What is the ruling on tawriyah?
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The questioner : This surprised me.
The Shaykh : Tawriyah is the action of Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
The questioner : With safety, out of necessity.
The Shaykh : And this is a necessity, the action of Ibrahim, and the action of Ibrahim is a necessity.
The questioner : It is not permissible in cases of need; people use it for very simple things.
The Shaykh : Who told you that we said tawriyah is permissible absolutely? We did not speak about the rulings of tawriyah. Tawriyah for the oppressor is forbidden by consensus. Do you understand? And for the oppressed, it is permissible, I think by consensus, I think so, but I do not know. And for one who is neither oppressor nor oppressed, there is disagreement. There is disagreement; some did not say it is forbidden because a person is accused and brings the accusation upon himself, and some say it is not forbidden. The stronger position is that it is forbidden except for need, because if we permitted a person to use tawriyah whenever he wished, all his speech would become tawriyah and people would never trust him.
The Shaykh : Tawriyah is the action of Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
The questioner : With safety, out of necessity.
The Shaykh : And this is a necessity, the action of Ibrahim, and the action of Ibrahim is a necessity.
The questioner : It is not permissible in cases of need; people use it for very simple things.
The Shaykh : Who told you that we said tawriyah is permissible absolutely? We did not speak about the rulings of tawriyah. Tawriyah for the oppressor is forbidden by consensus. Do you understand? And for the oppressed, it is permissible, I think by consensus, I think so, but I do not know. And for one who is neither oppressor nor oppressed, there is disagreement. There is disagreement; some did not say it is forbidden because a person is accused and brings the accusation upon himself, and some say it is not forbidden. The stronger position is that it is forbidden except for need, because if we permitted a person to use tawriyah whenever he wished, all his speech would become tawriyah and people would never trust him.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [855] ما حكم التورية؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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