The Shaykh Al-Albani’s response to Al-Qaradawi regarding his equating gold and silver in prohibition

The Shaykh : Here, one must pause to consider his view, where he says: “It is not far-fetched for a religion that combats luxury in all its forms and colors, of gold and silver, to equate silver with gold in prohibition.” Equating silver with gold in prohibition is not accurate, even if it is excusable in some schools of jurisprudence. I mean that there is no general opinion in the Shari'ah that forbids silver as it forbids gold. Silver differs from gold in a general way in that it is sold, whereas gold is forbidden. They meet in prohibition in one form only, which is in vessels, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Therefore, drinking from silver vessels is like drinking from gold vessels. However, if one uses, for example, a pen made entirely of silver from beginning to end, there is nothing that forbids it for you. On the contrary, if one uses this pen made of gold, it is forbidden for you as long as you are a man, whereas it is permissible for a woman. Thus, equating silver with gold in prohibition here is either a slip of the mind or a slip of the pen. He said: “It is not far-fetched for a religion that combats luxury in all its forms and colors, of gold, silver, and silk, to also forbid statues in the Muslim home.”

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