The Ruling on the Secret Habit and the Response to Those Who Permit It
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Question:
How do you reconcile the ruling on the satanic secret habit with the statement of Imam Ahmad regarding it?
Answer:
The secret habit is reprehensible. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6] So whoever seeks beyond that, those are the transgressors [Al-Mu’minun: 5-7]. Whoever seeks other than a wife or a slave woman is a transgressor and an oppressor, and the secret habit is other than that; it is the emission of semen by the hand or the like.
Q: On what basis is the statement of Imam Ahmad to be understood?
A: I do not know. Is Ahmad a scholar or a prophet?
Q: A scholar.
A: From a scholar, one takes what is said and leaves what is said; some of it agrees with the truth, and some of it contradicts the truth.
How do you reconcile the ruling on the satanic secret habit with the statement of Imam Ahmad regarding it?
Answer:
The secret habit is reprehensible. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ Q: On what basis is the statement of Imam Ahmad to be understood?
A: I do not know. Is Ahmad a scholar or a prophet?
Q: A scholar.
A: From a scholar, one takes what is said and leaves what is said; some of it agrees with the truth, and some of it contradicts the truth.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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