The Meaning of the Phrase: (We are in the Face of Allah)
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[The Meaning of the Saying: (We are in the Face of Allah)]
What is your opinion regarding a person who comes from a faraway place to visit his brother, and this brother wants to honor him and slaughter a sacrificial animal for him, so this visitor said to him: "We are in the Face of Allah," and then the host interpreted this and slaughtered a sacrificial animal? What is your opinion?The Shaykh: What is the meaning of his saying: "in the Face of Allah"?If its meaning is: That he seeks nearness to Allah through the Face of Allah to this person, so this is forbidden; because it is not possible to make Allah, Mighty and Majestic, a means for a created being.And if his intention in "in the Face of Allah" is: "I seek refuge in the Face of Allah from you," or "I seek refuge in the Face of Allah that you slaughter a sacrificial animal for me," so this is not forbidden, but if the intention is the meaning of an oath, then it becomes an oath, so if this man slaughters a sacrificial animal for him, the one who swore must expiate the oath of the oath, by feeding ten poor people as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, mentioned.
What is your opinion regarding a person who comes from a faraway place to visit his brother, and this brother wants to honor him and slaughter a sacrificial animal for him, so this visitor said to him: "We are in the Face of Allah," and then the host interpreted this and slaughtered a sacrificial animal? What is your opinion?The Shaykh: What is the meaning of his saying: "in the Face of Allah"?If its meaning is: That he seeks nearness to Allah through the Face of Allah to this person, so this is forbidden; because it is not possible to make Allah, Mighty and Majestic, a means for a created being.And if his intention in "in the Face of Allah" is: "I seek refuge in the Face of Allah from you," or "I seek refuge in the Face of Allah that you slaughter a sacrificial animal for me," so this is not forbidden, but if the intention is the meaning of an oath, then it becomes an oath, so if this man slaughters a sacrificial animal for him, the one who swore must expiate the oath of the oath, by feeding ten poor people as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, mentioned.