Throwing Disbelievers with Mangonels and the Incidental Killing of Children
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The questioner:
And other than legislation, and Allah has forbidden you. If we say that it is permissible to throw disbelievers with a mangonel or the like of the thousands that Karim requested, does this contradict the prohibition of listening to it because it is used to gather troops?
The Shaykh:
Never mind.
The questioner:
Does this prohibition of killing children contradict the fact that the killing of men occurs through it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is excused. These are partial harms that are excused for the sake of a benefit; they are excused on the side of the general benefit. So the killing of children, women, and Muslims alongside disbelievers is excused on the side of the general benefit in killing disbelievers, and because the killing of these people is not intended, but rather it happens incidentally. Yes.
And other than legislation, and Allah has forbidden you. If we say that it is permissible to throw disbelievers with a mangonel or the like of the thousands that Karim requested, does this contradict the prohibition of listening to it because it is used to gather troops?
The Shaykh:
Never mind.
The questioner:
Does this prohibition of killing children contradict the fact that the killing of men occurs through it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is excused. These are partial harms that are excused for the sake of a benefit; they are excused on the side of the general benefit. So the killing of children, women, and Muslims alongside disbelievers is excused on the side of the general benefit in killing disbelievers, and because the killing of these people is not intended, but rather it happens incidentally. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 89 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجهاد|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:36)
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