Does not this hadith (Were it not that your people are newly converted from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance) specify the verse?
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The student: The hadith Jami` at-Tirmidhi 875Sahih (Darussalam)?
The Shaykh : No, this is a consideration of public benefit, a prevention of harm. Because if harm is established, it is not permissible for a person to engage in it; he must refrain from it, so that it does not become included in what Allah has made lawful.
Had your people not been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance
لولا أن قومك حديثو عهد بكفرThe Shaykh : No, this is a consideration of public benefit, a prevention of harm. Because if harm is established, it is not permissible for a person to engage in it; he must refrain from it, so that it does not become included in what Allah has made lawful.