Re: A Mistake Worth its Weight in Gold
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eating half an apple from an orchard full of fruit bearing trees while one is so hungry so as to not even realize it was someone's property/provision falls under the rule of extreme necessity allowing-some of-that which is forbidden.
This is true. However, you're not taking into account the extreme taqwa the salaf had. They wouldn't have wanted to transgress even on mubah/permissible but doubtful matters. So no, it's not far from reality that he would have felt bad for eating something that did not belong to him.
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and marrying off his blind, deaf And dumb daughter to the first guy who eats half an apple form his garden hardly seems to be setting a good example
No, once again, it's not just any random first guy who ate half an apple, it's a guy who displayed extreme taqwa. At those times, people actually valued it more than they did wordly things like wealth. So in that context, I don't think it's all that unbelievable that a father who had concern for his daughter's hearafter would marry her to a pious man.