Is it said of a man who steals that he took his provision?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : If a man usurps another man's provision, is it correct for us to say that he took another's provision?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : If a man usurps another man's provision, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Yes, we say he took his provision, but Allah will provide for that person. But what do you say, Ahmad, about a cat that took a chicken? Do you rescue it from the cat, or if you rescue it, have you cut off its provision? Answer.
The student: We rescue it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: We rescue it from the cat.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: We rescue it from the cat, and Allah will provide for it.
The Shaykh : You rescue it from the cat. Good, this is provision that Allah directed to it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Yes, we rescue it.
The Shaykh : Good, if it is a piece of chicken meat.
The student: Even the meat.
The Shaykh : Even the meat. Good.
The student: If you took it by usurpation.
The Shaykh : Why? Because the sanctity of a human being is greater than the sanctity of an animal, and this is the property of a human being, which is respected, whether it was mine and I took it for myself, or it belonged to someone else. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : If a man usurps another man's provision, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Yes, we say he took his provision, but Allah will provide for that person. But what do you say, Ahmad, about a cat that took a chicken? Do you rescue it from the cat, or if you rescue it, have you cut off its provision? Answer.
The student: We rescue it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: We rescue it from the cat.
The Shaykh : How?
The student: We rescue it from the cat, and Allah will provide for it.
The Shaykh : You rescue it from the cat. Good, this is provision that Allah directed to it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: Yes, we rescue it.
The Shaykh : Good, if it is a piece of chicken meat.
The student: Even the meat.
The Shaykh : Even the meat. Good.
The student: If you took it by usurpation.
The Shaykh : Why? Because the sanctity of a human being is greater than the sanctity of an animal, and this is the property of a human being, which is respected, whether it was mine and I took it for myself, or it belonged to someone else. Yes.