Examples of forbidden matters in the rule: "The purpose of knowing a hadith is to act upon it, not merely to know it"
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The Shaykh : And I add to what has been mentioned before: I say that we all know that the things forbidden in the Shari'ah are divided into two categories: a category that is forbidden in itself, and a category that is forbidden because it leads to what is forbidden in itself. Something is forbidden in itself, for example, zina is forbidden in itself, drinking intoxicants is forbidden in itself. The preliminaries before these immoral acts and forbidden things are forbidden. So if these means are forbidden, then it is even more so that the goal is forbidden. For example, his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) So if the means of looking at a forbidden woman is forbidden, then it is even more so that zina is forbidden. If the purpose of the hadith is to act upon it, and in a certain situation the Messenger of Allah forbade you from narrating it, then it is even more so that it is not permissible to act upon it. This is a clear and very clear issue.
It is decreed upon the son of Adam his share of zina, and it will surely overtake him. The eye commits zina, and its zina is looking. The ear commits zina, and its zina is listening. The hand commits zina, and its zina is touching. The foot commits zina, and its zina is walking. And the private part confirms all of that or denies it.
كتب على ابن آدم حظه من الزنا فهو مدركه لا محالة فالعين تزني وزناها النظر والأذن تزني وزناها السمع واليد تزني وزناها البطش والرجل تزني وزناها المشي والفرج يصدق ذلك كله أو يكذبه
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