The Ruling on Following Legal Dispensations
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person following the dispensations (rukhas) in taking and acting upon jurisprudential rulings?
Answer:
It is not permissible to follow the dispensations without need. The scholars said that whoever follows the dispensations becomes a Zindiq. The dispensations are the rulings of the scholars; these are not dispensations. The dispensations are those by which Allah has granted a dispensation, such as combining the two prayers due to rain, combining prayers while traveling, shortening the prayer, and breaking the fast in Ramadan for the traveler. These are the legal dispensations. Or, the rulings of the scholars that you call dispensations—these are not dispensations. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on a person following the dispensations (rukhas) in taking and acting upon jurisprudential rulings?
Answer:
It is not permissible to follow the dispensations without need. The scholars said that whoever follows the dispensations becomes a Zindiq. The dispensations are the rulings of the scholars; these are not dispensations. The dispensations are those by which Allah has granted a dispensation, such as combining the two prayers due to rain, combining prayers while traveling, shortening the prayer, and breaking the fast in Ramadan for the traveler. These are the legal dispensations. Or, the rulings of the scholars that you call dispensations—these are not dispensations. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/074 — archive.org (2:02)
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