What is the criterion for using the approval of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as evidence, even if the person is a disbeliever?
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The questioner : What is the criterion for using it as evidence?
The Shaykh : What is the criterion?
The questioner : What is the criterion for using the approval of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as evidence, even if the doer is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : Like what?
The questioner : A disbeliever committed one of the sins?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent about it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this count as his approval?
The Shaykh : Approval of what?
The questioner : Of this action that he performed.
The Shaykh : But you mean that this sin has become permissible?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How can you say he committed a sin when you say it is not established?
The questioner : After he performed it.
The Shaykh : After it being a sin? This is a matter of your imagination only, otherwise bring an example so that we can rule on it.
The questioner : The rule.
The Shaykh : There is no rule. The rule is that disbelievers are those who associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and they do everything that contradicts Islam in what they do that contradicts Islam. The approval that serves as evidence is the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of a Muslim regarding something, which is proof of its permissibility or its being prescribed. And if he approves a disbeliever, it is an approval of the disbeliever regarding what he is upon, according to the covenant between us and him. Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the criterion?
The questioner : What is the criterion for using the approval of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as evidence, even if the doer is a disbeliever?
The Shaykh : Like what?
The questioner : A disbeliever committed one of the sins?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent about it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this count as his approval?
The Shaykh : Approval of what?
The questioner : Of this action that he performed.
The Shaykh : But you mean that this sin has become permissible?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How can you say he committed a sin when you say it is not established?
The questioner : After he performed it.
The Shaykh : After it being a sin? This is a matter of your imagination only, otherwise bring an example so that we can rule on it.
The questioner : The rule.
The Shaykh : There is no rule. The rule is that disbelievers are those who associate partners with Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and they do everything that contradicts Islam in what they do that contradicts Islam. The approval that serves as evidence is the approval of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of a Muslim regarding something, which is proof of its permissibility or its being prescribed. And if he approves a disbeliever, it is an approval of the disbeliever regarding what he is upon, according to the covenant between us and him. Yes.