His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “They ask me, and Allah dislikes stinginess for me.”

The Shaykh : Sometimes it may beThe student : For something that is not a ruqyah, as you will hear, it is not permissible for him to ask for it. Nevertheless, it is permissible for the one asked to give it to him, and it appears that this does not count as assisting him in violating the Shari'ah. However, this helper's intention is not to assist, but rather to ward off disgrace from himself, so he is excused. For example, Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad, and al-Hakim in his Mustadrak, from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that a man used to come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asking him, and he was strong. What does "asking him" mean? It means begging from him. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would give him whatever was easy for him. When the man left, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He has left my presence carrying fire under his armpit," meaning the charity he asked for and placed under his armpit. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is very clear that this man's asking was not permissible, otherwise there would not have been this severe threat and warning.The questioner : It was not permissible, otherwise there would not have been such severe threats and warnings . That is why they said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, why did you give it to him?” He said, peace be upon him, and here is the point , meaning that the station of prophethood and messengership is a very high and exalted station. The one who holds this station must employ every means to ensure that it is not tarnished, even by a bad reputation arising from something attributed to the Messenger, peace be upon him. Therefore, he does not allow such a cause to arise from him , that is, if the Messenger, peace be upon him, had not responded to thisThe questioner : and had not given it to him, the man would have gone back talking to the people about what? The opposite of what happened to a man from a tribe I do not remember now, the head of a tribe. He asked the Messenger, peace be upon him, or rather, he did not ask him; I no longer remember now. He gave him a hundred camels. This man’s mind was nearly flying; he had received a gift of a hundred camels from someone. And you know that camels are expensive, especially in those days. So he returned to his tribe with those hundred camels and said, “O people, submit to Islam and believe in Allah and His Messenger, for I have not seen a person more generous with his hand than him.” So the entire tribe submitted to Islam. Thus, his giving, peace be upon him, this generous gift of that magnitude was the cause of the guidance of a tribe. The opposite could have been the exact reverse: if he had not given to the one who asked, and the Messenger knew that this person had no right to ask, he would have gone back saying, “The Messenger is stingy.” The word “stingy” is a blemish on the record of prophethood and messengership. Therefore, he did not want to open the door to such a blemish; he wanted to block the path to it, so he gave.The questioner : even if he was not in the right, why did he give it? And he pointed out that this question is not permissible because he went out carrying it like fire. So why did you give it to him, O Messenger of Allah? He said: . So it is permissible for a person to ward off an expected evil, even if that involves unintentionally assisting someone who asked a question that is not permissible in the Shari'ah. Now, perhaps we will end our speech for this night, at least. It is eight o’clock, and we have been with you, O Muslims. There may be one or two among the attendees, but you are all Muslims, and praise be to Allah. We have been with you from the morning until this evening, and if Allah wills, our appointment is tomorrow. Each of you should strive to attend the council of knowledge within the limits of his capacity, preparation, and circumstances. Glory be to You, O Allah, and by Your praise, and I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.