The Ruling on Unrestricted Public Interests in the Religion
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The Shaykh:
And not in anything other than henna. Henna is a matter for women and part of women's adornment, and men do not use it. If it has become a custom for men, it should be abandoned, and it is obligatory to abandon it so that they do not imitate women in this. We ask Allah for guidance for all of us.
The presenter:
O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
He asks about unrestricted public interests. Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: We hear about unrestricted public interests. Do these interests exist in the religion? What is the ruling on those who say they do not exist? In fact, they mistreat those who say something is a public interest and accuse them of playing with the religion and compromising it. Some of them even give it a disfiguring name. I hope you will be kind enough to provide guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
Unrestricted public interests are those where it appears from the principles of the Shari'ah that it is approved and encouraged because of the benefit it brings to the Muslims, but there is no clear text indicating it. If something is found that benefits the Muslims, helps them in good, and repels evil from them, and there is nothing in the texts preventing it, but rather the legal principles require it, it is called an unrestricted public interest. It is restricted by the need for it, as seen by the scholars and those in authority, in benefiting the Muslims, bringing good to them, and repelling evil from them in a way that does not contradict the texts. However, it secures for the Muslims something that benefits them and repels from them what harms them, without the doer violating a text from the Book of Allah or a text from the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). We greet you. Or contradicting a legal principle indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
So the result is that these unrestricted public interests are those that those in authority, from among the scholars and rulers, seek to benefit the Muslims when there is no text preventing them, but the principles of the Shari'ah testify to their consideration, benefit, and increase in what benefits the Muslims. This is because the Shari'ah came to achieve public interests, magnify them, and repel harms and minimize them. Yes. May Allah guide them all.
And not in anything other than henna. Henna is a matter for women and part of women's adornment, and men do not use it. If it has become a custom for men, it should be abandoned, and it is obligatory to abandon it so that they do not imitate women in this. We ask Allah for guidance for all of us.
The presenter:
O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
He asks about unrestricted public interests. Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: We hear about unrestricted public interests. Do these interests exist in the religion? What is the ruling on those who say they do not exist? In fact, they mistreat those who say something is a public interest and accuse them of playing with the religion and compromising it. Some of them even give it a disfiguring name. I hope you will be kind enough to provide guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
Unrestricted public interests are those where it appears from the principles of the Shari'ah that it is approved and encouraged because of the benefit it brings to the Muslims, but there is no clear text indicating it. If something is found that benefits the Muslims, helps them in good, and repels evil from them, and there is nothing in the texts preventing it, but rather the legal principles require it, it is called an unrestricted public interest. It is restricted by the need for it, as seen by the scholars and those in authority, in benefiting the Muslims, bringing good to them, and repelling evil from them in a way that does not contradict the texts. However, it secures for the Muslims something that benefits them and repels from them what harms them, without the doer violating a text from the Book of Allah or a text from the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). We greet you. Or contradicting a legal principle indicated by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
So the result is that these unrestricted public interests are those that those in authority, from among the scholars and rulers, seek to benefit the Muslims when there is no text preventing them, but the principles of the Shari'ah testify to their consideration, benefit, and increase in what benefits the Muslims. This is because the Shari'ah came to achieve public interests, magnify them, and repel harms and minimize them. Yes. May Allah guide them all.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 7375 - معنى المصالح المرسلة في الشريعة الإسلامية - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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