Some muftis appear on satellite channels live on air and issue rulings permitting the secret habit!
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some muftis appear on satellite channels live on air and issue rulings permitting the secret habit absolutely for young men and women, and they claim that some imams have permitted it. What is the answer to this?
Answer:
The answer to this is that the only imam who permitted it was Imam Ahmad, and he permitted it only out of dire necessity. Imam Ahmad permitted it out of dire necessity if he feared for himself, and as far as I know, no scholar agreed with him on this ruling. The secret habit falls under the statement: "But those who transgress the limits."
[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-7] Meaning, he sought intercourse other than with a wife or a slave woman. So those are the transgressors, meaning those who cross from what is lawful to what is forbidden.
So the secret habit is not permissible for men or women, because it is enjoyment other than what Allah has made lawful, and it is transgression. Transgression is crossing from what is lawful to what is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided people when desire overcame them and they were unable to marry; he guided them to fasting. He guided them to fasting. He guided them to obedience. He did not guide them to disobedience. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some muftis appear on satellite channels live on air and issue rulings permitting the secret habit absolutely for young men and women, and they claim that some imams have permitted it. What is the answer to this?
Answer:
The answer to this is that the only imam who permitted it was Imam Ahmad, and he permitted it only out of dire necessity. Imam Ahmad permitted it out of dire necessity if he feared for himself, and as far as I know, no scholar agreed with him on this ruling. The secret habit falls under the statement: "But those who transgress the limits."
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed - (7) But whoever seeks beyond that
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَSo the secret habit is not permissible for men or women, because it is enjoyment other than what Allah has made lawful, and it is transgression. Transgression is crossing from what is lawful to what is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided people when desire overcame them and they were unable to marry; he guided them to fasting. He guided them to fasting. He guided them to obedience. He did not guide them to disobedience. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [914 -954] بعض المفتين يخرجون في القنوات الفضائية على الهواء مباشرة، ويفتون بجواز العادة السرية! — youtube.com
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