Is it valid to analogize wearing a small amount of gold to wearing a small amount of silk?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if it is said that analogizing the wearing of a small amount of gold by a follower to the wearing of a small amount of silk by a follower is not valid, meaning because the small amount of silk is a follower of something of its kind, which is fabric, unlike gold, is this correct, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : He cannot. Because all of it is metal. But silk is made from silkworms. The well-known worm. And cotton and its like are from trees, so the kind is different, just as iron is a metal different from gold.
The questioner : A valid analogy.
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is a good analogy. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) established this and elaborated on its approximation.
The Shaykh : He cannot. Because all of it is metal. But silk is made from silkworms. The well-known worm. And cotton and its like are from trees, so the kind is different, just as iron is a metal different from gold.
The questioner : A valid analogy.
The Shaykh : By Allah, it is a good analogy. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) established this and elaborated on its approximation.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4019 - 4600 هل يصح قياس لبس الذهب القليل على لبس الحرير القليل؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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