The ruling on saying: “I ask you by your father’s face”
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on this phrase, where when a person asks another, he says, “I ask you by your father’s face”?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: When a person asks another, he says, “I ask you by your father’s face.”
The Shaykh:
For my face, my brother.
The questioner:
Your father.
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible, this is not permissible. Yes, meaning he takes his father’s face as a means to fulfill his need. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on this phrase, where when a person asks another, he says, “I ask you by your father’s face”?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: When a person asks another, he says, “I ask you by your father’s face.”
The Shaykh:
For my face, my brother.
The questioner:
Your father.
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible, this is not permissible. Yes, meaning he takes his father’s face as a means to fulfill his need. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:14:50)
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