Cheating in the shower is greater than cheating in food.
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. We passed by in the evening, the shower, O Shaykh, we passed by in...
The Shaykh : The shower?
The questioner : The shower and cheating in food, O Shaykh, what is the proportion, O Shaykh? Cheating in food... the food itself, the shower is a repeated thing, a repeated thing, and a thing that leads to many harms, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I did not understand, do you mean this is greater? Cheating in the shower is greater?
The questioner : Yes, it is greater.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is greater.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no doubt, yes, they are all cheating, they are all cheating.
It appears that he is considered an apostate, because I believe that what he was upon was not disbelief. He believes in Islam and believes that these awliya (close friends of Allah) have some authority over matters. He says, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he establishes the prayer, gives the zakah, performs Hajj, and fasts. Yes.
The Shaykh : The shower?
The questioner : The shower and cheating in food, O Shaykh, what is the proportion, O Shaykh? Cheating in food... the food itself, the shower is a repeated thing, a repeated thing, and a thing that leads to many harms, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I did not understand, do you mean this is greater? Cheating in the shower is greater?
The questioner : Yes, it is greater.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that it is greater.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no doubt, yes, they are all cheating, they are all cheating.
It appears that he is considered an apostate, because I believe that what he was upon was not disbelief. He believes in Islam and believes that these awliya (close friends of Allah) have some authority over matters. He says, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he establishes the prayer, gives the zakah, performs Hajj, and fasts. Yes.