If there is a dispute between two parties and the one who is losing calls out to his brother or his father with the intention of frightening the other, while he knows that he will not hear him, is this a forbidden call for aid?
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The questioner : ... a dispute arises, and this one who is losing calls out to his brother or his father.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : He calls out to his brother or his father, knowing that he will not hear him, with the intention of frightening him only. Does this fall under calling for aid?
The Shaykh : That is, there is a dispute between two people, and one of them calls for help from his brother, his father, or his friend.
The questioner : He knows that he will not hear him.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He knows that he will not hear him.
The Shaykh : He does not hear it.
The questioner : His brother or his father does not hear him.
The Shaykh : He does not hear it.
The questioner : He does not hear this.
The Shaykh : He does not hear? What do you mean by "he does not hear"?
The questioner : His brother or his father does not hear?
The questioner : He does not hear because he is far away, but his intention is to frighten him...
The Shaykh : No, this is not the forbidden kind of calling for aid. First: if the one he calls for help is a close relative, there is no harm, as came in the story of Musa:[Al-Qasas 28:15] So Musa answered him. This indicates that calling for aid in what a created being is capable of is permissible.
As for calling for aid from a dead person, that is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because the dead person cannot help him. Likewise, if he calls for aid from an absent person, intending for that person to help him, this is also not permissible. But if he calls out not with the intention that the person will help him, but to frighten his opponent, there is no harm, provided it is with truth. That is, it may be that the dispute is with his brother, but the right is with the other party, so it is not permissible to frighten him with falsehood. Do you understand? For example, he is in a dispute with him and he starts calling out: "Oh my brother, oh my brother, come!" His intention is not that his brother will save him, but his intention is so that the other one will be afraid, because perhaps if he hears that someone is around him, he will flee if he is a thief or an aggressor.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : He calls out to his brother or his father, knowing that he will not hear him, with the intention of frightening him only. Does this fall under calling for aid?
The Shaykh : That is, there is a dispute between two people, and one of them calls for help from his brother, his father, or his friend.
The questioner : He knows that he will not hear him.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He knows that he will not hear him.
The Shaykh : He does not hear it.
The questioner : His brother or his father does not hear him.
The Shaykh : He does not hear it.
The questioner : He does not hear this.
The Shaykh : He does not hear? What do you mean by "he does not hear"?
The questioner : His brother or his father does not hear?
The questioner : He does not hear because he is far away, but his intention is to frighten him...
The Shaykh : No, this is not the forbidden kind of calling for aid. First: if the one he calls for help is a close relative, there is no harm, as came in the story of Musa:
the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy
فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِAs for calling for aid from a dead person, that is major shirk (associating partners with Allah), because the dead person cannot help him. Likewise, if he calls for aid from an absent person, intending for that person to help him, this is also not permissible. But if he calls out not with the intention that the person will help him, but to frighten his opponent, there is no harm, provided it is with truth. That is, it may be that the dispute is with his brother, but the right is with the other party, so it is not permissible to frighten him with falsehood. Do you understand? For example, he is in a dispute with him and he starts calling out: "Oh my brother, oh my brother, come!" His intention is not that his brother will save him, but his intention is so that the other one will be afraid, because perhaps if he hears that someone is around him, he will flee if he is a thief or an aggressor.