Is it permissible for a person to leave the dispensation, or is it obligatory to take it?
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The questioner: Is it permissible for a person to take the dispensation or leave it, or is the dispensation obligatory?
The Shaykh: Is it for whom?
The questioner: For the person, meaning he takes the dispensation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Or leaves it, or is it obligatory?
The Shaykh: No, it is not obligatory, but it is a virtue, due to his saying (peace be upon him):Sahih Ibn Hibban 6:48, and in the other hadith: Bulugh al-Maram 2:341, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : Oh God.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, the hadith:Sunan an-Nasa'i 921Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh: Ah...
The student: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: Ah, how?
The Shaykh: Is it for whom?
The questioner: For the person, meaning he takes the dispensation.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: Or leaves it, or is it obligatory?
The Shaykh: No, it is not obligatory, but it is a virtue, due to his saying (peace be upon him):
Indeed, Allah loves that His dispensations be taken, just as He loves that His default rulings be taken
إن الله يحب أن تُؤتى رُخَصُه كما يحبُّ أن تُؤتَى عزائمهjust as he dislikes that disobedience to Him be committed
كما يكره أن تُؤتى معصيتهThe questioner : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : Oh God.
The questioner: Our Shaykh, the hadith:
The Imam is appointed to be followed, so when he says the takbir, say the takbir
إنما جُعِلَ الإمام لِيُؤتَمَّ به ، فإذا كبَّرَ فكبِّرواThe Shaykh: Ah...
The student: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: Ah, how?
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