The Shaykh’s remarks on the importance of jurisprudence in enjoining good and forbidding evil.
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The Shaykh : Differences in environment and upbringing cause some rulings to be deferred. We are now gathered for a scholarly lesson in a house. There is no doubt that the owner of the house is one of us and among us, and he has a desire to listen to knowledge. But this knowledge that he wants to hear will not develop him; it is the community that develops him, unless he is surrounded by another community that protects him. This is exactly like material medical matters: a man living in a community that is health-wise infected, what does he take? Tonic, antibiotics, and so on. So wherever you go, you find a picture in the house. Now, if we want to follow the Shari'ah, if I want to imitate the Messenger, I must keep standing at the door and impose on the owner of the house that he remove this picture.
The questioner : I...
The Shaykh : Allow me a moment; I do not mean you or anyone else specifically.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The point is that you are living in a pressurized environment. As long as you are there, what brings you back? In any case, if I want to follow the Sunnah, I would apply what the Messenger did with the Lady Aisha. But first, where am I and where was the Messenger? And secondly, where is the person responsible for the house and where was the Lady Aisha? There is a great difference. So we cannot treat people, all people, with the same treatment that the Master of all people lived in during that time. So what do we need? As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. So we enter and do not impose our opinion, and then we clarify, and may Allah guide us all, if Allah wills.
Another questioner: The closet... inside the closet.
The Shaykh : This one that is inside the closet becomes above the closet, and this is the reality.
The questioner : I mean, the reality is not...
The Shaykh : I mean, the one who takes the picture and puts it in the closet took it to destroy it? No, to display it. So with time, you have taken a picture as a memory, as they say, and you come to know that angels do not enter a house that has a picture or a dog, so you hid this picture. But I will bring you... it went out of... this is a necessity we are talking about.
Another questioner: Except what you are compelled to?
The Shaykh : This is different from that. Is this imposed on you or by your choice?
Another questioner: No, it is imposed on me.
The Shaykh : Is this imposed on you or by your choice?
Another questioner: No, by my choice.
The Shaykh : Then part, and peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : I...
The Shaykh : Allow me a moment; I do not mean you or anyone else specifically.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The point is that you are living in a pressurized environment. As long as you are there, what brings you back? In any case, if I want to follow the Sunnah, I would apply what the Messenger did with the Lady Aisha. But first, where am I and where was the Messenger? And secondly, where is the person responsible for the house and where was the Lady Aisha? There is a great difference. So we cannot treat people, all people, with the same treatment that the Master of all people lived in during that time. So what do we need? As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Aim for the right and be near.
سددوا وقاربواAnother questioner: The closet... inside the closet.
The Shaykh : This one that is inside the closet becomes above the closet, and this is the reality.
The questioner : I mean, the reality is not...
The Shaykh : I mean, the one who takes the picture and puts it in the closet took it to destroy it? No, to display it. So with time, you have taken a picture as a memory, as they say, and you come to know that angels do not enter a house that has a picture or a dog, so you hid this picture. But I will bring you... it went out of... this is a necessity we are talking about.
Another questioner: Except what you are compelled to?
The Shaykh : This is different from that. Is this imposed on you or by your choice?
Another questioner: No, it is imposed on me.
The Shaykh : Is this imposed on you or by your choice?
Another questioner: No, by my choice.
The Shaykh : Then part, and peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.