Is it permissible to say: "If such and such had been the case, I would have done such and such"?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for us to say: "If such and such had been the case, I would have done such and such"? For example, some people cite evidence from ... [Az-Zukhruf 43:81], and from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 6856. Do you understand from these two texts and others, or in your opinion, is it permissible to say: "If such and such had been the case, I would have done such and such"?
The Shaykh : I see no obstacle in that, because the "if" (law) about which a warning was issued, and which is said to open the door to Satan, is not the one mentioned by way of estimation, but rather the one mentioned by way of regret, which contradicts satisfaction with what Allah has written and decreed. Therefore, I see no obstacle in this, and Allah knows best.
Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
قل إن كان للرحمن ولد فأنا أول العابدينIf I were to stone any lady (for committing illegal sexual intercourse) to death without witnesses, I would have stoned that lade to death?
لو رجمتُ أحدًا بغير بيِّنة رجمت هذهThe Shaykh : I see no obstacle in that, because the "if" (law) about which a warning was issued, and which is said to open the door to Satan, is not the one mentioned by way of estimation, but rather the one mentioned by way of regret, which contradicts satisfaction with what Allah has written and decreed. Therefore, I see no obstacle in this, and Allah knows best.
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