Al-San'ani's statement on the use of gold and silver vessels and ritual purity from them
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The questioner:
Some scholars have mentioned the prohibition of using heavy gold and silver vessels.
The Shaykh:
Mentioned.
The questioner:
Some scholars have mentioned the prohibition of using and possessing gold and silver vessels, but some scholars, such as Al-San'ani and Al-Zahid, held the view that using and possessing them is permissible.
The Shaykh:
Al-San'ani, in his commentary on *Subul al-Salam*, seems to restrict the prohibition to eating and drinking only, and permits other uses. He says that since there is no prohibition against them, purity is permissible from gold and silver vessels. He criticizes the author for citing this hadith in the chapter on water, saying that its proper place is the chapter on food. This is the opinion of Imam Al-San'ani (may Allah have mercy on him).
However, the correct view, as stated by Al-Nawawi and others, is that all other uses are analogized to eating and drinking, because when the conditions of analogy are complete, it is valid evidence. This is the correct view: that all other uses are forbidden. Yes.
If one performs ablution in a gold or silver vessel, his ablution is valid, but he commits a sin by using gold and silver. As for the ablution itself, it is valid. For this reason, they say that purity is valid from them, valid; they did not say it is permissible. The jurists did not say it is permissible; they say that purity is valid from them, with them, and to them; it is valid. The validity is that he washed the limbs he was commanded to wash, so the purity is valid, but he commits a sin by the use. So his purity using gold and silver vessels is valid despite the sin. Yes. It is not that purification with them is prohibited.
Some scholars have mentioned the prohibition of using heavy gold and silver vessels.
The Shaykh:
Mentioned.
The questioner:
Some scholars have mentioned the prohibition of using and possessing gold and silver vessels, but some scholars, such as Al-San'ani and Al-Zahid, held the view that using and possessing them is permissible.
The Shaykh:
Al-San'ani, in his commentary on *Subul al-Salam*, seems to restrict the prohibition to eating and drinking only, and permits other uses. He says that since there is no prohibition against them, purity is permissible from gold and silver vessels. He criticizes the author for citing this hadith in the chapter on water, saying that its proper place is the chapter on food. This is the opinion of Imam Al-San'ani (may Allah have mercy on him).
However, the correct view, as stated by Al-Nawawi and others, is that all other uses are analogized to eating and drinking, because when the conditions of analogy are complete, it is valid evidence. This is the correct view: that all other uses are forbidden. Yes.
If one performs ablution in a gold or silver vessel, his ablution is valid, but he commits a sin by using gold and silver. As for the ablution itself, it is valid. For this reason, they say that purity is valid from them, valid; they did not say it is permissible. The jurists did not say it is permissible; they say that purity is valid from them, with them, and to them; it is valid. The validity is that he washed the limbs he was commanded to wash, so the purity is valid, but he commits a sin by the use. So his purity using gold and silver vessels is valid despite the sin. Yes. It is not that purification with them is prohibited.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب الآنية — islamhouse.com (37:52)
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