Is there a virtue and reward for Khawlah because she was the cause of the ruling on zihar being lightened?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Did it come in the Sunnah that among the worst of people in the sight of Allah is the one who was the cause of making the lawful forbidden? And based on this, can we say that Khawlah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a virtue, after the virtue of Allah, in that she was the cause of the ruling being lightened from divorce to expiation? Does she have a reward in that?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Did it come in the Sunnah that among the worst of people in the sight of Allah is the one who was the cause of making the lawful forbidden?
The Shaykh:
And this is like the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:101] So a person does not ask except about what he needs; he does not ask about things he does not need, because he may put himself in a difficult position and put the Muslims in a difficult position. Therefore, it is not permissible to ask except about something you need or something that has happened to you. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:671 So do not ask about them. What Allah has been silent about, and He has been silent about certain things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not ask about them. So if a person does not need to ask about matters of the lawful and the forbidden, he does not ask about them. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Did it come in the Sunnah that among the worst of people in the sight of Allah is the one who was the cause of making the lawful forbidden? And based on this, can we say that Khawlah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a virtue, after the virtue of Allah, in that she was the cause of the ruling being lightened from divorce to expiation? Does she have a reward in that?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Did it come in the Sunnah that among the worst of people in the sight of Allah is the one who was the cause of making the lawful forbidden?
The Shaykh:
And this is like the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَاIndeed, Allah has prescribed obligations, so do not neglect them. He has set limits, so do not transgress them. And He has been silent about certain things
إن الله فرض فرائض فلا تضيعوها وحد حدودا فلا تنتهكوها وسكت عن أشياء
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1269- 4717] هل لخولة فضل وأجر لأنها كانت سبباً في تخفيف حكم الظهار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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