The Ruling on Fastening the Seatbelt
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, Honorable scholar, he says: What is the ruling on removing the seatbelt from the perspective of Islamic law? And if it is held to be obligatory, is the person a sinner if he does not do it?
Answer:
If the seatbelt provides protection from accidents and safety from [harm], then that is good, and it is obligatory, because this is part of taking the beneficial means. Allah commanded us to take the beneficial means, especially if the one in authority orders it, for then it is carried out from his side, from the side of obeying the order, and the second aspect is that it involves taking the beneficial means. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, Honorable scholar, he says: What is the ruling on removing the seatbelt from the perspective of Islamic law? And if it is held to be obligatory, is the person a sinner if he does not do it?
Answer:
If the seatbelt provides protection from accidents and safety from [harm], then that is good, and it is obligatory, because this is part of taking the beneficial means. Allah commanded us to take the beneficial means, especially if the one in authority orders it, for then it is carried out from his side, from the side of obeying the order, and the second aspect is that it involves taking the beneficial means. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في أنهار الجنة — islamhouse.com (1:06:27)
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