What is the validity of the statement that the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) ended with the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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Question:
What is the validity of this statement, the claim that the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) ended with the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
No one among the scholars of knowledge says this. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) remains. It remains and has not ended, but a person may have some of the traits of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), or he may be safe from them, praise be to Allah. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) remains.
What is the validity of this statement, the claim that the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) ended with the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
No one among the scholars of knowledge says this. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) remains. It remains and has not ended, but a person may have some of the traits of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), or he may be safe from them, praise be to Allah. The pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) remains.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة القول بأن الجاهلية قد انتهت ببعثة الرسول–صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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