this is not a need, but rather a necessity (1). Necessity makes both gold and silver permissible, whether used independently or incidentally. Thus, if someone is compelled to drink from a gold vessel, he may do so, because it is a case of necessity.

It is disliked to come into direct contact with it without a need . . .

His statement, “It is disliked to come into direct contact with it without a need,” means that it is disliked to come into direct contact with a small silver band. Direct contact means that, if he wishes to drink from this banded vessel, he drinks from the side where the silver is, so that his lips come into contact with it, even though it is lawful.

In the terminology of the jurists, what is disliked is that which has been prohibited, though not in a manner requiring one to refrain from it. The one who leaves it out of compliance is rewarded, while the one who does it is not punished—unlike what is forbidden, for the one who does it deserves punishment. This is according to the terminology of the jurists.

As for the Quran and the sunnah, the term “disliked” may be used to mean what is forbidden. Thus, after Allah, Exalted is He, listed a number of prohibited matters in Surah al-Isra, He said: “All that—the evil of it is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested.” [al-Isra]

The Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Indeed, Allah has disliked for you gossip, excessive questioning, and wasting wealth” (2).

Dislike is a legal ruling that can only be established by evidence. Whoever affirms it without evidence, we reject his statement, just as we reject the statement of one who declares something forbidden without evidence.

Based on this principle, we examine the author’s words. He said, “It is disliked