Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 277

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَوَانِعُ تَكْفِيرِ الْمُعَيَّنِ.

Impediments to declaring a specific individual an unbeliever.

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى - : (وَكُلُّهَا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ مَا يَكُونُ خَطَرًا، وَمِنْ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَكُونُ وُقُوعًا، فَيَنْبَغِي لِلْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يَحْذَرَهَا وَيَخَافَ مِنْهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ).

Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab—may Allah the Exalted have mercy upon him—said: '(All of them are among the most dangerous of things, and among the most frequently occurring, so a Muslim should beware of them and fear for himself regarding them).'

قَالَ ابْنُ بَازٍ: «هَذِهِ الْعِبَارَةُ قَدْ يَتَسَاهَلُ فِيهَا الْمُفْتِي يَقُولُ: لَا يَنْبَغِي، وَمُرَادُهُ أَنَّهُ يُكْرَهُ أَوْ لَا يَحْسُنُ، وَقَدْ يُرِيدُ بِهَا التَّحْرِيمَ وَلَكِنَّ الْغَالِبَ فِي عُرْفِ النَّاسِ الْيَوْمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يَتَسَاهَلُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ: لَا يَنْبَغِي لِلشَّيْءِ الْمَكْرُوهِ يَعْنِي: لَا يَحْسُنُ فِعْلُ هَذَا الشَّيْءِ، أَوْ يَنْبَغِي فِعْلُ هَذَا الشَّيْءِ يَعْنِي: يَحْسُنُ فِعْلُهُ وَلَا يَرْتَقِي إِلَى الْوُجُوبِ وَالتَّحْرِيمِ، هَذَا فِيمَا يَظْهَرُ مِنْ تَصَرُّفِ الْكَثِيرِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فِي زَمَانِنَا، وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ قَدْ أَقُولُ: لَا يَنْبَغِي كَذَا، فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحْيَانِ، أَوْ يَنْبَغِي كَذَا وَلَيْسَ قَصْدِي فِي قَوْلِي لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنَّهُ مُحَرَّمٌ، وَلَيْسَ قَصْدِي فِي قَوْلِي يَنْبَغِي أَنَّهُ وَاجِبٌ وَلَكِنْ قَدْ يَقَعُ عَلَى لِسَانِي هَذَا فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحْيَانِ مِنْ بَابِ أَنَّ هَذَا تَرْكُهُ أَوْلَى، أَوْ لَا يَحْسُنُ فِعْلُهُ، وَيَنْبَغِي يَعْنِي: يَحْسُنُ فِعْلُهُ، وَالْأَوْلَى فِعْلُهُ، وَهِيَ أَلْفَاظٌ يَنْبَغِي فِيهَا التَّحَرُّزُ وَالتَّوَقِّي؛ لِأَنَّ شَأْنَ «لَا يَنْبَغِي» عَظِيمٌ فِي كَلَامِ اللَّهِ وَكَلَامِ رَسُولِهِ {وَمَا يَنبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا}.

Ibn Baz said: 'A mufti might be lax with this expression, saying "it is not appropriate" (la yanbaghi), intending by it that it is disliked or not good, though he might intend prohibition by it. However, the common usage among people today is that one might be lax in this regard, saying "it is not appropriate" for a disliked thing, meaning: it is not good to do this thing, or "it is appropriate" (yanbaghi) to do this thing, meaning: it is good to do it, without it rising to the level of obligation or prohibition. This is what appears from the conduct of many scholars in our time, and I am one of them; I may say "it is not appropriate" for such-and-such at times, or "it is appropriate" for such-and-such, and my intention in saying "it is not appropriate" is not that it is forbidden, nor is my intention in saying "it is appropriate" that it is obligatory. Rather, this may occur on my tongue at times as a way of saying that leaving it is better, or that it is not good to do it, and "it is appropriate" means: it is good to do it, and it is better to do it. These are terms in which one should be cautious and wary, because the status of "it is not appropriate" is significant in the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger: "And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 49 nouns)

• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• كَانَ — to be
• اِنْبَغَى — to be appropriate
• مَانِعٌ — preventer
• تَكْفِيرٌ — declaring someone an infidel
• مُعَيَّنٌ — specific person