Clarification that the prohibition of backbiting includes the questioner seeking a ruling, and mention of the story of the man who had intercourse during the day of Ramadan.
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The Shaykh : I will tell you a strange story. A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). A man came to him
قال : ما الذي أهلكك؟
قال : وقعت على امراتي وأنا صائم. And that was in Ramadan. Is the sin small or large? Large. The sin is large.
He broke his fast on a day when fasting is obligatory, and fasting in Ramadan is a pillar of Islam. Be careful, my brother.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
قال : ما عندي.
قال : صم شهرين متتابعين.
قال : ما أستطيع.
قال : أطعم ستين مسكينا.
قال : ما عندي
How many options are these?
The student: Three.
The Shaykh : Three? How many options, my brothers?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four. We need the fifth one after that.
Three options: freeing a slave.
Second: fasting two consecutive months. Third: feeding sixty poor people.
He could not find any of them. Mishkat al-Masabih 2814.
He said: O Messenger of Allah, I am ruined, I am ruined. He said: What has ruined you? He said: I had intercourse with my wife while I was fasting.
قال : يا رسول الله هلكت هلكت.قال : ما الذي أهلكك؟
قال : وقعت على امراتي وأنا صائم
He broke his fast on a day when fasting is obligatory, and fasting in Ramadan is a pillar of Islam. Be careful, my brother.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
Free a slave. Free a slave. He said: I do not have one. He said: Fast two consecutive months. He said: I am not able to. He said: Feed sixty poor people. He said: I do not have anything.
أعتق رقبة أعتق رقبةقال : ما عندي.
قال : صم شهرين متتابعين.
قال : ما أستطيع.
قال : أطعم ستين مسكينا.
قال : ما عندي
How many options are these?
The student: Three.
The Shaykh : Three? How many options, my brothers?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Four. We need the fifth one after that.
Three options: freeing a slave.
Second: fasting two consecutive months. Third: feeding sixty poor people.
He could not find any of them