An Example of Fard Ayn and Fard Kifaya For instance, some people are walking along the sea shore and amongst them is a group of good swimmers. They see a child about to drown. It shouts save me!, and nobody moves towards him. One of the swimmers wants to move to save him but his father forbids him. Can any scholar in this day and time say that he must obey his father and let the child drown? This is the example of Afghanistan today. She is crying out for help, her children are being slaughtered, her women are being raped, the innocent are killed and their corpses scattered, and when sincere young men want to move to save and assist them they are criticized and blamed: how could you leave without your parents permission? Saving the drowning child is Fard on all the swimmers who witness him. Before anyone moves there is a call for all to save him. If someone moves to save him, the sin falls from the rest. But, if no one moves, all the swimmers are in sin. No permission is required before anyone moves, even if the parents forbid the son to save the drowner, they must not be obeyed. Because, the call in the beginning for a Fard Kifaya is the same as the call for a Fard Ayn. The difference emerges only after. If some answer the call, then the sin falls from the rest. If none respond, all are in sin. Taken from : Defense of the Muslim Lands by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 07:05:01 +0000
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