What is the aspect of indication in the verse regarding the permissibility of eating without permission: “Eat from your houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers . . . . . .”?
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The questioner : What is the aspect of indication in the verse regarding the permissibility of eating without permission, given His saying: [An-Nur 24:61] What is the aspect of indication?
The Shaykh : It means that a person eating from his own house does not need permission, because if others give permission, there is no issue. The negation of sin applies to these people; due to their kinship, you are allowed to eat from their houses without permission, provided there is no obstacle, such as a prevailing custom or the specific condition of that person being a miser who is not pleased. Yes, that is fine. We have taken three.
The students: Two.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Here, “your fathers and your mothers”—do we interpret this as referring to those who inherit? Do the children of daughters enter their houses, or do we say the children of sons... and the fathers?
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning is generality, because even according to the school of thought, maintenance is obligatory for the paternal and maternal grandfathers.
The questioner : And as for milk kinship, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, milk kinship is not included. We have told you repeatedly that milk kinship does not establish any of the rulings of blood kinship, except for the permissibility of seclusion, travel, and the prohibition of marriage. Yes, is that clear?
The questioner : There is a reference in the hadith to... He says, and this hadith was mentioned earlier in the first Battle of Khaybar, but... was it in the Battle of Khaybar that the lame and the sick were with him?
The Shaykh : He says, “We went out to Khaybar” in the same hadith.
The questioner : Suwayd ibn... his biography, perhaps he was blind or
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. Perhaps in any case, the review is good.
The questioner : ... and the breast and gathering for food.
The Shaykh : We do not have this with us.
The questioner : We have
The Shaykh : Is it present, or does it appear to be a copy? Even if it did not indicate that it was a second copy.
The questioner : Ibn Hajar referred to a copy...
The Shaykh : Perhaps the important thing is that it is not with me.
The questioner : Shall we write it down, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, there is no need, as long as the narration of al-Mustamli is not common in all the narrations.
when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers
أن تأكلوا من بيوتكم أو بيوت آبائكمThe Shaykh : It means that a person eating from his own house does not need permission, because if others give permission, there is no issue. The negation of sin applies to these people; due to their kinship, you are allowed to eat from their houses without permission, provided there is no obstacle, such as a prevailing custom or the specific condition of that person being a miser who is not pleased. Yes, that is fine. We have taken three.
The students: Two.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Here, “your fathers and your mothers”—do we interpret this as referring to those who inherit? Do the children of daughters enter their houses, or do we say the children of sons... and the fathers?
The Shaykh : The apparent meaning is generality, because even according to the school of thought, maintenance is obligatory for the paternal and maternal grandfathers.
The questioner : And as for milk kinship, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, no, milk kinship is not included. We have told you repeatedly that milk kinship does not establish any of the rulings of blood kinship, except for the permissibility of seclusion, travel, and the prohibition of marriage. Yes, is that clear?
The questioner : There is a reference in the hadith to... He says, and this hadith was mentioned earlier in the first Battle of Khaybar, but... was it in the Battle of Khaybar that the lame and the sick were with him?
The Shaykh : He says, “We went out to Khaybar” in the same hadith.
The questioner : Suwayd ibn... his biography, perhaps he was blind or
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. Perhaps in any case, the review is good.
The questioner : ... and the breast and gathering for food.
The Shaykh : We do not have this with us.
The questioner : We have
The Shaykh : Is it present, or does it appear to be a copy? Even if it did not indicate that it was a second copy.
The questioner : Ibn Hajar referred to a copy...
The Shaykh : Perhaps the important thing is that it is not with me.
The questioner : Shall we write it down, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, there is no need, as long as the narration of al-Mustamli is not common in all the narrations.