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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Interpretation of Texts and Their Restriction by Necessity

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The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. Is it permissible to interpret the texts and restrict them by textual necessity?

The Shaykh:
How?

The questioner:
He says: Is it permissible to interpret the texts and restrict them by physical necessity?

The Shaykh:
We do not know the meaning of this speed. The texts are to be followed, and it is not permissible to contradict them except out of necessity. It has been explained that shortening
to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelledلَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
[Al-An'am 6:119]
. And that it is for every dead animal. But if a person fears death and has no food, fearing death, then he eats the meat of the dead animal to preserve his life, so the meat of the dead animal becomes permissible for him in this case to the extent of the necessity. Yes.
Source السلفية حقيقتها وسماتها — alfawzan.live (1:14:26)

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