Combining the Abandonment of Doubtful Matters with the Hadith: “Whoever Falls into Doubtful Matters Falls into the Forbidden”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How do you reconcile the statement that abandoning doubtful matters is a matter of caution with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever falls into doubtful matters falls into the forbidden”?
Answer:
It means that he falls into the forbidden later on; he does not fall into the forbidden the moment he takes something doubtful. No, rather, he becomes bold afterward and falls into the forbidden. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: How do you reconcile the statement that abandoning doubtful matters is a matter of caution with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever falls into doubtful matters falls into the forbidden”?
Answer:
It means that he falls into the forbidden later on; he does not fall into the forbidden the moment he takes something doubtful. No, rather, he becomes bold afterward and falls into the forbidden. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (58:03)
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