How valid is the rule: "What is known from the religion by necessity"?
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The questioner :"What is known from the religion by necessity"?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Is this a valid rule?
The Shaykh : It is valid.
The questioner : Okay, what does it mean, my Shaykh, and what are its cases?
The Shaykh : It means: every Muslim living in an Islamic country
The questioner : Ah
The Shaykh : shares in the knowledge that it is part of Islam.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no difference between a scholar, a student, and an uneducated person.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example: zina. Is there anyone among the Muslims who, under this condition, lives in Islamic lands
The questioner : Ah
The Shaykh : and is ignorant that it is forbidden?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Drinking intoxicants, zina, and similar matters. However: this is not the case for details that are specific to the knowledge of scholars. For example:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam)
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not something in which every Muslim shares knowledge, and so on, with many other examples!
The questioner : Correct, yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : Is this a valid rule?
The Shaykh : It is valid.
The questioner : Okay, what does it mean, my Shaykh, and what are its cases?
The Shaykh : It means: every Muslim living in an Islamic country
The questioner : Ah
The Shaykh : shares in the knowledge that it is part of Islam.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no difference between a scholar, a student, and an uneducated person.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example: zina. Is there anyone among the Muslims who, under this condition, lives in Islamic lands
The questioner : Ah
The Shaykh : and is ignorant that it is forbidden?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Drinking intoxicants, zina, and similar matters. However: this is not the case for details that are specific to the knowledge of scholars. For example:
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرامThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not something in which every Muslim shares knowledge, and so on, with many other examples!
The questioner : Correct, yes. May Allah reward you with good.