The Ruling on Throwing Trash Out of Car Windows
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Question:
Does the one who throws trash, such as papers and cans, out of a car window or while walking on the road, lose a branch of faith? Because the lowest branch of faith is removing harm from the road? Please guide us in this matter, may you be rewarded.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions. As for what follows, there is no doubt that harming Muslims in any way is forbidden, and this includes throwing filth on their roads, or objects that obstruct their movement, or things that pose a danger to them, such as broken glass, or throwing thorns, or anything else that affects people’s movement on their roads. If removing harm from the road is a branch of faith, then throwing harm on the road is forbidden and is a branch of hypocrisy, according to the meaning of this noble hadith. And because of His saying, the Exalted and Majestic:[Al-Ahzab 33:58] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Beware of the two who are cursed: one who relieves himself on the roads of people or in their shade, and others.” And other evidence regarding the respect for the facilities of Muslims, whether this harm is thrown directly and intentionally, or thrown unintentionally from a car window, a house window, a building, or otherwise. It is obligatory for the Muslim to refrain from harming Muslims, and it is recommended for him to remove harm from the roads of Muslims, and this is a branch of faith, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 35b And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that a man entered Paradise because of a tree he moved from the road of the Muslims. All of this indicates the respect for the facilities of Muslims, their roads and others. May Allah bless you, Honorable
Does the one who throws trash, such as papers and cans, out of a car window or while walking on the road, lose a branch of faith? Because the lowest branch of faith is removing harm from the road? Please guide us in this matter, may you be rewarded.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions. As for what follows, there is no doubt that harming Muslims in any way is forbidden, and this includes throwing filth on their roads, or objects that obstruct their movement, or things that pose a danger to them, such as broken glass, or throwing thorns, or anything else that affects people’s movement on their roads. If removing harm from the road is a branch of faith, then throwing harm on the road is forbidden and is a branch of hypocrisy, according to the meaning of this noble hadith. And because of His saying, the Exalted and Majestic:
And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.
وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلُوا بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًاFaith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but Allah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is a branch of faith.
الإيمان بضع وسبعون شعبة أعلاها قول لا إله إلا الله، وأدناها إماطة الأذى عن الطريق، والحياء شعبة من الإيمان،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم رمي المخلفات من نوافذ السيارات – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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