Benefits of the Hadith: (The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who eats riba and the one who feeds it...)
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The Shaykh : The hadith provides evidence that consuming riba, facilitating it, testifying to it, and writing it down are among the major sins. The reason for this is that the curse was attached to these actions, and the curse is expulsion and distance from the mercy of Allah.
One of its benefits is that the one who facilitates a forbidden act is like the one who commits it, even if he is wronged by it. The one who facilitates riba is wronged by the forbidden riba, yet he bears the sin of the consumer because he helped him consume it and was pleased with it.
One of the benefits of the hadith is the prohibition of testifying to what is haram. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the witness. We say the same regarding writing. If a matter is halal in the view of the witness but haram in the view of others, then if it is haram in the view of the one dealing in it, the witness’s testimony regarding it is haram. If the witness considers it halal, why? Because he facilitated the forbidden act. He believes that the one for whom he is testifying regarding this forbidden act considers it haram. Thus, he becomes a witness to the forbidden act, even if he himself considers it halal. Yes, such as issues of sales in which scholars differ, or issues of endowments in which they differ, or gifts, or pledges, or others. These are very numerous.
I testified for a person who believes that this contract is haram, while you believe it is halal. We say: This is haram for you, because you established for this person what he believes to be haram. And the reverse is the same: if this person believes it is halal and you consider it haram, it is also haram for you to testify, because you would be testifying to what you believe is haram. However, this issue includes testifying to the triple divorce, or regarding the triple divorce. Does a person testify or not?
The student: There is a distinction.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what is the distinction?
The student: He considers it to take effect, but it is haram.
The Shaykh : No, even those who believe the three counts as one consider it haram. Yes?
The student: Repeat, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : A man divorced his wife three times, then she sued her husband, claiming he divorced her three times, and the husband denied it. There are those present who witnessed her divorce. Does he testify to this divorce or not, because it is haram?
The student: He testifies.
The Shaykh : Yes? The answer is: He testifies. Why? Because a major matter depends on it. A major matter. I am not testifying to it to confirm it, but because of the major separation that results from it, according to those who hold that the three divorces separate the woman, or the disciplinary punishment, according to those who hold that the woman is not separated by it. However, it is haram. The important thing is that if a person hears...
One of its benefits is that the one who facilitates a forbidden act is like the one who commits it, even if he is wronged by it. The one who facilitates riba is wronged by the forbidden riba, yet he bears the sin of the consumer because he helped him consume it and was pleased with it.
One of the benefits of the hadith is the prohibition of testifying to what is haram. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the witness. We say the same regarding writing. If a matter is halal in the view of the witness but haram in the view of others, then if it is haram in the view of the one dealing in it, the witness’s testimony regarding it is haram. If the witness considers it halal, why? Because he facilitated the forbidden act. He believes that the one for whom he is testifying regarding this forbidden act considers it haram. Thus, he becomes a witness to the forbidden act, even if he himself considers it halal. Yes, such as issues of sales in which scholars differ, or issues of endowments in which they differ, or gifts, or pledges, or others. These are very numerous.
I testified for a person who believes that this contract is haram, while you believe it is halal. We say: This is haram for you, because you established for this person what he believes to be haram. And the reverse is the same: if this person believes it is halal and you consider it haram, it is also haram for you to testify, because you would be testifying to what you believe is haram. However, this issue includes testifying to the triple divorce, or regarding the triple divorce. Does a person testify or not?
The student: There is a distinction.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what is the distinction?
The student: He considers it to take effect, but it is haram.
The Shaykh : No, even those who believe the three counts as one consider it haram. Yes?
The student: Repeat, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh : A man divorced his wife three times, then she sued her husband, claiming he divorced her three times, and the husband denied it. There are those present who witnessed her divorce. Does he testify to this divorce or not, because it is haram?
The student: He testifies.
The Shaykh : Yes? The answer is: He testifies. Why? Because a major matter depends on it. A major matter. I am not testifying to it to confirm it, but because of the major separation that results from it, according to those who hold that the three divorces separate the woman, or the disciplinary punishment, according to those who hold that the woman is not separated by it. However, it is haram. The important thing is that if a person hears...