Intoxicants: If the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden. So why do we permit what is incidental from gold?
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The questioner : ... If the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden. So why ... gold is not like this, and it is not obligatory ...?
The Shaykh : Did you hear? He says: Intoxicants, if the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is, any intoxicant is forbidden, so the small quantity is forbidden. Do you say it this way? Is this what you want?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is this what you want?
The questioner : That is, it is not ... that if the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Except for what is excluded.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He says, Shaykh al-Islam says, because the door is one.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5148Sahih (Darussalam) Is that so? It is not an apparent generality. We permit what is incidental from silk, such as four fingers or less, and like the button of silk and its like. He said: This is like it by analogy.
The questioner : Why...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith.
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The Shaykh : This isJami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam) regarding drinks.
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The Shaykh : And everything that breaks the hearts of the poor is forbidden? I ask you, answer me. This cause, this is a weak, invalid cause.
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The Shaykh : By Allah, if a person comes with a flashy car and a flashy house, and I do not know, and a built-up palace, that breaks the hearts of the poor more than him wearing a gold ring on his hand.
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The Shaykh : No, no. The wisdom is that when a man wears gold, he tends toward effeminacy. That is, the nature of gold leads to this. A person lowers himself, and anything that leads to this is undoubtedly a harm. Is the time up? Is it over?
The questioner :"Chapter on the Zakah of the Two Currencies. It is permissible for women to wear what is customary for them to wear of gold and silver, even if it is much, and there is no zakah on their jewelry ... using it as a loan ... is forbidden, so there is zakah in it".
The Shaykh : Did you hear? He says: Intoxicants, if the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is, any intoxicant is forbidden, so the small quantity is forbidden. Do you say it this way? Is this what you want?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is this what you want?
The questioner : That is, it is not ... that if the large quantity is forbidden, then the small quantity is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Except for what is excluded.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He says, Shaykh al-Islam says, because the door is one.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : He said:
Gold and silk have been permitted for the females of my Ummah, and forbidden to the males.
أحل الذّهب والحرير لإناث أمّتي وحُرّم على ذكورهاThe questioner : Why...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is not a hadith.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرامThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And everything that breaks the hearts of the poor is forbidden? I ask you, answer me. This cause, this is a weak, invalid cause.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, if a person comes with a flashy car and a flashy house, and I do not know, and a built-up palace, that breaks the hearts of the poor more than him wearing a gold ring on his hand.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. The wisdom is that when a man wears gold, he tends toward effeminacy. That is, the nature of gold leads to this. A person lowers himself, and anything that leads to this is undoubtedly a harm. Is the time up? Is it over?
The questioner :"Chapter on the Zakah of the Two Currencies. It is permissible for women to wear what is customary for them to wear of gold and silver, even if it is much, and there is no zakah on their jewelry ... using it as a loan ... is forbidden, so there is zakah in it".