The Response to Those Who Permit Free Mixing with Women on the Ground of Safety from Fitnah
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The questioner:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. If it is said that the issue is one of trust and upbringing, and that you suspect intentions, and that you have trust, what is the response to that?
The Shaykh:
The response to that is that no one here trusts himself in the face of fitnah. The one who trusts himself in the face of fitnah is a liar. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said, "And turn me and my sons away from worshipping idols. Indeed, they have led much of mankind astray." So in the face of fitnah, a person does not declare himself pure, whether the fitnah is of women or otherwise.
The questioner:
So we say that this is a declaration of purity. Whoever claims that the issue is upbringing and trust, that is a declaration of purity.
The Shaykh:
It is a declaration of purity, yes.
The questioner:
What the prophets did.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the prophets used to warn against it. Do you read what happened regarding Yusuf (peace be upon him)?
The questioner:
I mean, like that.
The Shaykh:
And he was a prophet of Allah, but his master forced him because he had become a slave. His master forced him to serve in the house, so he was with the wife of al-Aziz. Then what Allah the Exalted mentioned occurred: her desire for him, his aversion to her, and his seeking refuge in Allah the Exalted. And Allah supported him with help and protection and shielded him from her. And He made his innocence manifest publicly in the end.
Yes. Yes, but the cause is that the mixing of a man with a woman leads to this, even if the man is pious, even if he is holding fast to the rope of Allah, he is suspected in this, at least he is suspected in this, although he may fall into sin through the incitement of Satan.
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. If it is said that the issue is one of trust and upbringing, and that you suspect intentions, and that you have trust, what is the response to that?
The Shaykh:
The response to that is that no one here trusts himself in the face of fitnah. The one who trusts himself in the face of fitnah is a liar. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said, "And turn me and my sons away from worshipping idols. Indeed, they have led much of mankind astray." So in the face of fitnah, a person does not declare himself pure, whether the fitnah is of women or otherwise.
The questioner:
So we say that this is a declaration of purity. Whoever claims that the issue is upbringing and trust, that is a declaration of purity.
The Shaykh:
It is a declaration of purity, yes.
The questioner:
What the prophets did.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the prophets used to warn against it. Do you read what happened regarding Yusuf (peace be upon him)?
The questioner:
I mean, like that.
The Shaykh:
And he was a prophet of Allah, but his master forced him because he had become a slave. His master forced him to serve in the house, so he was with the wife of al-Aziz. Then what Allah the Exalted mentioned occurred: her desire for him, his aversion to her, and his seeking refuge in Allah the Exalted. And Allah supported him with help and protection and shielded him from her. And He made his innocence manifest publicly in the end.
Yes. Yes, but the cause is that the mixing of a man with a woman leads to this, even if the man is pious, even if he is holding fast to the rope of Allah, he is suspected in this, at least he is suspected in this, although he may fall into sin through the incitement of Satan.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [735] الرد على المجوزين للاختلاط بالنساء بحجة أمن الفتنة |فوائد شرح اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم — youtube.com
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