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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the fiqh of the hadith (Whoever does such-and-such, bite him in the private parts of his father) and its completion?

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Whoever does such-and-such, bite him in the private parts of his father. من فعل كذا ، فعضوه بهن أبيه
We want the completion of the hadith because I heard it but I did not know its completion.

The Shaykh: No, bite him also,
So bite him. فأعضوه
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The questioner:
strike his father with his own hand فأعضوه بهن أبيه
We want the completion of the hadith and its meaning, may Allah reward you.

The Shaykh: This is the completion of the hadith, but you want the beginning of the hadith.

The questioner: The beginning of the hadith, yes.

The Shaykh: Yes, the hadith says, may the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him, and this is also one of the very important hadiths to know its fiqh and its implication in our present age, the age that is characterized, or rather many of its callers are characterized, by leniency and tolerance in everything. We know that leniency and tolerance in da'wah is the principle, but that is not a rule that is always and forever applicable. Sometimes the wisdom of da'wah requires some severity and harshness. This type of severity and harshness in its appropriate place is not known by many callers today, neither in fiqh nor in practical application. Our hadith draws attention to the error of generalizing the easy, lenient style always and forever. That is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Whoever boasts with the boasts of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, bite him in the private parts of his father, and do not use euphemisms. من تعزّى بعزاء الجاهلية فأعضوه بهن أبيه ولا تُكنوا
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 62:283
. "Al-han" is an euphemism, because what is intended is the male organ. And whoever boasts with the boasts of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, that is a sin. So if you hear a man boasting and taking pride in some of the boasts of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, be severe with him in forbidding it, and say to him, "Bite such-and-such." "Such-and-such" is also a euphemism, but we are not now in the position of making it explicit, because we are in the position of clarifying "al-han" which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) intended in this hadith. So, the one who enjoins good and forbids evil, if he is in a position that requires severity, severity here is wisdom, and leniency here is contrary to wisdom. Why? Because of his saying, may the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him,
Whoever boasts with the boasts of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, bite him in the private parts of his father, and do not use euphemisms. من تعزى بعزاء الجاهلية فأعضّوه بهن أبيه ولا تكنوا
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 62:283
. It is not a euphemism; they made it explicit with "such-and-such." This is the wording of the hadith and this is its fiqh. And ... if the introduction I presented is something we are in great need of recognizing in the present age, because I hear a lot, and a very lot, from some of those who claim to be callers, or from some of the general public: "My brother, so-and-so, by Allah, is severe." As for being severe consistently, that is undoubtedly a reprehensible matter. But as for being severe sometimes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sometimes severe. No doubt that many of our brothers present now, especially among them the students of knowledge, have read the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while he was delivering the sermon one day, a man from among his Companions stood up to say to him, "What Allah wills and what you will, O Messenger of Allah." This man said a word very simply, which is "What Allah wills and what you will, O Messenger of Allah." So what was the position of the Messenger? It was not the position of the lenient caller who would say here, "May Allah reward you, your intention is good, but your word is not permissible, and I know that you do not want anything but good." No, rather he startled him, may the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him, with his saying
Have you made me an equal to Allah? Say, "What Allah wills alone." أجعلتني لله ندا؟ قل ما شاء الله وحده
As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1386
. If one of us today used this style of severe forbidding, and in the form of the rhetorical question as the linguists say, he would be called an extremist. So severity in its place is wisdom, and leniency in its place is wisdom. This is the hadith.
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