Is it forbidden to withhold worldly knowledge?
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The questioner : Does the ruling differ if this matter is voluntary or non-voluntary? I mean, if I know that a certain person has knowledge in a specific life matter, such as making kunafa, and I am a seller of kunafa...
The Shaykh : And what are you?
The questioner : I am a seller of kunafa. I do not want to give away the secret of this trade that I have. So if someone comes and asks me now, is it obligatory for me to answer him when he asks, or am I allowed to refuse?
The Shaykh : According to that school of thought, it is obligatory...
The questioner : According to that... according to what we say?
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory.
The questioner : It is not obligatory.
The Shaykh : Of course, the question, as is very clear, is whether it is obligatory or not. But is it good? From the perspective of excellence, may Allah will it.
The questioner : It is good, may Allah will it.
Abu Layla : Good.
The Shaykh : Sweet. I like sweet things.
Abu Layla : Our Shaykh, I did not finish taking the tapes and listening to them... just, subhan Allah al-Azim, I found myself speaking, as if I were saying to him, "Do you imagine that what he understood from this speech and hearing the words...The Shaykh : ...in this topic, does anything remain in this?" He said to me, "I do not think so."
The Shaykh : And what are you?
The questioner : I am a seller of kunafa. I do not want to give away the secret of this trade that I have. So if someone comes and asks me now, is it obligatory for me to answer him when he asks, or am I allowed to refuse?
The Shaykh : According to that school of thought, it is obligatory...
The questioner : According to that... according to what we say?
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory.
The questioner : It is not obligatory.
The Shaykh : Of course, the question, as is very clear, is whether it is obligatory or not. But is it good? From the perspective of excellence, may Allah will it.
The questioner : It is good, may Allah will it.
Abu Layla : Good.
The Shaykh : Sweet. I like sweet things.
Abu Layla : Our Shaykh, I did not finish taking the tapes and listening to them... just, subhan Allah al-Azim, I found myself speaking, as if I were saying to him, "Do you imagine that what he understood from this speech and hearing the words...The Shaykh : ...in this topic, does anything remain in this?" He said to me, "I do not think so."
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