I have a difficulty regarding the obligation of fidyah (ransom payment) in some of the prohibitions other than the head, from two angles. The first is that Islamic knowledge is intended to be applied in the inner reality, and we see
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The questioner : I have a difficulty regarding the obligation of fidyah (ransom payment) in some of the prohibitions other than the head, from two angles, O Shaykh... The first is that Islamic knowledge is intended to be applied in reality, and we see theoretically that these prohibitions are not prohibitions?
The Shaykh : There are no prohibitions without a difficulty. A prohibition means something that is forbidden, but is fidyah (ransom payment) required for every forbidden thing? That is the point of discussion. The marriage contract is forbidden, yet there is no fidyah (ransom payment) for it according to the jurists.
The questioner : I mean other than those that we do not see as
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, other than...
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, we see theoretically that fidyah (ransom payment) is not obligatory in them, so why do we make it obligatory?
The Shaykh : As I told you, it is to protect the sacred rites. We mentioned the example of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)... Because if people were told that all they have to do is repent and seek forgiveness, the matter would be easy for them, and this person would wear a beautiful garment, and that person would wear a shirt, and so on, and the people would remain in Hajj as if they were in the days of the festival, each adorning himself as he pleases.
The questioner : If it is a prohibition, we say it is a prohibition, but there is no fidyah (ransom payment) for it.
The Shaykh : No, no, the fidyah (ransom payment), as I told you, prevents the common people... Some of the common people do not care... Really, if they ask about something and we tell them to repent, they say, "Just repent," and they do not care about anything...
The Shaykh : There are no prohibitions without a difficulty. A prohibition means something that is forbidden, but is fidyah (ransom payment) required for every forbidden thing? That is the point of discussion. The marriage contract is forbidden, yet there is no fidyah (ransom payment) for it according to the jurists.
The questioner : I mean other than those that we do not see as
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, other than...
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, we see theoretically that fidyah (ransom payment) is not obligatory in them, so why do we make it obligatory?
The Shaykh : As I told you, it is to protect the sacred rites. We mentioned the example of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)... Because if people were told that all they have to do is repent and seek forgiveness, the matter would be easy for them, and this person would wear a beautiful garment, and that person would wear a shirt, and so on, and the people would remain in Hajj as if they were in the days of the festival, each adorning himself as he pleases.
The questioner : If it is a prohibition, we say it is a prohibition, but there is no fidyah (ransom payment) for it.
The Shaykh : No, no, the fidyah (ransom payment), as I told you, prevents the common people... Some of the common people do not care... Really, if they ask about something and we tell them to repent, they say, "Just repent," and they do not care about anything...