Is it permissible for me to say to my friend: “If it were not for you, I would not have been listening to songs”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to say to my friend, “If it were not for you, I would not have been listening to songs” and other such sins? That is, in the sense of causality, you are saying that your companionship and your mixing with me caused me to listen to songs. This is a form of blaming yourself for having associated with him, while he listens to songs.
Answer:
That is what prompted you to say it. If this is a form of blaming himself, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for me to say to my friend, “If it were not for you, I would not have been listening to songs” and other such sins? That is, in the sense of causality, you are saying that your companionship and your mixing with me caused me to listen to songs. This is a form of blaming yourself for having associated with him, while he listens to songs.
Answer:
That is what prompted you to say it. If this is a form of blaming himself, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [128 /641] هل يجوز أن أقول لصاحبي: (لولا أنت ما كنت مستمعا للأغاني)؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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