You said in the previous lesson: that the texts of warning are mentioned by way of threat and deterrence. What does this mean?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the lesson, I was saying... This condition requires that it not be... and the aspect of... deterrence means, does this statement imply that this...?
The Shaykh : No, absolutely not. The meaning is that in the chapter of threats, we told you that a person may use expressions in it for the sake of deterrence, yes, just as you threaten your child and say, "If you do such and such, I will kill you, or break your hands, or break your legs," even though you do not do it, because there is a preventer that prevents this, which is compassion and mercy. So the texts of warning are stated this way because there is something that restricts them with other texts.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So the doubt is removed.
The questioner : ... the restriction does not apply to...
The Shaykh : It does not apply.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : To the Muslim.
The questioner : ... what is eternal.
The Shaykh : Yes, we say what is eternal, absolutely. What prevented eternity is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). And on this basis, if it is said, if that is the case, why is it mentioned? We said it is mentioned by way of threat and deterrence.
The Shaykh : No, absolutely not. The meaning is that in the chapter of threats, we told you that a person may use expressions in it for the sake of deterrence, yes, just as you threaten your child and say, "If you do such and such, I will kill you, or break your hands, or break your legs," even though you do not do it, because there is a preventer that prevents this, which is compassion and mercy. So the texts of warning are stated this way because there is something that restricts them with other texts.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So the doubt is removed.
The questioner : ... the restriction does not apply to...
The Shaykh : It does not apply.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : To the Muslim.
The questioner : ... what is eternal.
The Shaykh : Yes, we say what is eternal, absolutely. What prevented eternity is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). And on this basis, if it is said, if that is the case, why is it mentioned? We said it is mentioned by way of threat and deterrence.