The Meaning of Declaring Something Permissible That Renders Its Doer a Disbeliever
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the act of declaring something permissible that renders its doer a disbeliever...
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is the act of declaring something permissible that...?
The Shaykh:
If one declares permissible something that is forbidden, he has committed disbelief. For example, if he says that honey is forbidden, or if he says that buying and selling are forbidden, or that trade is forbidden. This is a matter on which there is consensus regarding its permissibility. So the one who says it is forbidden has committed disbelief because of his statement. Because he is contradicting the consensus. Likewise, if one declares permissible something that is forbidden, such as the one who says that intoxicants are lawful, or that riba (usury or interest) is lawful. He says, "Riba is the global economy; riba is the global economy, so it is lawful, and people today have no choice but to deal in riba because it is the global economy and it is lawful, as if its prohibition was only in the beginning." This person is a disbeliever because he is denying Allah and His Messenger.
And because of the consensus of the Muslims. The one who declares riba permissible is a disbeliever. As for issues in riba where some scholars differ, some scholars consider it riba and others do not consider it riba, then the disagreement precludes declaring someone a disbeliever. Rather, the things on which there is consensus: whoever declares them permissible, he becomes a disbeliever. This is the rule: whoever declares permissible something that is forbidden by consensus, or forbids something that is lawful by consensus, he is a disbeliever. As for the one who declares permissible or forbids things in which there is disagreement among scholars, he is not declared a disbeliever. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the act of declaring something permissible that renders its doer a disbeliever...
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
Is the act of declaring something permissible that...?
The Shaykh:
If one declares permissible something that is forbidden, he has committed disbelief. For example, if he says that honey is forbidden, or if he says that buying and selling are forbidden, or that trade is forbidden. This is a matter on which there is consensus regarding its permissibility. So the one who says it is forbidden has committed disbelief because of his statement. Because he is contradicting the consensus. Likewise, if one declares permissible something that is forbidden, such as the one who says that intoxicants are lawful, or that riba (usury or interest) is lawful. He says, "Riba is the global economy; riba is the global economy, so it is lawful, and people today have no choice but to deal in riba because it is the global economy and it is lawful, as if its prohibition was only in the beginning." This person is a disbeliever because he is denying Allah and His Messenger.
And because of the consensus of the Muslims. The one who declares riba permissible is a disbeliever. As for issues in riba where some scholars differ, some scholars consider it riba and others do not consider it riba, then the disagreement precludes declaring someone a disbeliever. Rather, the things on which there is consensus: whoever declares them permissible, he becomes a disbeliever. This is the rule: whoever declares permissible something that is forbidden by consensus, or forbids something that is lawful by consensus, he is a disbeliever. As for the one who declares permissible or forbids things in which there is disagreement among scholars, he is not declared a disbeliever. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [521 -1024] معنى الاستحلال الذي يكفر به صاحبه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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