The ruling on gathering for dhikr if a benefit results from it
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The questioner:
It blocks the road, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
You do not cover it up until you answer.
Another questioner:
Yes. We understand from the statement.
The questioner:
Perhaps a person may differ regarding some actions that appear to be contrary to what was transmitted in the Sunnah, but in the long run they have a benefit, such as gathering for dhikr. The gathering itself may not be transmitted, but the result of the dhikr, given the known matters in it, is such that, no, no, it is.
The Shaykh:
This may remove them, or it may increase them, but what does permissibility mean in the first place? Yes. The Sunnah.
The questioner:
But they may receive assistance regarding what they would have turned to if they had left it, which is worse.
It blocks the road, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
You do not cover it up until you answer.
Another questioner:
Yes. We understand from the statement.
The questioner:
Perhaps a person may differ regarding some actions that appear to be contrary to what was transmitted in the Sunnah, but in the long run they have a benefit, such as gathering for dhikr. The gathering itself may not be transmitted, but the result of the dhikr, given the known matters in it, is such that, no, no, it is.
The Shaykh:
This may remove them, or it may increase them, but what does permissibility mean in the first place? Yes. The Sunnah.
The questioner:
But they may receive assistance regarding what they would have turned to if they had left it, which is worse.
Source
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