The Ruling on Circumventing Prohibitions Under the Pretext of Entertainment
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim to circumvent the wrongs and the forbidden things, and to say that this is a matter of entertainment, and that these are permissible matters that people need?
Answer:
It is not permissible to circumvent the prohibitions of Allah. Allah destroyed a group of the Jews when they circumvented the ruling regarding the Sabbath.[Al-Baqarah 2:65] [An-Nisa 4:47] They are the ones who circumvented the hunting of fish on the Sabbath by digging pits for them and setting nets, then taking them on Sunday. Allah cursed them and destroyed them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim to circumvent the wrongs and the forbidden things, and to say that this is a matter of entertainment, and that these are permissible matters that people need?
Answer:
It is not permissible to circumvent the prohibitions of Allah. Allah destroyed a group of the Jews when they circumvented the ruling regarding the Sabbath.
And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَor curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers
أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّا أَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 72 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/بيع فضل الماء/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:49)
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