Is it a custom that entails forbidding to walk in the street without a ghutrah?
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The questioner : Now, Shaykh, it is a similar issue. For example, custom has established a specific dress code, which is the thawb, the ghutrah, and the taqiyah. If I were to walk in the street without this ghutrah, people would look down on me and suspect my sanity. Yes, it is considered by them to be a loss of dignity. So is this not a custom that entails forbidding?
The Shaykh : What does it entail? What did you say?
The questioner : Forbidding by the society.
The Shaykh : Forbidding? Is this forbidding valid according to the Shari'ah?
The questioner : So, if we turn to the legal research, it is a different matter, but...
The Shaykh : It cannot be separated, may Allah reward you. It cannot be separated, because I have been saying since the beginning that this reality must be addressed, not a reality we imagine that entails nothing. This reality either entails a Shari'ah-based forbidding from one of the two sides, or it does not. If it entails nothing, then it is a custom. We repeat that a custom is like permissible things: if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it. But if, behind either of the two things—leaving the custom or doing the custom—there is a forbidding against the one who leaves it or the one who does it, then it is no longer a pure custom. The reality imposes on us to say: what is a pure custom, so that we can say, "if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it"? Because we will say, "if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it," without any forbidding from either the doer or the leaver of this pure custom.
The questioner : In all customs and habits, there is a forbidding that results from them, but it is not a Shari'ah-based forbidding; rather, it is a customary forbidding.
The Shaykh : Okay, hold onto this word now.Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1919Hasan (Darussalam) -May Allah have mercy on you- Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1919Hasan (Darussalam) Does this standing, which is practiced today, fall under the category of respect and recognizing the right of the scholar, or does it not fall under it?
The questioner : It does not fall under it, but with the legal qualification.
The Shaykh : No...
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : It falls under it.
The questioner : It falls under it, yes.
The Shaykh : It is a pure custom.
The questioner : This is if it is for the scholar, but for the general public, it remains a custom, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, there is nothing, may Allah reward you. We say that if we are addressing a reality, and I have answered with complete frankness that this reality falls under respect or under recognizing the right of the scholar, then we have left the pure custom and entered a custom that is accompanied by respect for the elder and honoring the elder for the scholar. So this is the custom in which research should be conducted, and we should not go far from the reality.
The questioner : It is not originally limited to the scholar only, Shaykh, but rather it is a general social problem.
The Shaykh : I did not limit it to the scholar. We brought two points out of three points. We did not restrict it to the scholar, although later other details will come, but let us take the first step.
The questioner : Okay, the essence.
The Shaykh : What does it entail? What did you say?
The questioner : Forbidding by the society.
The Shaykh : Forbidding? Is this forbidding valid according to the Shari'ah?
The questioner : So, if we turn to the legal research, it is a different matter, but...
The Shaykh : It cannot be separated, may Allah reward you. It cannot be separated, because I have been saying since the beginning that this reality must be addressed, not a reality we imagine that entails nothing. This reality either entails a Shari'ah-based forbidding from one of the two sides, or it does not. If it entails nothing, then it is a custom. We repeat that a custom is like permissible things: if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it. But if, behind either of the two things—leaving the custom or doing the custom—there is a forbidding against the one who leaves it or the one who does it, then it is no longer a pure custom. The reality imposes on us to say: what is a pure custom, so that we can say, "if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it"? Because we will say, "if you wish, you do it, and if you wish, you leave it," without any forbidding from either the doer or the leaver of this pure custom.
The questioner : In all customs and habits, there is a forbidding that results from them, but it is not a Shari'ah-based forbidding; rather, it is a customary forbidding.
The Shaykh : Okay, hold onto this word now.
He is not one of us who does not have mercy on our young
ليس منا من لم يرحم صغيرناHe is not one of us who does not have mercy on our young and does not respect our elders.
ليس منا من لم يرحم صغيرنا ويوقر كبيرنا ويعرف لعالمنا حقهThe questioner : It does not fall under it, but with the legal qualification.
The Shaykh : No...
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : It falls under it.
The questioner : It falls under it, yes.
The Shaykh : It is a pure custom.
The questioner : This is if it is for the scholar, but for the general public, it remains a custom, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, there is nothing, may Allah reward you. We say that if we are addressing a reality, and I have answered with complete frankness that this reality falls under respect or under recognizing the right of the scholar, then we have left the pure custom and entered a custom that is accompanied by respect for the elder and honoring the elder for the scholar. So this is the custom in which research should be conducted, and we should not go far from the reality.
The questioner : It is not originally limited to the scholar only, Shaykh, but rather it is a general social problem.
The Shaykh : I did not limit it to the scholar. We brought two points out of three points.
And we did not respect our elder and did not recognize the right of our scholar.
ولم يوقر كبيرنا ويعرف لعالمنا حقهThe questioner : Okay, the essence.