The ruling on writing the Basmala on government papers
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The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, what is permissible beyond the service? What happens in government crimes, and that is that it is established on all government benefits that one should not ask, and this woman has been judged in the verses many times, and we have not been able to put a limit on this matter.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, and religion is easy. If you write "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate" on doors and papers, there is no harm in that, whether they are government papers or non-government papers, and there is no harm in that. A person does not intentionally insult the Name; he does not intend it. But if he did not intend it, he is not responsible for it, and there is no blame on him, if Allah wills. And hardship is met with ease, meaning, is it reasonable that a person who is afflicted gathers papers in which there is the Basmala, and he is afflicted, afflicted? A person who is able to do it does it, and the one who is not able to do it is not held accountable for it. And we do not tell people, "Do not write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate'." We tell them, "Write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate' on your papers, and there is no harm in that." Yes.
The questioner:
Do not take it.
The Shaykh:
If you have a paper in your hand and it has "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate" on it, and you have dispensed with it, did you not make it lawful or associate partners with Allah? The paper in your hand, as for the one in the hand of another or with people, you are not responsible for it.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, what is permissible beyond the service? What happens in government crimes, and that is that it is established on all government benefits that one should not ask, and this woman has been judged in the verses many times, and we have not been able to put a limit on this matter.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, and religion is easy. If you write "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate" on doors and papers, there is no harm in that, whether they are government papers or non-government papers, and there is no harm in that. A person does not intentionally insult the Name; he does not intend it. But if he did not intend it, he is not responsible for it, and there is no blame on him, if Allah wills. And hardship is met with ease, meaning, is it reasonable that a person who is afflicted gathers papers in which there is the Basmala, and he is afflicted, afflicted? A person who is able to do it does it, and the one who is not able to do it is not held accountable for it. And we do not tell people, "Do not write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate'." We tell them, "Write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate' on your papers, and there is no harm in that." Yes.
The questioner:
Do not take it.
The Shaykh:
If you have a paper in your hand and it has "In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate" on it, and you have dispensed with it, did you not make it lawful or associate partners with Allah? The paper in your hand, as for the one in the hand of another or with people, you are not responsible for it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 3 — islamhouse.com (44:45)
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