Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Explanation of the author's statement: It contains issues. The first: the exhortation to guard oaths.

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh : Then the author, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "It contains issues. The first is the exhortation to guard oaths". Where is this taken from?
The student: From His saying, the Exalted:
And keep your oaths واحفظوا أيمانكم


The Shaykh : What is the exhortation?
The student: A command

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: A command

The Shaykh : Is a command an exhortation?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, yes, a command is an exhortation.
"The second is the report that swearing oaths consumes the merchandise". Yes.
The student: His saying, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him:
Taking oaths may help you to make a sale but it takes (blessing) away from the earnings الحلف منفقة للسلعة ممحقة للكسب
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4461


The Shaykh : Yes, and the meaning of "consumes" was mentioned to us previously, but he said:
produces a ready sale for a commodity but blots out the blessing منفقة للسلعة ممحقة للبركة
Sunan Abi Dawud 3335Sahih (Al-Albani)
. And this is the important point. The second important point is that it wipes out the blessing. As for it consuming the merchandise, that may be a tautology, but it wipes out the blessing.
"The third is the severe warning for the one who does not sell and buy except with an oath"
The student: ...
And does not buy except with an oath, and does not sell except with an oath. ولا يشتري إلا بيمينه ولا يبيع إلا بيمينه


The Shaykh : ...
He does not buy except by swearing an oathلا يشتري إلا بيمينه

The student: And it is not sold

The Shaykh :
and he does not sell except by swearing an oathولا يبيع إلا بيمينه
Yes.
"The fourth is the indication that the sin becomes great despite the smallness of the motive". An-Namar.
The student: That he mentioned Salman in this hadith
the gray-haired fornicator الأشيمط الزاني


The Shaykh : Yes
The student:
and the poor arrogant man, and a man whose trade Allah madeوالعائل المستكبر، ورجل جعل الله بضاعته
... the sin becomes great despite the smallness of the motive.

The Shaykh : Which of them? All three, or not two, or not one?
The student: All three.

The Shaykh : All of them.
The student: Meaning the motive ...

The Shaykh : As for the poor, arrogant man, the motive in him is small.
The student: And likewise

The Shaykh : And the gray-haired fornicator is likewise, but
a man whose trade Allah made رجل جعل الله بضاعته
is the motive small?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : What do you say? Is the motive small or not?
The student: ... Yes, it is small.
The student: A lot.

The Shaykh : The motive is great ... and he wants to profit.
The student: ... in the Hereafter.

The Shaykh : No, this ... the Hereafter does not apply to this. In any case, the apparent ... and it may be said ... it is said, what motive does he have to swear and buy without an oath? But greed and avarice are great in people. Yes, the author says:
"The fifth: the condemnation of those who swear but are not asked to swear". They swear but are not asked to swear. Pay attention, it is not "they testify," it is "they swear but are not asked to swear." Rashid, where is this taken from?
The student: From his saying:
Allah made his trade جعل الله بضاعته


The Shaykh : What do you say? Correct.
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Because this man ... was his merchandise asked to be sworn upon?
The student: No.

The Shaykh : Okay, and is what the author said absolute, that everyone who swears and is not asked to swear is condemned?
The student: No.

The Shaykh : No, it is not absolute. The Messenger, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, used to swear and was not asked to swear, rather Allah commanded him to swear and he was not asked to swear. Yes, in His saying, the Exalted:
and they ask you, is it true? ويستبئونك أحق هو
. Here
Say, "Yes, by my Lord. Indeed, it is truth قل إي وربي إنه لحق
[Yunus 10:53]
Those who disbelieve have claimed that they will never be resurrected. Say, "Yes, by my Lord, you will surely be resurrected زعم الذين كفروا أن لن يبعثوا قل بلى وربي لتبعثُن
[At-Taghabun 64:7]
But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you وقال الذين كفروا لا تأتينا الساعة قل بلى وربي لتأتينكم
[Saba 34:3]
. These are three places in the Qur'an where Allah commanded His Prophet to swear, and there is no fourth. So He commanded His Prophet to swear in three places in the Qur'an without being asked to swear. And on this basis, the author's statement is not absolute. For if the need calls for an oath or the public interest requires it, yes, it is permissible, and it may even be recommended. Did you see the oath of the Messenger, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, in the story of the woman from Banu Makhzum? When he said:
By Allah, if Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hnad. وأيم الله لو أن فاطمة بنت محمد سرقت لقطعت يدها
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4899Sahih (Darussalam)
. What do you say about this oath? It had a great impact on these people, whose concern was the matter of the woman from Banu Makhzum. How could a woman from Banu Makhzum have her hand cut off? This was a disgrace. And for this reason, Quraysh exerted themselves in seeking intercession until they sent Usamah ibn Zayd. So the important point is that if the need calls for an oath or the public interest requires it, it is permissible even if one is not asked to swear. But if the public interest requires it, it may be recommended. "The sixth". Yes.

