The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-03b
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The reciter: And Amr al-Naqqad narrated to me, and Isma'il ibn Iliyyah narrated to us from al-Jariri from Abu Nudrah from Abu Sa'id, who said: .
The Shaykh : O Allah, send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. In this is evidence of the scrupulousness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he does not forbid what Allah has made lawful. If this is the case with this Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), how much more so with those below him? Some people have become accustomed to forbidding and permitting as they please. Whenever they disapprove of something, they say, "This is forbidden," and whenever something is permissible for them, they say, "This is a confirmed obligation." There is no doubt that this is an encroachment upon Allah and His Messenger. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 3:186, how much more so with others.
In this is evidence that his initial prohibition—which we have passed over, his prohibition of eating onions and garlic—is not a prohibition of religious disapproval, because from the perspective of the Shari'ah, it is lawful. Rather, it is a disapproval solely due to the dislike of its smell.
We had not long returned from the conquest of Khaybar when the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came upon that plant, garlic, and the people were hungry, so we ate a great deal of it. Then we went to the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) detected the smell. He said: "Whoever has eaten anything of this foul plant, let him not come near us in the mosque." The people said: "It is forbidden, it is forbidden." When this reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "O people, it is not for me to forbid what Allah has made lawful for me, but it is a plant whose smell I dislike."
لم نَعْدُ أن فتحت خيبر فوقعنا أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في تلك البقلة الثوم والناس جياع فأكلنا منها أكلا شديدا ثم رحنا إلى المسجد فوجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الريح فقال : من أكل من هذه الشجرة الخبيثة شيئا فلا يقربنا في المسجد ، فقال الناس : حرمت حرمت فبلغ ذاك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : أيها الناس إنه ليس بي تحريم ما أحل الله لي ولكنها شجرة أكره ريحهاThe Shaykh : O Allah, send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. In this is evidence of the scrupulousness of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and that he does not forbid what Allah has made lawful. If this is the case with this Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), how much more so with those below him? Some people have become accustomed to forbidding and permitting as they please. Whenever they disapprove of something, they say, "This is forbidden," and whenever something is permissible for them, they say, "This is a confirmed obligation." There is no doubt that this is an encroachment upon Allah and His Messenger. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It is not for me to forbid what Allah has made lawful for me.
ليس لي تحريم ما أحل الله ليIn this is evidence that his initial prohibition—which we have passed over, his prohibition of eating onions and garlic—is not a prohibition of religious disapproval, because from the perspective of the Shari'ah, it is lawful. Rather, it is a disapproval solely due to the dislike of its smell.