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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is meant by the jurisprudence of reality?

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The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh! Allah knows that I love you for the sake of Allah, and I ask Allah the Exalted to gather us, you, and all the Muslims in the company of the righteous, as we have come to expect from you frankness

The Shaykh : toward those who are harsh.

The questioner : My question, Your Eminence the Shaykh, which confuses me, is that we observe that most sermons and lectures follow the same pattern. Why do we not see attention to the jurisprudence of the reality we live in? As we know, this straight religion is comprehensive of all aspects of life. May Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh : Yes, I cannot refute this statement or confirm it, because I do not listen to all the sermons. However, we hear of many of our brothers that they research what relates to the jurisprudence of reality. When they see something forbidden among the people, they speak about it, they speak about it and explain its ruling and warn against it, with words according to what Allah the Exalted grants them of clarity. And when they see negligence in an obligatory duty, they likewise urge the people to perform the obligatory duty according to what Allah brings them of clarity, and this corresponds to reality. We find that they also speak about the types of sales that have occurred, such as insurance, and the prohibition of installment sales, and so on. This is the jurisprudence of reality.
And I do not know what the questioner means by the phrase "jurisprudence of reality." There is no doubt that it is obligatory for a person to be knowledgeable about what happens around him, to the extent possible. But that does not mean that this should prevent him from having jurisprudence in the religion, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him anمن يرد الله به خيرا يفقهه في
Sahih Muslim 1037a
What? Or rather, in reality? In the religion. And jurisprudence in reality, isolated from jurisprudence in the religion, is not praiseworthy. Indeed, whoever...

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and abundant peace. As for what follows, your brothers in the recordings of the Manhaj al-Sunnah al-Islamiyyah in Riyadh are pleased to present this material to you. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
Source لقاء في مسجد إسكان الطلاب بجامعة الإمام - 18-11-1418 هـ - 1 — archive.org (30:29)

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