In the systems of some countries, one does not deliver a lesson in the mosque without a government permit. What is the ruling on one who uses a double meaning with the imam by saying:
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The questioner : When I ask, regarding the hadith in the mosques, meaning it is prohibited there in Saudi Arabia by official order, so I say to the imam, for example, "I have an order from His Majesty," or "I have permission from His Majesty." I said in some gatherings that some supported it and some said it is not permissible to say this. And I mean by "His Majesty," meaning [Ali 'Imran 3:104] He placed this verse. Is it correct to say "His Majesty" for Allah Mighty and Majestic?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : I am doing a double meaning.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because this double meaning—you have finished the question, are you afraid it has a tail? This double meaning is not permissible, because the double meaning that came from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was for using a double meaning with the disbelievers, not with the Muslims. Do you understand up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, secondly, this double meaning contains conveying the opposite of what the one using it intends, the opposite of what the one using it intends. So those people understand from you that "His Majesty" is the king, because unfortunately this expression in the terminology of the people of this time, who do not observe the etiquettes of Islam, especially regarding the etiquettes of Islam related to names and titles, they understand from the word "His Majesty" nothing but what some moderates call "the exalted king." So here, it is obligatory for you and those like you to observe the etiquette of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "Speak to people according to the level of their understanding. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about? Speak to people according to the level of their understanding." You are correct in using a double meaning, but they understand from you that you are with them, with them in applying this title to one to whom it is not permissible to apply it. And from here comes the prohibition and the error. As for a double meaning that does not cause harm, even if it is conceptual or intellectual harm, this double meaning is not permissible. Before you came, I think, on the occasion of some questions, I explained the hadithSunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam), and that the meaning of this hadith is that it is not permissible to harm yourself, even with good, and it is not permissible to harm others, even with good. Look, the meaning of this is that it is not permissible for a Muslim to use a double meaning that harms others. And the worst of harm is when you make them understand from you the opposite of what you are. Clear? Okay.
The questioner : Is it correct to say that Allah is "His Majesty"?
The Shaykh : It is correct without making it a title as a normal expression, meaning with the previously mentioned condition that those around you understand that it is He, Allah, and do not understand it as the king. But it is not permissible to take this as a title for Allah because it has not been transmitted.
The questioner : From the king, I sometimes say with me the king.
The Shaykh : Likewise, even if he says "from the king" only, stay in your place, from the perspective of what? Misleading. He is telling them "from the king," meaning the human ruling king. This is a second discussion, the chapter of double meaning in necessity?
The questioner : I say the prohibited thing is from the chapter of double meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is this, yes, there is a difference, of course, as you want to say, between "His Majesty" and "the King," because "the King" is one of the names of Allah, whereas "His Majesty" is a title that is sometimes permissible if it is used and the intention is understood, otherwise it is not. Yes.
The questioner : One of the students sits next to me, and he is a student of Abu Ghuddah and a very extreme Hanafi; I have not seen anyone like him.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : He says, one of the young men who sat next to him says, "The one who enters from here exits from here."
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest! But he is coming for the testimony.
The questioner : We heard that he came for another purpose and opened a school in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah to spread his poisons.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings. There is no room for raising the matter.
The questioner : ... I heard that he is being monitored.
And let there be [arising] from you a nation
ولتكن منكم امةThe Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : I am doing a double meaning.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible, because this double meaning—you have finished the question, are you afraid it has a tail? This double meaning is not permissible, because the double meaning that came from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was for using a double meaning with the disbelievers, not with the Muslims. Do you understand up to here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, secondly, this double meaning contains conveying the opposite of what the one using it intends, the opposite of what the one using it intends. So those people understand from you that "His Majesty" is the king, because unfortunately this expression in the terminology of the people of this time, who do not observe the etiquettes of Islam, especially regarding the etiquettes of Islam related to names and titles, they understand from the word "His Majesty" nothing but what some moderates call "the exalted king." So here, it is obligatory for you and those like you to observe the etiquette of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "Speak to people according to the level of their understanding. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about? Speak to people according to the level of their understanding." You are correct in using a double meaning, but they understand from you that you are with them, with them in applying this title to one to whom it is not permissible to apply it. And from here comes the prohibition and the error. As for a double meaning that does not cause harm, even if it is conceptual or intellectual harm, this double meaning is not permissible. Before you came, I think, on the occasion of some questions, I explained the hadith
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارThe questioner : Is it correct to say that Allah is "His Majesty"?
The Shaykh : It is correct without making it a title as a normal expression, meaning with the previously mentioned condition that those around you understand that it is He, Allah, and do not understand it as the king. But it is not permissible to take this as a title for Allah because it has not been transmitted.
The questioner : From the king, I sometimes say with me the king.
The Shaykh : Likewise, even if he says "from the king" only, stay in your place, from the perspective of what? Misleading. He is telling them "from the king," meaning the human ruling king. This is a second discussion, the chapter of double meaning in necessity?
The questioner : I say the prohibited thing is from the chapter of double meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is this, yes, there is a difference, of course, as you want to say, between "His Majesty" and "the King," because "the King" is one of the names of Allah, whereas "His Majesty" is a title that is sometimes permissible if it is used and the intention is understood, otherwise it is not. Yes.
The questioner : One of the students sits next to me, and he is a student of Abu Ghuddah and a very extreme Hanafi; I have not seen anyone like him.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!!
The questioner : He says, one of the young men who sat next to him says, "The one who enters from here exits from here."
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest! But he is coming for the testimony.
The questioner : We heard that he came for another purpose and opened a school in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah to spread his poisons.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings. There is no room for raising the matter.
The questioner : ... I heard that he is being monitored.
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