The Meaning of the Phrase “Necessities Permit the Forbidden”
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Question:
This is a questioner from the Abu 'Abdullah program inquiring about a frequently repeated jurisprudential phrase: “Necessities permit the forbidden.”
Answer:
This is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:119]. So, if a person is compelled to eat carrion, and if he does not eat from it, he will die of hunger, then he eats from the carrion. The carrion becomes permissible for him to the extent of the necessity, that which removes his necessity and preserves his life. This is the necessity, and necessity is measured by its extent, and nothing is added to it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This is a questioner from the Abu 'Abdullah program inquiring about a frequently repeated jurisprudential phrase: “Necessities permit the forbidden.”
Answer:
This is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted:
while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/164 — archive.org (13:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.