The Shaykh recounts a story that occurred between him and a man from the Tahrir Party regarding the topic
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The Shaykh: I don't know, I want to tell you a story about the command: does it imply obligation or not? But I am afraid I am occupying your time. Is there any objection?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There was a man from the Tahrir Party who says that the command does not imply anything; rather, a person waits until the intended meaning becomes clear to him from other texts. As for the majority of the usul scholars and jurists, they say, "The original ruling for a command is obligation, unless there is an indicator" that takes it out of obligation into recommendation, into desirability, into permissibility, and so on. One of our brothers was an employee under a party leader, and a discussion took place between them regarding the issue. So my friend came to me to tell me about the discussion. My friend is, I mean, at his level in knowledge, so I told him, "Do the following with your companion: this one is the commander and this one is the commanded." I told the commanded one, "Whenever he orders you to do something, ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. Do not execute the order. He will nag at you, so you say to him, 'My brother, you say that the command does not imply obligation, so I have the choice to answer you or not.' It was decisive for the party man, clearly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, by Allah, no, by Allah, he did not guide himself, because he is a man of fanaticism, and Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, that is right. Now, bring the second question.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: He establishes it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He prays.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, if he is knowledgeable, it is not permissible. If he is on...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, if he is convinced by this, yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Himself, my brother.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Because if you tie the case to days, you have gone astray in a far straying. Whenever you specify many days, your opponent will reduce them, or you reduced your opponent, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: And the distance is likewise, there is no specification, yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, yes, a hundred is correct, but I want to give you a rule.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: There was a man from the Tahrir Party who says that the command does not imply anything; rather, a person waits until the intended meaning becomes clear to him from other texts. As for the majority of the usul scholars and jurists, they say, "The original ruling for a command is obligation, unless there is an indicator" that takes it out of obligation into recommendation, into desirability, into permissibility, and so on. One of our brothers was an employee under a party leader, and a discussion took place between them regarding the issue. So my friend came to me to tell me about the discussion. My friend is, I mean, at his level in knowledge, so I told him, "Do the following with your companion: this one is the commander and this one is the commanded." I told the commanded one, "Whenever he orders you to do something, ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. Do not execute the order. He will nag at you, so you say to him, 'My brother, you say that the command does not imply obligation, so I have the choice to answer you or not.' It was decisive for the party man, clearly.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, by Allah, no, by Allah, he did not guide himself, because he is a man of fanaticism, and Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, that is right. Now, bring the second question.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: He establishes it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He prays.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: No, if he is knowledgeable, it is not permissible. If he is on...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, if he is convinced by this, yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Himself, my brother.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Because if you tie the case to days, you have gone astray in a far straying. Whenever you specify many days, your opponent will reduce them, or you reduced your opponent, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: And the distance is likewise, there is no specification, yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, yes, a hundred is correct, but I want to give you a rule.
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