The speed warning bell in a car and the companionship of the angels
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the bell in a car that sounds when a certain speed is exceeded, does it prevent the companionship of the angels?
Answer:
This is for necessity, this is for necessity, and it does not prevent it, if Allah wills. This is for necessity, a necessity for the questioner to be aware of the speed, to realize the error, just as you set your watch. This is the benefit; the benefit is the stronger position. Likewise, the bell on the door; today, if someone speaks or knocks on the door, you do not hear it in modern buildings. So the stronger benefit necessitates using these things because of the need for them. Do not leave them; it is not forbidden, if Allah wills. Is the intention to get closer to Allah? The intention is to use this necessity, and there is nothing else that does it. What alerts you to a person when he asks permission to enter, and you are in this apartment or in this building or on the tenth or fifteenth floor? What alerts you? Nothing alerts you except this person. What invalidates the prayer of others? Until the time of the watch. These are stronger benefits, so there is no harm in them. Likewise, in the car, what alerts you to the danger of speed except this bell?
Honorable Shaykh, the bell in a car that sounds when a certain speed is exceeded, does it prevent the companionship of the angels?
Answer:
This is for necessity, this is for necessity, and it does not prevent it, if Allah wills. This is for necessity, a necessity for the questioner to be aware of the speed, to realize the error, just as you set your watch. This is the benefit; the benefit is the stronger position. Likewise, the bell on the door; today, if someone speaks or knocks on the door, you do not hear it in modern buildings. So the stronger benefit necessitates using these things because of the need for them. Do not leave them; it is not forbidden, if Allah wills. Is the intention to get closer to Allah? The intention is to use this necessity, and there is nothing else that does it. What alerts you to a person when he asks permission to enter, and you are in this apartment or in this building or on the tenth or fifteenth floor? What alerts you? Nothing alerts you except this person. What invalidates the prayer of others? Until the time of the watch. These are stronger benefits, so there is no harm in them. Likewise, in the car, what alerts you to the danger of speed except this bell?
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:11:37)
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