When is a prohibition or command interpreted as guidance?
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The questioner : Regarding this, O our Shaykh, when is a prohibition or command interpreted as guidance? I mean, in the hadith: "It is forbidden for a man to put on his shoes while standing," you mentioned at the end of the hadith the words of al-Manawi: "That the prohibition is for guidance."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So when is a prohibition or command interpreted as guidance?
The Shaykh : This is like many jurisprudential issues where, first, people do not agree on their understanding, and second, there are no specific guidelines or rules for them. Rather, they fall under the category of:Sahih Muslim 1037a. Do you know the verse: ?
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : The story mentioned in the Qur'an:[Al-Anbya 21:78]?!
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, yes, this is a story in the Noble Qur'an, about two women who went out to the desert, and each of them had a small infant.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So a wolf came and pounced on one of the children, and they differed and went to Dawud (peace be upon him) to seek judgment. In the first story as well, regarding the sheep: they went to the owner of the land where the sheep had gone and caused damage, and they appealed to Dawud (peace be upon him). He issued a ruling, then they differed and returned to Sulayman (peace be upon him), who issued a different ruling for them. So Allah testified for Sulayman over his father, and said:. In such cases, one cannot say: "Why did you rule this way?" or "Why did you rule for the other in the way you did?" They are psychological, relative matters that arise in the heart of the scholar. So a command being for guidance is exactly of this nature, meaning there are no guidelines or rules there that others can share in understanding.
The questioner : Psychological jurisprudential matters, O Shaykh, did you say?
The Shaykh : Psychological, scholarly, jurisprudential.
The questioner : A woman wants to ask you a question, O Shaykh, specific to her husband, meaning, my sister, she wants to ask you about something: something between her and her husband... and she is standing waiting for you!
Another questioner : A hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Are there men with us now? Why don't you ask me by phone?!
The questioner : Okay, fine, by phone.
Another questioner : He is telling you to call by phone.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So when is a prohibition or command interpreted as guidance?
The Shaykh : This is like many jurisprudential issues where, first, people do not agree on their understanding, and second, there are no specific guidelines or rules for them. Rather, they fall under the category of:
He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
مَن يُرِدِ اللهُ به خيرًا يفقِّهْه في الدِّينAnd We gave Sulayman understanding of it
فَفَهَّمْنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانَThe questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : The story mentioned in the Qur'an:
when the sheep of a people overran it
إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِThe questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, yes, this is a story in the Noble Qur'an, about two women who went out to the desert, and each of them had a small infant.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So a wolf came and pounced on one of the children, and they differed and went to Dawud (peace be upon him) to seek judgment. In the first story as well, regarding the sheep: they went to the owner of the land where the sheep had gone and caused damage, and they appealed to Dawud (peace be upon him). He issued a ruling, then they differed and returned to Sulayman (peace be upon him), who issued a different ruling for them. So Allah testified for Sulayman over his father, and said:
And We gave Sulayman understanding of it
فَفَهَّمْنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانَThe questioner : Psychological jurisprudential matters, O Shaykh, did you say?
The Shaykh : Psychological, scholarly, jurisprudential.
The questioner : A woman wants to ask you a question, O Shaykh, specific to her husband, meaning, my sister, she wants to ask you about something: something between her and her husband... and she is standing waiting for you!
Another questioner : A hadith of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Are there men with us now? Why don't you ask me by phone?!
The questioner : Okay, fine, by phone.
Another questioner : He is telling you to call by phone.
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