What is the ruling on the saying, "You owe a right"?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Shaykh Muhammad, there is a custom of holding a wedding feast, O Shaykh. They hunt for mistakes in one of the gatherings. For example, when someone makes a mistake, they say, for instance: "You owe a right".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And when a dispute occurs, O Shaykh, they resort to a third party to adjudicate the case, and he says: Does he owe a right or not? What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : These are two questions, may Allah reward you, and I have combined them into one question. There is no harm in the trickery in knowledge.
As for the first, I see that it is consuming wealth by false means. I mean, I hear that if he says, "O Muhammad," and his name is Abdullah, he says, "You owe a right!" On what basis?
Forgetfulness can happen to anyone. Perhaps the one who said, "O Abdullah," to the one named Muhammad, or Muhammad to the one named Abdullah, might be the one who intentionally did so in order to say, "You owe a right," and they laugh at you. I see that this is consuming wealth by false means. What happened? So abandoning it is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious.
As for when two people dispute and then agree to have a person reconcile between them, and he sees that one of them is wrong and that he does not allow his companion to do anything but hold a wedding feast, I hope there is no harm in it, on the condition that this is not done by way of compulsion or as a substitute for the judgment of Allah, as is found in some tribes, for that is forbidden and not permissible.
Shaykh Muhammad, there is a custom of holding a wedding feast, O Shaykh. They hunt for mistakes in one of the gatherings. For example, when someone makes a mistake, they say, for instance: "You owe a right".
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And when a dispute occurs, O Shaykh, they resort to a third party to adjudicate the case, and he says: Does he owe a right or not? What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : These are two questions, may Allah reward you, and I have combined them into one question. There is no harm in the trickery in knowledge.
As for the first, I see that it is consuming wealth by false means. I mean, I hear that if he says, "O Muhammad," and his name is Abdullah, he says, "You owe a right!" On what basis?
Forgetfulness can happen to anyone. Perhaps the one who said, "O Abdullah," to the one named Muhammad, or Muhammad to the one named Abdullah, might be the one who intentionally did so in order to say, "You owe a right," and they laugh at you. I see that this is consuming wealth by false means. What happened? So abandoning it is undoubtedly safer for the conscience and more cautious.
As for when two people dispute and then agree to have a person reconcile between them, and he sees that one of them is wrong and that he does not allow his companion to do anything but hold a wedding feast, I hope there is no harm in it, on the condition that this is not done by way of compulsion or as a substitute for the judgment of Allah, as is found in some tribes, for that is forbidden and not permissible.