Is it permissible to pour out oil simply because one suspects that a mouse fell into it?
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The questioner: Excuse me, a minor correction regarding the issue of the mouse in the oil. Here, there is a doubt that it fell, and he wants to pour out the oil because he suspects it fell. This was the correction, meaning, merely because he suspects it fell or not, he wants to dump the oil. Was that the intent of our question?
The Shaykh: It is not permissible, my brother, to pour out the oil. Peace be upon you. It is not permissible to pour out the oil, because pouring out the oil is a waste of wealth.
The questioner: A waste of wealth, and he is acting based on a doubt.
The Shaykh: And it is not permissible to waste wealth merely on the basis of a doubt or a suspicion.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Rather, it must be based on certainty or, at the very least, a preponderance of probability.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible, my brother, to pour out the oil. Peace be upon you. It is not permissible to pour out the oil, because pouring out the oil is a waste of wealth.
The questioner: A waste of wealth, and he is acting based on a doubt.
The Shaykh: And it is not permissible to waste wealth merely on the basis of a doubt or a suspicion.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Rather, it must be based on certainty or, at the very least, a preponderance of probability.
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