Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 419 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (417) | The rule of blocking pretexts
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The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah
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The principle of blocking the means (Sadd al-Dhara'i')
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Prohibitions in Islam
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Some are prohibited in themselves
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And some are prohibited due to something else
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And what is prohibited due to something else
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is that which is prohibited not because it is inherently forbidden
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but rather because of what it will lead to, namely falling into what is inherently forbidden
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And an example of this
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is the prohibition of reviling the idols of the polytheists
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if it becomes a means to reviling Allah the Almighty
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Allah the Almighty says:
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"And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah
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lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge."
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Even though reviling the idols of the polytheists
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is in itself an annoyance to the polytheists
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and an insult to their deities
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and it is permissible or even commendable in itself
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were it not that it leads to falling into the forbidden
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which is reviling Allah the Almighty
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So in the verse there is an explicit prohibition of something permissible
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because of what it leads to, which is impermissible
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The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah