The Ruling on the Woman Seeking Help Saying: “And al-Mu’tasim and his protection”
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the woman seeking help saying “al-Mu’tasim and his protection,” knowing that he did not hear her?
Answer:
This is a story that has passed and ended. The woman was ignorant and did not intend what we say she intended, which is calling for aid from an absent person. She said it, she said it out of distress when the disbelievers distressed her. She said this phrase; even if she had intended to seek help from an absent person, it would not be a proof. It is not befitting for students of knowledge to respond to this phrase, “al-Mu’tasim,” when you know his condition: he was one of those who supported the Jahmiyyah, held the view that the Qur’an is created, and tortured Imam Ahmad. So it is not befitting to praise him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the woman seeking help saying “al-Mu’tasim and his protection,” knowing that he did not hear her?
Answer:
This is a story that has passed and ended. The woman was ignorant and did not intend what we say she intended, which is calling for aid from an absent person. She said it, she said it out of distress when the disbelievers distressed her. She said this phrase; even if she had intended to seek help from an absent person, it would not be a proof. It is not befitting for students of knowledge to respond to this phrase, “al-Mu’tasim,” when you know his condition: he was one of those who supported the Jahmiyyah, held the view that the Qur’an is created, and tortured Imam Ahmad. So it is not befitting to praise him. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { فَلا تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَنْدَاداً وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ } — islamhouse.com (50:18)
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