The Shaykh recounts a story that occurred between him and a man from the Tahrir Party regarding the topic of "Is the command for obligation?"
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The Shaykh : I don't know, I want to tell you a story about whether the command implies obligation or not, but I am afraid I am occupying your time. Do you have any objection?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : One of the men from the Tahrir Party who say that the command does not imply anything, but rather that a person must wait until the intended meaning becomes clear to him from other texts.
As for the majority of the usul al-fiqh scholars and jurists, they say, no, "The original ruling of a command is obligation, unless there is an indicator" that takes it out of obligation into recommendation, into desirability, into permissibility, and so on.
One of our brothers was an employee under a party leader, and a discussion took place between them regarding the issue. My friend came to me to tell me about the discussion, and my friend is, in terms of knowledge, at a certain level. So I told him to do the following with his companion: this one is the commander and this one is the commanded. I told the commanded one: whenever he orders you to do something, ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. Do not execute the order. He will press you, and you will say to him: "My brother, you say that the command does not imply obligation, so I have the choice to answer you or not." It was decisive for the party man, clearly.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, no, by Allah, he did not guide himself, because he is a stubborn man, and Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
Now, bring the second question.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He establishes it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He prays.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is so.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, if he is aware, it is not permissible.
If he is on
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if he is convinced of this, yes, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Himself, my brother.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Because if you tie the issue to days, you have gone astray in a far distance. Whenever you specify many days, your opponent will reduce them, or you reduced your opponent, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And the distance is the same, there is no specification, yes, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes, a hundred is correct, but I want to give you a rule.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : One of the men from the Tahrir Party who say that the command does not imply anything, but rather that a person must wait until the intended meaning becomes clear to him from other texts.
As for the majority of the usul al-fiqh scholars and jurists, they say, no, "The original ruling of a command is obligation, unless there is an indicator" that takes it out of obligation into recommendation, into desirability, into permissibility, and so on.
One of our brothers was an employee under a party leader, and a discussion took place between them regarding the issue. My friend came to me to tell me about the discussion, and my friend is, in terms of knowledge, at a certain level. So I told him to do the following with his companion: this one is the commander and this one is the commanded. I told the commanded one: whenever he orders you to do something, ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. Do not execute the order. He will press you, and you will say to him: "My brother, you say that the command does not imply obligation, so I have the choice to answer you or not." It was decisive for the party man, clearly.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, no, by Allah, he did not guide himself, because he is a stubborn man, and Allah is the Helper.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
Now, bring the second question.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He establishes it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He prays.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is so.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, if he is aware, it is not permissible.
If he is on
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, if he is convinced of this, yes, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Himself, my brother.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Because if you tie the issue to days, you have gone astray in a far distance. Whenever you specify many days, your opponent will reduce them, or you reduced your opponent, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And the distance is the same, there is no specification, yes, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, yes, a hundred is correct, but I want to give you a rule.