Some teachers say: We must take the positives from every sect of Islam. What is the validity of their statement?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of the teachers who teach us in our college say that in every sect of the Muslims there are positives, and if the students were to take these positives from every sect, they would be in a good state. He gave as an example that we should take the style of the Tabligh in calling to Allah, and some of the good things from the Sufis, and the like. Is this detailed explanation correct?
Answer:
Do you understand that they have a principle they call the Golden Rule? They say: We agree on what we agree upon, and we excuse one another in what we differ on. This statement comes from that principle. It is not permissible. It is not that we excuse one another in what we differ on, but rather we return to the evidence. Whoever has the evidence is the one who is right and is the one who is correct.
And whoever is contrary to the evidence is the one who is wrong. We do not accept error, nor do we compromise in the religion of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Whatever contradicts the evidence is rejected. We do not take except what agrees with the evidence. From anyone, the truth is the lost property of the believer; wherever he finds it, he takes it. As for saying, "We will reconcile and be tolerant, and we will take what we agree upon, and the rest, we excuse one another"—meaning, the one who calls upon other than Allah, we say we excuse one another; the one who worships graves and shrines, we say we excuse one another—what did we agree upon, then? We agreed only on the name of Islam. The name of Islam is not sufficient; investigation is necessary. So this is an invalid principle they call the Golden Rule.
And unfortunately, some of the youth or some of the partisans adopt it. It is an invalid principle that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah. Allah did not say, "You excuse one another," but rather He said:[An-Nisa 4:59] He did not say, "You excuse one another," and everyone remains as he is. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of the teachers who teach us in our college say that in every sect of the Muslims there are positives, and if the students were to take these positives from every sect, they would be in a good state. He gave as an example that we should take the style of the Tabligh in calling to Allah, and some of the good things from the Sufis, and the like. Is this detailed explanation correct?
Answer:
Do you understand that they have a principle they call the Golden Rule? They say: We agree on what we agree upon, and we excuse one another in what we differ on. This statement comes from that principle. It is not permissible. It is not that we excuse one another in what we differ on, but rather we return to the evidence. Whoever has the evidence is the one who is right and is the one who is correct.
And whoever is contrary to the evidence is the one who is wrong. We do not accept error, nor do we compromise in the religion of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Whatever contradicts the evidence is rejected. We do not take except what agrees with the evidence. From anyone, the truth is the lost property of the believer; wherever he finds it, he takes it. As for saying, "We will reconcile and be tolerant, and we will take what we agree upon, and the rest, we excuse one another"—meaning, the one who calls upon other than Allah, we say we excuse one another; the one who worships graves and shrines, we say we excuse one another—what did we agree upon, then? We agreed only on the name of Islam. The name of Islam is not sufficient; investigation is necessary. So this is an invalid principle they call the Golden Rule.
And unfortunately, some of the youth or some of the partisans adopt it. It is an invalid principle that contradicts the Book and the Sunnah. Allah did not say, "You excuse one another," but rather He said:
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [830 -1024] بعض المدرسين يقولون: علينا الأخذ من كل فرقة من فرق الإسلام الإيجابيات، فما صحة قولهم؟ — youtube.com
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