The questioner : It is also taken from the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud:
there will come some people whose witness will precede their oaths أنه يجيء تسبق شهادة أحدهم يمينه
Sahih al-Bukhari 6658


The Shaykh : Yes, it can be taken from this. It is taken from this.
"The sixth". His saying: "His praise, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, of the three generations or the four, and the mention of what will occur". Due to his saying:
The best of people is my generation خير الناس قرني
to the end. And his saying: "or the four" based on ...
Okay, his saying: "and the mention of what will occur". It should be made an independent issue in its own right, which is the mention of a sign for the Messenger, may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him. The mention of a sign for the Messenger, may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him. For the fact that he mentioned this thing and then it occurred as he reported is undoubtedly a sign from the signs of the Messenger. Is it not? If you made this an independent issue, it would be clearer and more evident, because reporting what will happen and then it occurring as reported is evidence that he is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. Yes.
"The seventh: that those who testify and do not" "that those who". How many?
The student: The condemnation of those

The Shaykh :"The sixth"
The student: The condemnation of those

The Shaykh :"The condemnation of those"
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: We have "the condemnation of those"

The Shaykh : ... There is no news in it ... "that those who testify and are not asked to testify". Just that.
The student: We have "the condemnation," the condemnation of those who testify and are not asked to testify.

The Shaykh : Correct, okay. "The condemnation" "The condemnation of those who testify and are not asked to testify". Where is this taken from?
The student: From the hadith of 'Umar
There will come after you, people who will bear witness without being asked to do soثم إن بعدكم قوماً يشهدون ولا يستشهدون
Sahih al-Bukhari 3650


The Shaykh : Yes, we can say, and the condemnation of those who betray and are not asked to be trusted, is it not? And the condemnation of those who make vows and do not fulfill them, and the condemnation of those who fatten.
The student: No.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: It is not correct.

The Shaykh : So the condemnation of what?
The student: Engaging in the causes of fattening.

The Shaykh : Yes, engaging in the causes of fattening and taking more than the hearts ... there is no leanness or fatness in it, but the bodies are cared for and scales are set up every day. We must fatten. Yes, but by the grace of Allah, people believe that the one who weighs himself must pay zakat on himself. And perhaps this belief prevents some people from weighing themselves, because if every time he weighs himself he must pay zakat on himself, that is a problem. This is not correct among people. This is not correct. Okay.
The student: What is the nisab?

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: What is the nisab?

The Shaykh : By Allah, it varies.

The questioner : The condemnation of those who fulfill and do not make vows.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: The condemnation of those who fulfill and do not make vows.

The Shaykh : No, those who make vows and do not fulfill them. Okay.
"The eighth: the fact that the Salaf used to strike the young for testifying and making covenants". Due to the saying of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, may Allah have mercy on him: "They used to strike us for testifying while we were young"
The eighth. "The ninth: the care of the Salaf". Do not rush, it is not from the author, it is from me.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes, wait, my brother.
"The ninth: the condemnation". Yes. "The care of the Salaf in raising their young". "The care of the Salaf in raising their young". Yes.
And "The tenth: the permissibility of striking in discipline". Contrary to those who forbade it and said that the public interest requires that the child not be struck. Leave him ... Yes, and do not strike him, because this striking is not proper. Yes.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

Similar fatwas