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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it obligatory for us to provide medical proof for everything established in the Shari'ah?

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The questioner : ... in medicine or in modern science, this ...

The Shaykh : No, no, we do not say that. The brother says that there is no need for us to exhaust ourselves in reconciling what is established in the Shar' with what is established in medicine or in astronomy, because those who do not accept the Shari'ah and who have weak faith will not benefit. This is not correct. How many people believed and entered Islam when they heard some of what the Shari'ah brought? No, my brother, we are responsible for these people. I mean, these are people of weak faith, and we are responsible for them. If it is possible to strengthen their faith by any means, that is obligatory. Did not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes prohibit a thing and give an example for it? In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad, it is narrated that a man was speaking to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about unlawful sexual intercourse, and he said to him:
Would you be pleased for someone to commit unlawful sexual intercourse with your mother or your sister? He said: No. He said: Then how would you be pleased to commit unlawful sexual intercourse with the mothers of people and their sisters? أترضى أن يزني أحد بأمّك أو أختك؟ فقال: لا، قال: إذن كيف ترضى أن تزني بأمّ النّاس وأخواتهم
So, things like this mean that if we see a person, for example, who is intelligent and wants to reach a certain point, we explain it to him. We are responsible for him, and this benefits us. Many people, as you have heard, embraced Islam because the Qur'an informed them of something, and reality bore witness to it, so, if Allah wills ...
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