Is it obligatory for a student to marry if he fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and cannot fast in the lands of disbelief?
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The questioner : I hinted in the second answer to the following question from the brother, who says: If he fearsThe student : fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and cannot fast in the lands of disbelief, is it obligatory for him to marry if he fearsThe student : fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and cannot fast in the lands of disbelief, is it obligatory for him to marry?
The Shaykh : Your question is based on a question regarding your brother's statement about his sons when he said in his first question...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That he was unable to perform the farewell tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah). Is it true here that he is unable to fast? I do not think that is correct, because voluntary fasting is not the same as obligatory fasting. That is, he fasts voluntarily within the limits of his ability. So when you ask this question, the questioner says he is in the West, is it permissible for him to marry because he cannot fast, meaning: he cannot implement the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 2241Sahih (Darussalam), a...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Which fast? The voluntary fast...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the voluntary fast has levels and degrees. To fast one day and break the fast the next day. Let us assume he cannot fast one day, meaning he has to fast half the year. And this is not easy, it is difficult. Okay, we lower the level to fasting two days every week, Tuesday and Thursday. And this is also difficult. Okay, he fasts three days in the month. In the first case, how many days does he have to fast? Eight days.
The questioner : Eight days.
The Shaykh : Eight days. So, fasting three days are the white days, as you know, and so on. The examples vary. And finally, we say according to what is facilitated for him. All of this is in implementation of the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 2241Sahih (Darussalam), and this is restricted within the limits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Taghabun 64:16]. So, I do not imagine that a young man would leave his Islamic country and go to a Western country for what? For study. Study of what? Religious knowledge? No, material knowledge. So he travels this long and arduous journey and cannot fast except the obligatory fast of Ramadan. This does not enter my mind. Therefore, we say: he can fast voluntarily within the limits of the rule mentioned above: [At-Taghabun 64:16]. And I do not miss the opportunity to say that it is permissible for him to marry if we accept the validity of the question that he absolutely cannot [fast] under the conditions we mentioned above, which are absent. Therefore, we say: do not marry, and fast within the limits of what you can of voluntary fasting. Yes...
The questioner : The intended meaning of marriage is to a Muslim woman in the lands of disbelief... Fasting for us is sometimes, especially... 21 hours, because sunset is at eleven...
The Shaykh: Yes ...
The questioner : Meaning, the fast is 21 hours.
The Shaykh : Okay, what about the opposite? It doesn't come...
The questioner : The opposite happens, but the long period, the period is long...
The Shaykh : Do not return to your first statement and do not dwell on what is in your benefit, but turn to what is not in your benefit, so that you are fair in your speech, just, and not following desire. One day for you and one day against you. And we are now entering a topic other than the one you wanted to discuss, reminding you of your mistake when you said "the intended meaning is such and such." Do not say "the intended meaning is such and such." You say: "I have a question, the intended meaning of which is such and such." As for the intended meaning of the previous speech, this is a patching of the previous speech and an interpretation other than the correct interpretation. You may say: "I have a question other than the previous speech," and you say what I said above. But do not restrict the issue. By Allah, fasting is about 24 hours, 24 hours minus two hours, 24 hours minus three hours, minus four. And I know that this is not established, because it varies with the course of the sun until the situation is completely reversed, meaning it becomes, as they say, a debt of repayment. Fasting in some days becomes so short that even the sick can fast. Why? Because it is short.
The questioner : Four hours, three hours.
The Shaykh : Four hours, three hours, and so on. So, it is correct that what was said above is that this is a wrong question. He may be able to, my brother. Hey, we are now, as they say, on our feet. He brought us the narrow picture.
The Shaykh : Your question is based on a question regarding your brother's statement about his sons when he said in his first question...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : That he was unable to perform the farewell tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah). Is it true here that he is unable to fast? I do not think that is correct, because voluntary fasting is not the same as obligatory fasting. That is, he fasts voluntarily within the limits of his ability. So when you ask this question, the questioner says he is in the West, is it permissible for him to marry because he cannot fast, meaning: he cannot implement the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
should fast, for it will be a restraint (Wija) for him.
فعليك بالصوم ؛ فإنه له وجاءThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Which fast? The voluntary fast...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the voluntary fast has levels and degrees. To fast one day and break the fast the next day. Let us assume he cannot fast one day, meaning he has to fast half the year. And this is not easy, it is difficult. Okay, we lower the level to fasting two days every week, Tuesday and Thursday. And this is also difficult. Okay, he fasts three days in the month. In the first case, how many days does he have to fast? Eight days.
The questioner : Eight days.
The Shaykh : Eight days. So, fasting three days are the white days, as you know, and so on. The examples vary. And finally, we say according to what is facilitated for him. All of this is in implementation of the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
should fast, for it will be a restraint (Wija) for him.
فعليه بالصوم ؛ فإنه له وجاءfear Allah as much as you are able
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْfear Allah as much as you are able
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe questioner : The intended meaning of marriage is to a Muslim woman in the lands of disbelief... Fasting for us is sometimes, especially... 21 hours, because sunset is at eleven...
The Shaykh: Yes ...
The questioner : Meaning, the fast is 21 hours.
The Shaykh : Okay, what about the opposite? It doesn't come...
The questioner : The opposite happens, but the long period, the period is long...
The Shaykh : Do not return to your first statement and do not dwell on what is in your benefit, but turn to what is not in your benefit, so that you are fair in your speech, just, and not following desire. One day for you and one day against you. And we are now entering a topic other than the one you wanted to discuss, reminding you of your mistake when you said "the intended meaning is such and such." Do not say "the intended meaning is such and such." You say: "I have a question, the intended meaning of which is such and such." As for the intended meaning of the previous speech, this is a patching of the previous speech and an interpretation other than the correct interpretation. You may say: "I have a question other than the previous speech," and you say what I said above. But do not restrict the issue. By Allah, fasting is about 24 hours, 24 hours minus two hours, 24 hours minus three hours, minus four. And I know that this is not established, because it varies with the course of the sun until the situation is completely reversed, meaning it becomes, as they say, a debt of repayment. Fasting in some days becomes so short that even the sick can fast. Why? Because it is short.
The questioner : Four hours, three hours.
The Shaykh : Four hours, three hours, and so on. So, it is correct that what was said above is that this is a wrong question. He may be able to, my brother. Hey, we are now, as they say, on our feet. He brought us the narrow picture.
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