Continuation of the explanation of the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "."
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We have previously spoken about the beginning of this hadith, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 2619Sahih (Darussalam) Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 He generalized in the prohibition and specified in the command. As for the prohibition, he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 This is because what is forbidden is left alone; the prohibition is a command to leave it, and leaving it involves no hardship. Every person is able to leave it, and there is no hardship or harm in it. So, whatever he forbade us from, we avoid it. However, this is qualified; it is qualified by dire necessity. If a person is compelled to do something forbidden and finds nothing else, and his dire necessity is thereby averted, then it becomes lawful. This is based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:119] and His saying: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] up to His saying: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] Thus, the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): is qualified by the state of dire necessity. That is, if there is a dire necessity for something forbidden, that forbidden thing becomes lawful under two conditions: The first condition is that his dire necessity cannot be averted by anything else. The second condition is that it must be a remover of the dire necessity. With these two qualifiers, we know that there is no dire necessity for a forbidden medicine. That is, if there is a medicine but it is forbidden, there is no dire necessity for it. If someone were to say: “I want to drink blood to be healed by it, as some people claim that if they drink from the blood of a wolf, they are cured of such-and-such a disease or such-and-such a disease,” we say: No, this is not permissible. First, because a person may be healed by something other than this forbidden thing, either from Allah, or by supplication, or by recitation, or by another permissible medicine. Second, because it is not certain that if one treats oneself with the medicine, one will be healed. How many are there who treat themselves and are not healed? This is unlike the person who is hungry and has nothing but carrion, or pork, or donkey meat; it is permissible for him to eat in this situation, because we know that his dire necessity is averted by it, unlike the medicine. As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 This agrees with the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: [At-Taghabun 64:16] Meaning, if we are commanded with a command, we do as much of it as we are able, and what we are not able to do is dropped from us. For example, we are commanded to pray the obligatory prayer standing. If one is not able, he prays sitting. If he is not able, he prays on his side, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Umar ibn al-Husayn: Sunan Abi Dawud 952Sahih (Al-Albani) And consider his saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 Unlike the prohibition, because the command is an action and a creation, which may be difficult for the self, and a person may not be able to perform it. Therefore, he qualified it by saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 And with that, this command is qualified by another qualifier, which is that there is no preventer that prevents. If there is a preventer that prevents, this falls under his saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 7288 For this reason, the scholars said: “There is no obligatory act with inability, and no forbidden act with dire necessity” The point of this hadith is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 1337b For this falls under preserving the Sunnah and its etiquettes. As for what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was silent about, it is forgiven. What is silent upon is forgiven, and this is from the mercy of Allah. So, things are either commanded, forbidden, or silent upon. What Allah and His Messenger were silent about is forgiven; we are not obligated to do it or leave it. And Allah grants success.
The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
We have previously spoken about the beginning of this hadith, regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Leave me what I have left for you, for only those who came before you were destroyed by their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets
دعوني ما تركتكم فإنما أهلك الذين من قبلكم كثرة سؤالهم واختلافهم على أنبيائهمand if I forbid you to do something then avoid it.
وإذا نهيتكم عن شيء فاجتنبوهSo, if I forbid you to do something, then keep away from it. And if I order you to do something, then do of it as much as you can.
فإذا نهيتكم عن شيء فاجتنبوه وإذا أمرتكم بأمر فأتوا منه ما استطعتمif I forbid you to do something, then keep away from it
ما نهيتكم عن شيء فاجتنبوهwhile He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُمْ مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهProhibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِBut whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لإِثْمٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌSo avoid it
فاجتنبوهAnd if I order you to do something, then do of it as much as you can.
وإذا أمرتكم بأمر فأتوا منه ما استطعتمSo fear Allah as much as you are able
فاتقوا الله ما استطعتمoffer prayer in standing condition; if you are unable to do so, then in sitting condition: if you are then at your side
صلِّ قائمًا فإن لم تستطع فقاعدًا، فإن لم تستطع فعلى جنبAnd if I order you to do something, then do of it as much as you can.
إذا أمرتكم بأمر فأتوا منه ما استطعتمthen do of it as much as you can
فأتوا منه ما استطعتمthen do of it as much as you can
فأتوا منه ما استطعتمAvoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of your capacity
ما نهيتكم عنه فاجتنبوه وما أمرتكم به فأتوا منه ما استطعتمThe reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.