Sadd E Zariya : But Where Does The Sin Start?
At a personal level, one can make such a decision to not indulge in frendships because he admits that he lacks the courage to be straight forward with his friends however, no such generic ruling can be given becaue the evidence is not strong enough ( the probability is not too high to make it specific ) and the sin cannot be clearly identified. At his stage, it is only speculation but in the second example above, the drinking was a specific sin that was being committed in a gathering so here the grounds are strong to avoid such gathering as Sadd-e-Zariya.
@UmerQureshi sir can you explain me this thing that you mentioned? because the evidence is not strong enough (the probability is not too high to make it specific) and the sin cannot be clearly identified Sir here can you tell me the principles applying which a person can say that what he’s doing right now is minor sin (apart from directives of Allah or prophet) or not. sir Ghamidi Sahab said that there are a few things that Allah prohibited on ground of sadd e Zariya. violating them would be going against a directive of Allah, so in the context of NaFarmani this would be sin. but in other mundane halal things which are not prohibited by Allah. then if a person does the act knowing that it has risk of leading to a major sin, then still doing it would might be a minor sin under heading of “Nafs ke Saath Khayaanat” now this category really produces many confusing scenarios. like the above example of a person knowing that making friendships causes some sins ( if there’s no friendship then there’s no meetings, if there’s no meetings there’s no chance of getting angry or jazbati and subsequently no chance of sin occurring). If a person with such fine detail thinking mindset sees that making a close friendship with someone will definitely lead to such sins, in even at least one instance out of the years long duration of friendship and meetups. will the person be now doing “Khayaanat” with his Nafs if he still does new close friendships? and since he’s deliberately doing it constantly, will it be Istikbar? https://youtu.be/M2dnHGLb5qM?si=XUEo1Bqr4trw7hkQ 17:00 onwards
If the person things this honestly that making frienship will lead to major sins and he should avoid becoming part of it on grounds of Sadd-e-Zariya then he should not violate that because such violations result in minor sins. If the person then intentionally violates it because of arrogance then it is sarkashi otherwise it is not sarkashi but this attitude has a risk of leading to Sarkashi in other domains of life and should be contained on time.
@Irfan76 Okay sir now I understand this. Just one last thing I want to know. I’ll just present you my scenario of how I understood it before. Understanding 1 – Any directive which is given by Allah or messenger based on Sadd e Zariya. violation of such directives would result in minor sin in and of itself, regardless of if Zina happens or not. Such as Lustful gaze, touching with lust, writing down debts with witness. not writing down debt may lead to unwanted events of fights, we can understand this with our intellect. had Allah not commanded muslims to write down debt, in that case, it would not have been sin in not writing down debt, even while knowing the risk that it can lead to unwanted fights. but now since Allah has commanded it, then not doing it would be na farmani and hence a sin. such thing would be sin because of violation of command of Allah. (if Allah had not commanded it then even despite the risk, it would not have been sin). so now if we see something halal which has a significant tendency to lead to a major evil, despite this knowing, if a person still does that halal thing and does not do that major Haram, then this thing would not entail him any sin at all, because he did not do any na farmani of Allah. he never committed disobedience of Allah. what he did was a halal despite knowing it can be a high potential ground for a major sin to occur later. understanding 2 – even if that halal thing (which is not prohibited by Allah as a principle Haram, or as a sadde zariya directive) if he knows that it has a high potential for a major sin to occur in later. the sin may happen, may not happen. but the chances that it would happen is high. then in this case even that Halal thing will also become a sin to do, in itself. whether the end Haram things happens or not. Sir can you please educate me which understanding is correct?