The disagreement over investing in Bank al-Balad: Is it a mercy?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Those who permit investing in Bank al-Balad, and those who prohibit it, is this disagreement considered a type of disagreement that is a mercy?
The Shaykh:
No, this is a punishment, not a mercy. This is a punishment, and there is no mercy in this disagreement. For this reason, He the Exalted and Majestic is He said:[Hud 11:118-119] meaning those whom He showed mercy to did not differ. So unity is a mercy, and division is a punishment. So this is not [a mercy]. Those who issue fatwas among them, those who issue fatwas, the Fatwa Committee and the people of fatwa are known; those to whom fatwa and general matters have been delegated. Not everyone issues a fatwa on these matters; these return to the people of expertise, to the people of fatwa entrusted with issuing fatwas. Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nisa 4:83] Matters like these general issues return to the Department of Ifta, which is responsible for this matter. Yes.
We say that so-and-so issued a fatwa and so-and-so issued a fatwa; that is on his own conscience. How does he bear the responsibility for the people who were confused by him? But the official fatwa authority is not responsible for this.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success,
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Those who permit investing in Bank al-Balad, and those who prohibit it, is this disagreement considered a type of disagreement that is a mercy?
The Shaykh:
No, this is a punishment, not a mercy. This is a punishment, and there is no mercy in this disagreement. For this reason, He the Exalted and Majestic is He said:
but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy
وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَAnd when there comes to them information about [public] security or fear, they spread it around. But if they had referred it back to the Messenger or to those of authority among them, then the ones who [can] draw correct conclusions from it would have known about it.
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْWe say that so-and-so issued a fatwa and so-and-so issued a fatwa; that is on his own conscience. How does he bear the responsibility for the people who were confused by him? But the official fatwa authority is not responsible for this.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
It is. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah grant you success,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 104 من 123/شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع/الديات/الشجاج وكسر العظام/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:39)
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