The issue of doubt and certainty, and the ruling on a man having bad thoughts about his family
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Question:
He asks about the ruling on doubt, and whether a person commits a sin if he doubts, and what he should do regarding that? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding doubt: If his intention is doubt about ritual purity, and he has performed purification but doubts whether he has broken it, the original state is purity. Or if he doubts whether he divorced or did not divorce, the original state is safety, and the divorce is not valid. However, if he intends to doubt whether he performed ablution or did not, the original state is the absence of ablution, so he performs ablution if he knows he has a state of ritual impurity but doubts whether he performed ablution or not; the original state is the absence of ablution, so he performs ablution. Likewise, if he doubts whether he paid the debt he owed to a certain person or did not pay it, he asks him, saying: "Did you give the debt or not?" so that he gives him his right. So there is a distinction regarding doubt. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If it reaches a greater level than that, for example, Your Eminence, for example, between a man and his family?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to fear Allah, and not to have bad thoughts about them, and to stay away from bad suspicion. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [Surah al-Hujurat: 12], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1988Sahih (Darussalam), this is what he (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If he sees signs that necessitate suspicion, he advises her and directs her to good and warns her of the causes of suspicion, and he does not assert anything except with evidence. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
He asks about the ruling on doubt, and whether a person commits a sin if he doubts, and what he should do regarding that? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
There is a distinction regarding doubt: If his intention is doubt about ritual purity, and he has performed purification but doubts whether he has broken it, the original state is purity. Or if he doubts whether he divorced or did not divorce, the original state is safety, and the divorce is not valid. However, if he intends to doubt whether he performed ablution or did not, the original state is the absence of ablution, so he performs ablution if he knows he has a state of ritual impurity but doubts whether he performed ablution or not; the original state is the absence of ablution, so he performs ablution. Likewise, if he doubts whether he paid the debt he owed to a certain person or did not pay it, he asks him, saying: "Did you give the debt or not?" so that he gives him his right. So there is a distinction regarding doubt. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If it reaches a greater level than that, for example, Your Eminence, for example, between a man and his family?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for him to fear Allah, and not to have bad thoughts about them, and to stay away from bad suspicion. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin
اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌBeware of Zann (suspicion), for indeed Zann is the falsest of speech.
إياكم والظن فإن الظن أكذب الحديثThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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