Questions regarding mental illnesses that affect the rulings of worship, such as puberty and prayer
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The Shaykh: ... And this is the belief of the majority of Muslims today, especially the common people, that ... Jesus will descend...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : We act in the present and leave the unseen to Allah. There is no god but Allah
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : Depending on the nature of the illness, and Dr. 'Asim can provide us with details. If some mental illnesses are similar to what they call: a split personality. That a person loses consciousness of himself and does not know what is coming out of him, this person might be considered sick in the general sense mentioned in the verse[An-Nur 24:61]. My question is: does mental illness reach a level where if a person commits something, he is not held accountable by the Shari'ah because he is sick? That is my intention.
The questioner: : ... or mentally ill at the time of committing that crime, thereby they reduce the punishment for him ... When the sick person commits the act while under psychological pressure, or was previously ill, and at the time of the incident we do not know if he was aware ... Some mental illnesses are very minor, we can attribute a lack of awareness to the criminal
The Shaykh: : Lack of responsibility.
The questioner: : ... Lack of responsibility, and the majority are aware, but psychological impulses can give the crime a greater character ... And the sick person who is not aware is not held accountable, and the principle in punishment is that it applies if he is aware of what he is doing. For example, the act of anger, instead of hitting him with a stick, he hit him with a machete and was aware that his hitting could lead to death ... But he is a person who is quick to react ... Three children committed a murder ...
The Shaykh: : What are their ages?
The questioner: : Fifteen ...
The Shaykh: : Do you not see, Doctor, the parenthetical phrase calling these "juveniles"?
The questioner: : ... The tenth year is considered not responsible for the act. From the tenth to the fourteenth, if the group looking into this case finds that he could distinguish between good and bad ... Punishment after the fourteenth, the process of his punishment ... It is the dividing line between accountability and non-accountability ... British laws ... The law here is neither European nor Islamic
The Shaykh: : I mean it is not ... It is supposed to be ... For the law here, I say: the English were ruling the country, so their law should be English
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : Now, we must know what is the ruling of these juveniles in Islam?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : I wanted to say that this is part of the deviation from Islam, calling them "juveniles," similar to calling riba "interest," and calling dancing and depicting the forbidden "fine arts." This is from that category. The ruling of puberty, because it is known that the pen is lifted from the child until he reaches puberty. Added to this is something important that we can call a practical Sunnah, following the story of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh who ruled to kill the Jews, naturally those considered from the fighting age adults. I am trying to remember the name of a young man from the Jews who was among the prisoners. Sa'd ibn Mu'adh ruled to kill him. He said: "They brought me and presented me for execution." He said: "So they uncovered me, and when they found that I had not grown hair, they released me, and here I am now among you." They found him not to be of age because it is known to everyone that puberty is indicated by the growth of hair, so this is an external sign of puberty. If he is seventeen or eighteen, they marry and have children.
The questioner: : If there is a medical condition, it is looked into
The Shaykh: : ... What? The research went back to the previous ...
The questioner: : ... There is a child in the ninth and a half year, and he has a gland disease ...
The Shaykh: : ... Excuse me ... Yes, it is abnormal. What is external puberty?
The questioner: : You find hair and a beard ...
The Shaykh: : Now, what are the signs that this is not normal?
The questioner: : That you see a small girl ... or a small child with a beard, whereas mentally ...
The Shaykh: : No, but this statement is not correct. Your saying: imagine his speech. This is not his speech, this is his memorization, and there is a big difference. For example, put that he improvises on a topic ... But he memorizes like the old imams who improvise a sermon they studied for many long years, from the book of pulpit sermons.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : You would be the first to run away, meaning.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : I mean you do not think that he is speaking from his memory and not from his mind, you did not notice this thing
The questioner: : ... Memorizer
The Shaykh: : No, I do not think so, because if he mixes, he really gets lost. This is all memorized for him, my brother. I did not hear it, but I was informed of many of his sermons, so I assumed that all of this is memorization. A person at this age can have a strong memory, because we know that in Pakistan, a child of eight or nine years old memorizes the entire Qur'an from beginning to end.
The questioner:...
The Shaykh: This is absolutely not the case. If he were to improvise a sermon from his own mind, that would be better and better.
