The call to renew religious discourse and its intended meaning

The questioner:
The questioner says: There is a call in some media outlets to renew religious discourse. What is your opinion on this, what is your guidance, and what do they intend? May Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh:
This religious discourse is the discourse that came in the Book and the Sunnah, which is naming people by their names. The disbeliever is called a disbeliever. The hypocrite is called a hypocrite. The open sinner is called an open sinner. The believer is called a believer. This is necessary. As for changing these names and saying, "Do not say disbeliever, say non-Muslim," this is distorting words from their proper places, and it is appeasing the disbelievers and compromising in the religion of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
The intended meaning of the discourse is the discourse that came in the Book and the Sunnah, and it is intended to be changed from its wording. This is not permissible, and this is a great danger, and this is distortion. However, if the intended meaning of the discourse is the style used by the preacher or the caller to Allah, this varies according to the people; he addresses them according to what affects them and benefits them. So the style of the caller, the speech of the caller, differs. The discourse of kings is not the discourse of ordinary people, and the discourse of scholars is not the discourse of the ignorant, and the discourse differs. He addresses each person with what is fitting for him. If the intended meaning of the discourse is the discourse of the caller who engages in da'wah, or enjoins good, or forbids evil, and that he places everything in its proper place, then it is necessary to refine it and set its guidelines. As for the intended meaning of the discourse being what came in the Book and the Sunnah of names and rulings, it is never permissible to change it. Yes.