Expanding the prohibition of these matters: Does it not contradict the rule that the original ruling for things is permissibility?
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The questioner : Expanding the prohibition of these matters does not contradict the original ruling regarding prohibition, as some of the shaykhs who relied on the statements of Abu Hanifah and the like said.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Some shaykhs relied on the fact that Imam Abu Hanifah explicitly stated that he did not forbid gold for men because he feared the principle he had, which is[An-Nahl 16:116]. They said: The scholars feared this principle and did not expand the rules of prohibition and forbidding in several matters.
The Shaykh : But regarding this gold for men, the hadith that came about it is explicit.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) would not say that something is forbidden unless it was explicitly forbidden, out of fear that it would be so, meaning he would forbid what Allah has made lawful. He would say, "I dislike it," or "It is not befitting," or "I do not like it," or the like. A person should not act regarding prohibition because he will be questioned, and prohibition is not a trivial matter.
The questioner : And what do we say, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What do we say about these things? We say they are forbidden or an innovation.
The Shaykh : We say the Salaf disliked them, and the original ruling regarding imitating the disbelievers is forbidden, there is no doubt in thatSunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani). As for some scholars stating dislike, as is known among the Hanbali jurists, that imitating the disbelievers is disliked, this is subject to consideration. The correct view is that it is forbidden. Riyadh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Some shaykhs relied on the fact that Imam Abu Hanifah explicitly stated that he did not forbid gold for men because he feared the principle he had, which is
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful,"
وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَذَا حَرَامٌThe Shaykh : But regarding this gold for men, the hadith that came about it is explicit.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) would not say that something is forbidden unless it was explicitly forbidden, out of fear that it would be so, meaning he would forbid what Allah has made lawful. He would say, "I dislike it," or "It is not befitting," or "I do not like it," or the like. A person should not act regarding prohibition because he will be questioned, and prohibition is not a trivial matter.
The questioner : And what do we say, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What do we say about these things? We say they are forbidden or an innovation.
The Shaykh : We say the Salaf disliked them, and the original ruling regarding imitating the disbelievers is forbidden, there is no doubt in that