Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Necessity making forbidden permissible

“Necessity makes the forbidden permissible. What does this mean? It is commonly understood that if a person is starving to death and has nothing to eat, then eating pork becomes permissible for him. Are there other situations? Can this be extended to other cases of genuine necessity, or is it only a legal necessity?”Asked by شاہ عمران حسن, دلی

He answers at 1:36:09 in Materialism and Intellectual Dwarfism 29th · 2 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:36:09
maulana agla sawal dilli se hai mister shah imran hasan sahab ka unhone likha hai zaroorat haram ko halaal kar deti hai is ka kya matlab hai aam taur par yeh samjha jata hai ke jaise maslan ek aadmi hai bhooka hai marne ke qareeb ho raha hai khane ko kuch hai nahi to us waqt us ko khinzir bhi khana jaiz ho jata hai us ke liye to is tarah ki sooraten hain doosri is ko aap tausee kar sakte hain aur doosri soorton par haqeeqi zaroorat agar hai koi haqeeqi zaroorat yani khud sakhta taur par hum kisi ko zaroorat samjhen kisi cheez ko wo matlab nahi hai haqeeqi zaroorat ya yun kahen ke zaroorat sharai agar zaroorat sharai paida ho gayi ho to wahan par yani bilashubah haram cheez bhi halaal ho jayegi waqti taur par lekin is mein zaroorat sharai shart lazim hai bohat zyada yani bohat zyada objective taur par aap ko jaiza lena hoga ke kya waqeatan yahan zaroorat sharai paida ho gayi hai
1:37:26
jaise misaal ke taur par aata hai islam ke zamane ke baaz waqiat ke ek sahabi ko maar peet rahe the kaho ke la ilah hai azza bhi ilah hai to ab woh masla is ka tha ke ya to kaho ya to marwao apne aap ko to yani maar se bachne ke liye unhon ne kaha jaye ke theek hai jo tum karo woh bhi sach hai to jaan ka khatra ho is tarah ka zaroorat sharai paida ho jaye to us waqt waqti tor par koi cheez jo haram ho shariyat mein woh halaal ho jati hai lekin is ka taayun aadmi khud kar sakta hai ke waqai yeh zaroorat sharai hai ke nahi hai maulana agle sawal se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo doha qatar se maulana abdul basit umri sahib ne likha hai unhon ne likha hai ke maulana mein bachpan se sunta aa raha tha ke insaan boodha ho jata hai lekin soch hamesha jawan rehti hai magar yeh maloom nahi tha ke aisa kyun hai
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