If a child opens a gas cylinder in the market and a man wants to close it out of fear for the people's lives, is this considered suicide?
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The questioner : My Shaykh, suppose now there is a gas car in the market, meaning one of the boys opened a cylinder, but most people fled and no one tried to close the gas cylinder, especially since the place has many restaurants and such. So if someone, for example, went to the cylinder and closed it, or it exploded before he reached it, does he bear any responsibility, O Shaykh? I mean, of course, he thought there was great harm and that there were people, and he might be able to save them from this harm?
The Shaykh : If it is more likely in his mind that he will perish, then it is not permissible for him to do so. But if it is more likely in his mind that he will save the people, then this is indeed a good deed.
The questioner : Excuse me, Shaykh, there is a difference between this scenario and the previous one, even though there is death in one case and it is not said there is certain death, while here there is certain death?
The Shaykh : How so? What is the difference? There, first of all, there is jihad and a battle, and we told you that the one in charge of the battle, the commander, knows the topography, as they say, of the land and so on, so it must be according to the opinion of that commander, not the opinion of the soldier. So this is a fundamental difference between that incident and this one.
The questioner : Well, what if his death is certain?
The Shaykh : There, in the battle?
The questioner : Yes, in the battle... and if he fights with a sword?
The Shaykh : And if it is certain death, because what is more likely now is that the one who attacks them, with a sword in his hand, against hundreds, or even thousands, as used to happen in early history, it is more likely that he will not return except as a casualty.
The questioner : Well, regarding the answer, well, it may happen that there is a greater probability, meaning a high probability, that if no one went, the cylinder would explode, but the probability is much lower that this person might reach it?
The Shaykh : What is the difference between this statement and the first statement?
The questioner : If we go back to the first statement...
The Shaykh : Your first statement. What is the difference between your first statement and your second statement? Is there a difference?
The questioner : By Allah, I feel that there is a difference.
The Shaykh : You feel it? I don't think so, I don't think you feel the difference, because if you felt the difference, you would explain it to us...
The questioner : I will explain it to the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you want to explain it?
The questioner : It came to my mind after your answer.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I am not asking you when it came to your mind. Can you explain the difference?
The questioner : Yes, I will explain the difference.
The Shaykh : The difference between what and what do you want to explain? Do you want to explain the difference between what and what?
The questioner : The higher probability is that this cylinder might explode.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, and this is what you want to explain... You want to explain the difference between your first statement and your second statement; because my question is directed at you, and this, of course, to the extent that I understood, is that I do not see a difference between your first statement and your other statement, and therefore, you will not see a difference between my first answer and my other answer. So if it is true that you feel there is a difference between your first statement and your other statement, then I say to you: explain the difference to me so that I can explain the difference to you. If you do not explain the difference, I will not explain the difference to you...
The questioner : What is the degree of authenticity of the hadith: ... it spread in his lesson. I say to him, where is this found? He says this was narrated byThe Shaykh : The Shaykh :
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Masha'Allah, Allah is the Helper.
The Shaykh : If it is more likely in his mind that he will perish, then it is not permissible for him to do so. But if it is more likely in his mind that he will save the people, then this is indeed a good deed.
The questioner : Excuse me, Shaykh, there is a difference between this scenario and the previous one, even though there is death in one case and it is not said there is certain death, while here there is certain death?
The Shaykh : How so? What is the difference? There, first of all, there is jihad and a battle, and we told you that the one in charge of the battle, the commander, knows the topography, as they say, of the land and so on, so it must be according to the opinion of that commander, not the opinion of the soldier. So this is a fundamental difference between that incident and this one.
The questioner : Well, what if his death is certain?
The Shaykh : There, in the battle?
The questioner : Yes, in the battle... and if he fights with a sword?
The Shaykh : And if it is certain death, because what is more likely now is that the one who attacks them, with a sword in his hand, against hundreds, or even thousands, as used to happen in early history, it is more likely that he will not return except as a casualty.
The questioner : Well, regarding the answer, well, it may happen that there is a greater probability, meaning a high probability, that if no one went, the cylinder would explode, but the probability is much lower that this person might reach it?
The Shaykh : What is the difference between this statement and the first statement?
The questioner : If we go back to the first statement...
The Shaykh : Your first statement. What is the difference between your first statement and your second statement? Is there a difference?
The questioner : By Allah, I feel that there is a difference.
The Shaykh : You feel it? I don't think so, I don't think you feel the difference, because if you felt the difference, you would explain it to us...
The questioner : I will explain it to the Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And you want to explain it?
The questioner : It came to my mind after your answer.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I am not asking you when it came to your mind. Can you explain the difference?
The questioner : Yes, I will explain the difference.
The Shaykh : The difference between what and what do you want to explain? Do you want to explain the difference between what and what?
The questioner : The higher probability is that this cylinder might explode.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, and this is what you want to explain... You want to explain the difference between your first statement and your second statement; because my question is directed at you, and this, of course, to the extent that I understood, is that I do not see a difference between your first statement and your other statement, and therefore, you will not see a difference between my first answer and my other answer. So if it is true that you feel there is a difference between your first statement and your other statement, then I say to you: explain the difference to me so that I can explain the difference to you. If you do not explain the difference, I will not explain the difference to you...
The questioner : What is the degree of authenticity of the hadith:
If the nation exalts the worldly life, the awe of Islam is removed from them, and if they abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, it is removed
إذا عظمت الأمة الدنيا نزع منها هيبة الإسلام ، وإذا تركت الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر نزعThe Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Masha'Allah, Allah is the Helper.
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