The questioner: : ... He memorizes ten parts
The Shaykh: : Why do you run from the mercy of Allah, when the rain is all good?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : We act in the present and leave the unseen to Allah. There is no god but Allah
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : Depending on the nature of the illness, and Dr. 'Asim can provide us with details. If some mental illnesses are similar to what they call: a split personality. That a person loses consciousness of himself and does not know what is coming out of him, this person might be considered sick in the general sense mentioned in the verse
nor upon the ill constraint
ليس على المريض حرجThe questioner: : ... or mentally ill at the time of committing that crime, thereby they reduce the punishment for him ... When the sick person commits the act while under psychological pressure, or was previously ill, and at the time of the incident we do not know if he was aware ... Some mental illnesses are very minor, we can attribute a lack of awareness to the criminal
The Shaykh: : Lack of responsibility.
The questioner: : ... Lack of responsibility, and the majority are aware, but psychological impulses can give the crime a greater character ... And the sick person who is not aware is not held accountable, and the principle in punishment is that it applies if he is aware of what he is doing. For example, the act of anger, instead of hitting him with a stick, he hit him with a machete and was aware that his hitting could lead to death ... But he is a person who is quick to react ... Three children committed a murder ...
The Shaykh: : What are their ages?
The questioner: : Fifteen ...
The Shaykh: : Do you not see, Doctor, the parenthetical phrase calling these "juveniles"?
The questioner: : ... The tenth year is considered not responsible for the act. From the tenth to the fourteenth, if the group looking into this case finds that he could distinguish between good and bad ... Punishment after the fourteenth, the process of his punishment ... It is the dividing line between accountability and non-accountability ... British laws ... The law here is neither European nor Islamic
The Shaykh: : I mean it is not ... It is supposed to be ... For the law here, I say: the English were ruling the country, so their law should be English
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : Now, we must know what is the ruling of these juveniles in Islam?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : I wanted to say that this is part of the deviation from Islam, calling them "juveniles," similar to calling riba "interest," and calling dancing and depicting the forbidden "fine arts." This is from that category. The ruling of puberty, because it is known that the pen is lifted from the child until he reaches puberty. Added to this is something important that we can call a practical Sunnah, following the story of Sa'd ibn Mu'adh who ruled to kill the Jews, naturally those considered from the fighting age adults. I am trying to remember the name of a young man from the Jews who was among the prisoners. Sa'd ibn Mu'adh ruled to kill him. He said: "They brought me and presented me for execution." He said: "So they uncovered me, and when they found that I had not grown hair, they released me, and here I am now among you." They found him not to be of age because it is known to everyone that puberty is indicated by the growth of hair, so this is an external sign of puberty. If he is seventeen or eighteen, they marry and have children.
The questioner: : If there is a medical condition, it is looked into
The Shaykh: : ... What? The research went back to the previous ...
The questioner: : ... There is a child in the ninth and a half year, and he has a gland disease ...
The Shaykh: : ... Excuse me ... Yes, it is abnormal. What is external puberty?
The questioner: : You find hair and a beard ...
The Shaykh: : Now, what are the signs that this is not normal?
The questioner: : That you see a small girl ... or a small child with a beard, whereas mentally ...
The Shaykh: : No, but this statement is not correct. Your saying: imagine his speech. This is not his speech, this is his memorization, and there is a big difference. For example, put that he improvises on a topic ... But he memorizes like the old imams who improvise a sermon they studied for many long years, from the book of pulpit sermons.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : You would be the first to run away, meaning.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh: : I mean you do not think that he is speaking from his memory and not from his mind, you did not notice this thing
The questioner: : ... Memorizer
The Shaykh: : No, I do not think so, because if he mixes, he really gets lost. This is all memorized for him, my brother. I did not hear it, but I was informed of many of his sermons, so I assumed that all of this is memorization. A person at this age can have a strong memory, because we know that in Pakistan, a child of eight or nine years old memorizes the entire Qur'an from beginning to end.
The questioner:...
The Shaykh: This is absolutely not the case. If he were to improvise a sermon from his own mind, that would be better and better.
The questioner: : ... He memorizes ten parts
The Shaykh: : Why do you run from the mercy of Allah, when the rain is all good?
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