The ruling on calling for help from an absent brother when the intention is to intimidate
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A dispute arises between two people, and the one who is losing calls out to his brother or his father, knowing that they cannot hear him, with the intention of merely intimidating the other. Does this fall under calling for aid?
That is, there is a dispute between two people, and one of them calls for help from his brother, his father, or his friend, knowing that he cannot hear him? His brother or father cannot hear?The questioner: He cannot hear, meaning.
The Shaykh: Is it the one who cannot hear?The questioner: He cannot hear this because he is far away from him, and his only intention is to intimidate the other.
The Shaykh: No.
This is not of the forbidden calling for aid,First: If the one he called for help is a close relative, there is nothing wrong with it, as came in the story of Musa: [Surah al-Qasas: 15] So Musa answered him, and this indicates that calling for aid in what a created being is capable of is permissible.
But if he calls for aid from a dead person, this is major shirk; because the dead person cannot be able to aid him. Likewise, if he calls for aid from an absent person intending for him to aid him, this is also not permissible. But if he calls for aid not intending for him to aid him, but to intimidate his opponent, there is nothing wrong with that, if it is with truth, because perhaps the dispute is with his brother and the truth is with him, so it is not permissible to intimidate him with falsehood.For example: He disputed with him and kept calling out: "O my brother! O my brother! O my brother, come!" while he was not present, and he did not intend for his brother to save him, but his intention was to make that one afraid; because perhaps if he hears that someone is behind him, he will flee if he is a thief or an aggressor.
That is, there is a dispute between two people, and one of them calls for help from his brother, his father, or his friend, knowing that he cannot hear him? His brother or father cannot hear?The questioner: He cannot hear, meaning.
The Shaykh: Is it the one who cannot hear?The questioner: He cannot hear this because he is far away from him, and his only intention is to intimidate the other.
The Shaykh: No.
This is not of the forbidden calling for aid,First: If the one he called for help is a close relative, there is nothing wrong with it, as came in the story of Musa:
the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy
فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِBut if he calls for aid from a dead person, this is major shirk; because the dead person cannot be able to aid him. Likewise, if he calls for aid from an absent person intending for him to aid him, this is also not permissible. But if he calls for aid not intending for him to aid him, but to intimidate his opponent, there is nothing wrong with that, if it is with truth, because perhaps the dispute is with his brother and the truth is with him, so it is not permissible to intimidate him with falsehood.For example: He disputed with him and kept calling out: "O my brother! O my brother! O my brother, come!" while he was not present, and he did not intend for his brother to save him, but his intention was to make that one afraid; because perhaps if he hears that someone is behind him, he will flee if he is a thief or an aggressor.