Forms Of Compulsion

 

 

Forms of helplessness (L-198)

فَمَنِ اضطُرَّ غَيرَ باغٍ وَلا عادٍ فَلا إِثمَ عَلَيهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ173b.

173b.  Fa-maniz-turra  gayra  baaginw-wa  laa  ‘aadin- falaaa  ‘isma  ‘alayh.  ‘InnAllaaha  Gafuurur-Rahiim.

173b.  But if anyone is compelled, without desiring or exceeding, he commits no sin. God is Forgiving and Merciful.

‘Az-turra – (who is driven by necessity), the word ‘iz-ta-raarun is the origin of this word. Zaruu-rat has come out from it also. Zaruu-rat means necessity. It signifies that if it becomes compulsory for the human being and it will not be possible for him to remain alive; then under such necessity, he is allowed to eat unlawful/forbidden food at the very least quantity of which is permissible only, so that he may live. For instance; either food is not attainable and there is nothing except forbidden thing or due to poverty, lawful food cannot be obtained or the use of forbidden thing is necessary for any disease on the advice of a skillful doctor. In such conditions, the forbidden things are permitted to be used in as minimum quantity as it is necessary to save one’s life.

Gayra  baagin – ( not to disobey, not to crave, to execute the command), gayra baagin  means that the individual, who eats the forbidden food, his intention or will should not be to crave or break the law. He wishes to save his life only because saving the life is also His (God) commandment.

Laa  ‘aadin – (not to transgress), that is to say; the individual must not be a deviator, sinner of crossing the limitations of Divine Law. If he has to eat in compulsion form, he should not take much, but eat only that quantity by which he may save his life. 

Gafuur – (Forgiving), that is to say; so much Forgiver and Merciful that sometimes He doesn’t punish on our sins, moreover the sins are not considered as sins by Him (God, for example when we use the forbidden thing in any such condition of compulsion; He does neither bind and nor punish to us.

God has prescribed lawful in some cases to the forbidden things due to His excellent Mercy and kindness. But there is a condition for it that the human being has been compelled due to any reason as it would have become impossible for saving his life, and secondly; he should not use the forbidden item to get taste but only so much less quantity that he may save himself only because saving the life is incumbent.

In the condition of compulsion, not eating these things is a sin also because saving the life is first duty. In such circumstances, it is equal to suicide and it is clear that the act of suicide is forbidden.

We must refrain from the forbidden things wholly, and whenever it becomes necessary for us to use them; then we should keep the intention good and use at the very least quantity. https://youtu.be/wDECVEHQ20s