Abu Ubaydallaah Hamid Vince Kromwell [6/9/12]:
Sheikh Al-Sa'adi said that opposite to the principle of choosing the best in matters that one is presented with is if one is presented with matters that are harmful and one HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO CHOOSE then they should choose the least of them in harm. As we say in the West "choosing the lesser of two evils".
The well known example for this is drinking alcohol to save one's life. (A very real example I read of this is someone who is addicted to drugs so it mentioned that the person could smoke cigarettes to wean the self off of the addiction. Someone may object to this but this is how emcompassing these principles are and how useful they can be,as long as sincerity with Allah is involved).
Also when one is faced with a choice between something forbidden and something that is undesirable then they should choose that which is undesirable because it is the lesser of two evils...
The well known example for this is drinking alcohol to save one's life. (A very real example I read of this is someone who is addicted to drugs so it mentioned that the person could smoke cigarettes to wean the self off of the addiction. Someone may object to this but this is how emcompassing these principles are and how useful they can be,as long as sincerity with Allah is involved).
Also when one is faced with a choice between something forbidden and something that is undesirable then they should choose that which is undesirable because it is the lesser of two evils...
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