Is the change to be in the creed only, starting with that?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began the process of change with the creed, but does the process of change include the creed only, especially if Islam is a comprehensive system that encompasses all aspects of life, being both a religion and a state? Please inform us, Honorable Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The change applies to all deviations; all deviations that contradict the religion require change to the truth. However, one starts with the creed, one starts with the creed, because it is the foundation. If the creed is correct, the rest of the matters change. But if one starts with the other matters and leaves the creed in its defect and corruption, that is contrary to the methodology of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) first began with rectifying the creed, then followed that with rectifying the rest of the matters. Note his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mu'adh ibn Jabal when he sent him to Yemen:Riyad as-Salihin 1077 The Book, so let the first thing you call them to be Mishkat al-Masabih 1772. If they respond to you regarding the creed, then you order them to pray. But if you order them to pray and pay zakah while they do not have the creed, that is a mistake. That is contrary to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) directed him to do. We suffice with this much, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began the process of change with the creed, but does the process of change include the creed only, especially if Islam is a comprehensive system that encompasses all aspects of life, being both a religion and a state? Please inform us, Honorable Shaykh. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The change applies to all deviations; all deviations that contradict the religion require change to the truth. However, one starts with the creed, one starts with the creed, because it is the foundation. If the creed is correct, the rest of the matters change. But if one starts with the other matters and leaves the creed in its defect and corruption, that is contrary to the methodology of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) first began with rectifying the creed, then followed that with rectifying the rest of the matters. Note his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mu'adh ibn Jabal when he sent him to Yemen:
You will go to people
إنك تأتي قوما من أهلto testify that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is God's messenger. If they obey that, tell them God has made obligatory for them five times of prayer every twenty-four hours. If they obey that, tell them God has made obligatory for them sadaqa to be taken from their rich and handed over to their poor. If
إليه شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدا رسول الله، فإن هم أجابوك لذلك، فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم خمس صلوات اليوم والليلة، فإن هم أجابوك لذلك، فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم صدقة تؤخذ من أغنيائهم ترد في فقرائهم، إن هم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل التغيير يكون في العقيدة فقط فيبدأ بها؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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