The Presenter in the Shari'ah: Caution or Facilitation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the priority in the Shari'ah, caution or facilitation?
Answer:
Caution is for doubtful matters. And facilitationSahih al-Bukhari 6786 if it is within the Shari'ah, if the facilitation is within the Shari'ah, it does not take one out of it. Facilitation is required, facilitation is required. For example, in travel, completing the prayer is permissible and it is the default, but shortening is better because it is the Sunnah (recommended practice) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in travel. Yes, so facilitation in this case is better than adhering to the default. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the priority in the Shari'ah, caution or facilitation?
Answer:
Caution is for doubtful matters. And facilitation
Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) was given an option between two things, he used to select the easier of the tow
مَا خُيِّرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ إِلاَّ اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (50:51)
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