How to respond to the one who said that the intended meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (( in the cause of Allah )) is all forms of good?
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The questioner : He said that it is in all forms of good, because they are from the cause of Allah, meaning the general meaning in its absolute sense. What is the response to this?
The Shaykh : By the principle we have mentioned repeatedly and again. Do you remember it?
The questioner : There is no absolute statement that has not been restricted, and no general statement that has not been specified.
The Shaykh : Every general text that has not been acted upon in part of its parts is not acted upon.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is one thing, and the second thing is that if it is said to be general, the division is nullified, for it is only for restriction.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if it is said that the alms are in the cause of Allah, then the eight, the twenty-eight, the eighty, and so on, are included.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And this is an interpretation by a later scholar.
The questioner : There was an article in the Islamic Research Journal that I read on this topic.
The Shaykh : Which journal?
The questioner : The Islamic Research Journal. Indeed, all those who hold this view, meaning from the later scholars, this specific view, namely al-Qasimi and others, are all later scholars.
The Shaykh : And what was the journal's position?
The questioner : By Allah, the journal seems to have not adopted a clear position.
The Shaykh : Leave it as it is.
The questioner : Leave it as it is.
The questioner : He said that it is in all forms of good, because they are from the cause of Allah, meaning the general meaning in its absolute sense. What is the response to this?
The Shaykh : By the principle we have mentioned repeatedly and again. Do you remember it?
The questioner : There is no absolute statement that has not been restricted, and no general statement that has not been specified.
The Shaykh : Every general text that has not been acted upon in part of its parts is not acted upon.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is one thing, and the second thing is that if it is said to be general, the division is nullified, for it is only for restriction.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So if it is said that the alms are in the cause of Allah, then the eight, the twenty-eight, the eighty, and so on, are included.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And this is an interpretation by a later scholar.
The questioner : There was an article in the Islamic Research Journal that I read on this topic.
The Shaykh : Which journal?
The questioner : The Islamic Research Journal. Indeed, all those who hold this view, meaning from the later scholars, this specific view, namely al-Qasimi and others, are all later scholars.
The Shaykh : And what was the journal's position?
The questioner : By Allah, the journal seems to have not adopted a clear position.
The Shaykh : Leave it as it is.
The questioner : Leave it as it is.
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