Using a trick to ward off harm or bring about benefit
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on using a trick in order to ward off a great harm or bring about a great benefit?
Answer:
We do not know what this great harm is, nor what this great benefit is. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on using a trick in order to ward off a great harm or bring about a great benefit?
Answer:
We do not know what this great harm is, nor what this great benefit is. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (53:32)
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