The Warning That Befalls the Owner of the Dish
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In the fatwas regarding the dish, some students of knowledge say: that anyone who installs this device will not enter Paradise, and they issued this ruling to avoid fitnah (trial/discord). We want clarification of the issue?
May Allah reward you, there is no problem. The texts of warning remain in their generality, but they are not applied to every specific individual; because we do not know, perhaps Allah will forgive him.The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (No servant whom Allah entrusts with the care of a people, who dies while being a deceiver to them, will Allah forbid him from Paradise) This hadith is general. So if we find a person whom Allah has entrusted with a people and he dies while being a deceiver to them, he falls under this warning.But we do not testify for him specifically by saying: Muhammad is forbidden from Paradise; because he was a deceiver to the people. There is no problem with this. But considering that the general public do not understand the difference between specifying and generalizing, we wrote instead of: "Allah has forbidden him from Paradise," we wrote "it is feared that the warning will befall him" or a similar phrase, otherwise the hadith is general and applies to this case.Because if we asked any person: Did Allah entrust the man with the care of his people, his family?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Without a doubt, is it from advice and trustworthiness to bring this dish to them or enable them to have it, while he has the ability to prevent it?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: From trustworthiness?The questioner: It is from trustworthiness that he does not bring it into the house.
The Shaykh: So it is not from trustworthiness, is he a deceiver or not?The questioner: A deceiver.
The Shaykh: If he dies, the hadith is true, but you do not testify for a specific individual. Now, for example,The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Whoever drags his garment out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him) We find a man dragging his garment out of arrogance, do we testify for him specifically that Allah will not look at him?The questioner: We do not testify specifically about him.
The Shaykh: But we say: You are included in the generality, but specifically it is not permissible for us to testify; because perhaps Allah will accept his repentance, or he may have good deeds that overwhelm the bad, or he may be forgiven, or those who pray for him may intercede for him.Because: (No Muslim man dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah stand over his funeral, except that Allah will intercede for him through them).
Now, for example, is the believer who does good deeds in Paradise or in the Fire?The questioner: In Paradise.
The Shaykh: A man whom we know is a believer who does good deeds, do we testify for him specifically that he is in Paradise? No.
So people must know the difference between generalizing and specifying.
A man who was killed in the battlefield in jihad in the path of Allah by the enemy (Whoever is killed in the path of Allah is a martyr) Do we say: This killed man is a martyr?Answer: No.
May Allah reward you, there is no problem. The texts of warning remain in their generality, but they are not applied to every specific individual; because we do not know, perhaps Allah will forgive him.The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (No servant whom Allah entrusts with the care of a people, who dies while being a deceiver to them, will Allah forbid him from Paradise) This hadith is general. So if we find a person whom Allah has entrusted with a people and he dies while being a deceiver to them, he falls under this warning.But we do not testify for him specifically by saying: Muhammad is forbidden from Paradise; because he was a deceiver to the people. There is no problem with this. But considering that the general public do not understand the difference between specifying and generalizing, we wrote instead of: "Allah has forbidden him from Paradise," we wrote "it is feared that the warning will befall him" or a similar phrase, otherwise the hadith is general and applies to this case.Because if we asked any person: Did Allah entrust the man with the care of his people, his family?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Without a doubt, is it from advice and trustworthiness to bring this dish to them or enable them to have it, while he has the ability to prevent it?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: From trustworthiness?The questioner: It is from trustworthiness that he does not bring it into the house.
The Shaykh: So it is not from trustworthiness, is he a deceiver or not?The questioner: A deceiver.
The Shaykh: If he dies, the hadith is true, but you do not testify for a specific individual. Now, for example,The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Whoever drags his garment out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him) We find a man dragging his garment out of arrogance, do we testify for him specifically that Allah will not look at him?The questioner: We do not testify specifically about him.
The Shaykh: But we say: You are included in the generality, but specifically it is not permissible for us to testify; because perhaps Allah will accept his repentance, or he may have good deeds that overwhelm the bad, or he may be forgiven, or those who pray for him may intercede for him.Because: (No Muslim man dies and forty men who do not associate anything with Allah stand over his funeral, except that Allah will intercede for him through them).
Now, for example, is the believer who does good deeds in Paradise or in the Fire?The questioner: In Paradise.
The Shaykh: A man whom we know is a believer who does good deeds, do we testify for him specifically that he is in Paradise? No.
So people must know the difference between generalizing and specifying.
A man who was killed in the battlefield in jihad in the path of Allah by the enemy (Whoever is killed in the path of Allah is a martyr) Do we say: This killed man is a martyr?Answer: No.