykh : Okay, so if you say "I hit the two Zayds," that is wrong. What is the correct form?
The questioner : Oh, the two Zayns.
The Shaykh : "I hit the two oils," say it is a linguistic variation, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The questioner : The first one.
The Shaykh : If I say "I have two issues in it," that is better than "I have two problems in it," yes.
The questioner : The first one, someone might say that our statement that Umm Salimah acquired a *jinnajil* of silver, and we mean we hold that it is permissible to acquire silver now, he says this is not... that a *jinnajil* is not a vessel.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, our statement that Umm Salimah acquired the *jinnajil* of silver, and we took from that that...
The Shaykh : its use in other than eating and drinking is permissible. Yes. What?
The questioner : The *jinnajil* is not a vessel. It is not a vessel.
The Shaykh : It is not a vessel? Yes. What is it?
The questioner : What he knows is a bottle in which the hairs of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are placed.
The Shaykh : It is a bottle. And if you wish, you can call it a bottle, but that is an extension from the perspective of extension, otherwise glass is of the kind that breaks, they call it *tabuq* among us,
The questioner : Yes. The second one, the rule is that whatever is forbidden to be used is forbidden to be acquired. This is not consistent in every...
The Shaykh : No, no, that is not correct, because use is more specific than acquisition.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1184 - 4600 هل كل ما حرم استعماله حرم اتخاذه؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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