Is it obligatory for you to clarify further for the sister who asked about the ruling on studying at the University of Jordan, or is your answer regarding the ruling on studying at the university sufficient?
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The questioner : The sister now, I mean.
The Shaykh : Which sister?
The questioner : The sister who called about the issue of free mixing of men and women and so on. You, praise be to Allah, were cautious in your answer, but she understood it and said that there is no legal obstacle... You were, I mean, cautious, and she understood that since this is free mixing, in her opinion, this is not called free mixing, so there is nothing wrong. So here, of course, I mean, she understood the opposite of what you said. And secondly...
The Shaykh : How do you mean? If I say that if there is no free mixing, it is permissible, and if there is free mixing, it is not permissible.
The questioner : That is fine, but she understood that the same situation is not free mixing.
The Shaykh : Which situation?
The questioner : The situation she described, that the girls are in the back and the men are in the front.
The Shaykh : I did not agree to this.
The questioner : Yes, I am with you, but she understood it this way.
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not have the inclination to enter into a lecture with her on the details, and this is what we told her.
The questioner : This is what I want to benefit from. She understood, and you know that she, I mean, perhaps she understood, perhaps she is conveying from you. Here, you see, it is obligatory to clarify further, or else you are being cautious and she is understanding what she understands.
The Shaykh : Listen, I say that if, I mean, when there is no room for detail, and someone asks me, I say if it is such and such, then the answer is such and such. But if it is not so, then he bears the responsibility. I do not have the inclination to enter into details over the phone. And I told her just now, I told her that I do not have people who want to ask, I cannot prolong the conversation with you. I do not know if it is her or someone else. So the point is, I do not have the inclination, time, or desire to come and enter into details for every issue, so that one does not understand from me the opposite of what I want. I do not have this free time. Therefore, I say if it is such and such, then the answer is such and such.
The questioner : Well, do you advise others to clarify...
The Shaykh : It is not others, my brother. I am advising myself to clarify, and I am doing the clarifying more than anyone else, but it is not possible all the time.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner: How are you, my uncle?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The Shaykh : Which sister?
The questioner : The sister who called about the issue of free mixing of men and women and so on. You, praise be to Allah, were cautious in your answer, but she understood it and said that there is no legal obstacle... You were, I mean, cautious, and she understood that since this is free mixing, in her opinion, this is not called free mixing, so there is nothing wrong. So here, of course, I mean, she understood the opposite of what you said. And secondly...
The Shaykh : How do you mean? If I say that if there is no free mixing, it is permissible, and if there is free mixing, it is not permissible.
The questioner : That is fine, but she understood that the same situation is not free mixing.
The Shaykh : Which situation?
The questioner : The situation she described, that the girls are in the back and the men are in the front.
The Shaykh : I did not agree to this.
The questioner : Yes, I am with you, but she understood it this way.
The Shaykh : My brother, I do not have the inclination to enter into a lecture with her on the details, and this is what we told her.
The questioner : This is what I want to benefit from. She understood, and you know that she, I mean, perhaps she understood, perhaps she is conveying from you. Here, you see, it is obligatory to clarify further, or else you are being cautious and she is understanding what she understands.
The Shaykh : Listen, I say that if, I mean, when there is no room for detail, and someone asks me, I say if it is such and such, then the answer is such and such. But if it is not so, then he bears the responsibility. I do not have the inclination to enter into details over the phone. And I told her just now, I told her that I do not have people who want to ask, I cannot prolong the conversation with you. I do not know if it is her or someone else. So the point is, I do not have the inclination, time, or desire to come and enter into details for every issue, so that one does not understand from me the opposite of what I want. I do not have this free time. Therefore, I say if it is such and such, then the answer is such and such.
The questioner : Well, do you advise others to clarify...
The Shaykh : It is not others, my brother. I am advising myself to clarify, and I am doing the clarifying more than anyone else, but it is not possible all the time.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner: How are you, my uncle?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
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