The Shaykh's discussion regarding the issue of drinking while standing.
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The Shaykh : I am asking you a question: do you want to move toward understanding or toward distance?
The questioner : ... The matter is in your hands.
The Shaykh : What do you want? You ask me this question, I answer... I told you, do you want us to move closer in understanding or move apart? The answer is to move closer. So I tell you, I agree with you on this. What is your opinion? I mean, I say that it is permissible to drink while standing out of need. Did we agree on this point or not? Did I get closer to you or not?
The questioner : ... There is still something remaining!
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I know there is something remaining, but did we not agree on this point?
The questioner : Out of dire necessity, it is permissible...
The Shaykh : I tell you, out of need. I am now asking you a question that may bring the matter closer to understanding. Is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking water while standing, or is the default ruling in your view the prohibition of drinking water while standing?
The questioner : I say that the belief of the one who said that the prohibition here is not for prohibition.
The Shaykh : Another evasion!
The questioner : No, there is no evasion.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, can you not repeat my question to you just now?
The questioner : I still want to understand the Companion's approval of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) action. Does it not serve as support for those who said that the prohibition here is a shift from prohibition to disapproval?
The Shaykh : The answer is no, I answered your question!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And why do you not reciprocate? And what is the reward for kindness but kindness?
The questioner : ... Meaning, the default ruling regarding the prohibition is the prohibition of drinking while standing.
The Shaykh : ... We, the Salafis, reject the middle ground! I repeat the question to you, so I hope you will answer me, and I will not use the word that may offend you. I will say to you: is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking while standing, regardless of need or dire necessity? Pay attention to what I say: the default ruling, regardless. The default ruling is the obligation to cover the 'awrah, but if a person does not have what to cover his prayer with... his prayer is valid. What do we have in these details? Is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking water while standing or the impermissibility?
The questioner : The default ruling is permissibility.
The Shaykh : No, I did not understand. Within the limits of what I know of the hadiths reported on this topic, of him drinking while standing and drinking while sitting, and his prohibition of drinking while standing, and his rebuke of drinking while standing, and his saying, "The Shaytan drank with you," not you...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Within the limits of these hadiths, I am not asking you about a general rule. I am asking you: what is the rule in any matter where no explicit text has come to us? You say the default is permissibility. I say you are right, I agree with you. We are now in a matter around which hadiths revolve, which I summarized for you in the briefest terms. So what is the default ruling in your view after these hadiths regarding drinking while standing? Is it permissibility or impermissibility?
The questioner : ... No... and it was said that the action indicates permissibility...
The Shaykh : Halimah is back to her old habit!
Another questioner: He wants an inquiry from you...
The Shaykh : You have him as a lawyer...
Another questioner: O Shaykh Nasser, if you please...
The Shaykh : Be specific.
The questioner : First... we want to benefit!
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, and I love you all, and I love to benefit from you and to benefit you...
The questioner : The truth is... and I... you can walk with us through many things that are difficult for us.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt, this is an important rule, correct!
The questioner : And this is what made me ask this question?
The Shaykh : I do not blame you for asking. If I blame you for anything, it is that you do not answer me and that you are stingy with the answer!
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : If I blame you, this is my blame. But that you want to benefit and to learn, for that we came to you! ... But if you want, my brother, or if it is difficult for you, which I truly find, to train yourself in this session in the scientific method of research, then let me present the idea and my opinion on this matter. After that, look at whether it has a connection to the previous topic or the rule I explained to you there. If you wish, do it, and if you wish, leave it, because I do not want to impose on my companion, whether he is a student of knowledge, a scholar, a long-time scholar, or whatever. I do not want to impose my opinion on him. So I am giving you a choice. I have two methods now: either I ask you and you answer without evasion, or you let me explain to you how I understand the topic of drinking while standing.
The questioner : Rather, I surrender the matter, and you speak, and I benefit!
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : ... The matter is in your hands.
The Shaykh : What do you want? You ask me this question, I answer... I told you, do you want us to move closer in understanding or move apart? The answer is to move closer. So I tell you, I agree with you on this. What is your opinion? I mean, I say that it is permissible to drink while standing out of need. Did we agree on this point or not? Did I get closer to you or not?
The questioner : ... There is still something remaining!
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, I know there is something remaining, but did we not agree on this point?
The questioner : Out of dire necessity, it is permissible...
The Shaykh : I tell you, out of need. I am now asking you a question that may bring the matter closer to understanding. Is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking water while standing, or is the default ruling in your view the prohibition of drinking water while standing?
The questioner : I say that the belief of the one who said that the prohibition here is not for prohibition.
The Shaykh : Another evasion!
The questioner : No, there is no evasion.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, can you not repeat my question to you just now?
The questioner : I still want to understand the Companion's approval of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) action. Does it not serve as support for those who said that the prohibition here is a shift from prohibition to disapproval?
The Shaykh : The answer is no, I answered your question!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And why do you not reciprocate? And what is the reward for kindness but kindness?
The questioner : ... Meaning, the default ruling regarding the prohibition is the prohibition of drinking while standing.
The Shaykh : ... We, the Salafis, reject the middle ground! I repeat the question to you, so I hope you will answer me, and I will not use the word that may offend you. I will say to you: is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking while standing, regardless of need or dire necessity? Pay attention to what I say: the default ruling, regardless. The default ruling is the obligation to cover the 'awrah, but if a person does not have what to cover his prayer with... his prayer is valid. What do we have in these details? Is the default ruling in your view the permissibility of drinking water while standing or the impermissibility?
The questioner : The default ruling is permissibility.
The Shaykh : No, I did not understand. Within the limits of what I know of the hadiths reported on this topic, of him drinking while standing and drinking while sitting, and his prohibition of drinking while standing, and his rebuke of drinking while standing, and his saying, "The Shaytan drank with you," not you...
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Within the limits of these hadiths, I am not asking you about a general rule. I am asking you: what is the rule in any matter where no explicit text has come to us? You say the default is permissibility. I say you are right, I agree with you. We are now in a matter around which hadiths revolve, which I summarized for you in the briefest terms. So what is the default ruling in your view after these hadiths regarding drinking while standing? Is it permissibility or impermissibility?
The questioner : ... No... and it was said that the action indicates permissibility...
The Shaykh : Halimah is back to her old habit!
Another questioner: He wants an inquiry from you...
The Shaykh : You have him as a lawyer...
Another questioner: O Shaykh Nasser, if you please...
The Shaykh : Be specific.
The questioner : First... we want to benefit!
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good, and I love you all, and I love to benefit from you and to benefit you...
The questioner : The truth is... and I... you can walk with us through many things that are difficult for us.
The Shaykh : Without a doubt, this is an important rule, correct!
The questioner : And this is what made me ask this question?
The Shaykh : I do not blame you for asking. If I blame you for anything, it is that you do not answer me and that you are stingy with the answer!
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : If I blame you, this is my blame. But that you want to benefit and to learn, for that we came to you! ... But if you want, my brother, or if it is difficult for you, which I truly find, to train yourself in this session in the scientific method of research, then let me present the idea and my opinion on this matter. After that, look at whether it has a connection to the previous topic or the rule I explained to you there. If you wish, do it, and if you wish, leave it, because I do not want to impose on my companion, whether he is a student of knowledge, a scholar, a long-time scholar, or whatever. I do not want to impose my opinion on him. So I am giving you a choice. I have two methods now: either I ask you and you answer without evasion, or you let me explain to you how I understand the topic of drinking while standing.
The questioner : Rather, I surrender the matter, and you speak, and I benefit!
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.