What is the response to those who say that the scholars' discourse on the Mu'tazilah in these days is a form of nonsense?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: A writer says that the scholars' discourse on Jahm ibn Safwan and the Mu'tazilah in these days is nothing but nonsense and a voluntary act at the wrong time, because we are currently facing a fierce war with the enemies that requires the scholars' attention. So how do we respond to him? And may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We respond to him by saying that the one who says this is one of them. It is clear that he is one of them, or that he is an ignorant person who does not know. Either he is one of the Jahmiyyah and wants to cover for them and not expose them, or he is an ignorant person who does not know. The words of an ignorant person are not to be expected, nor should one pay attention to them, nor give them any weight.
The truth must be made clear and explained. How can we deal with the external enemy and leave the internal enemy? It is not possible for Islam to be victorious while there are enemies from within.
It is obligatory[At-Tawbah 9:123]. It is obligatory [Ash-Shu'ara 26:214]. It is obligatory to start with the near before the far. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: A writer says that the scholars' discourse on Jahm ibn Safwan and the Mu'tazilah in these days is nothing but nonsense and a voluntary act at the wrong time, because we are currently facing a fierce war with the enemies that requires the scholars' attention. So how do we respond to him? And may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
We respond to him by saying that the one who says this is one of them. It is clear that he is one of them, or that he is an ignorant person who does not know. Either he is one of the Jahmiyyah and wants to cover for them and not expose them, or he is an ignorant person who does not know. The words of an ignorant person are not to be expected, nor should one pay attention to them, nor give them any weight.
The truth must be made clear and explained. How can we deal with the external enemy and leave the internal enemy? It is not possible for Islam to be victorious while there are enemies from within.
It is obligatory
fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness
قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُم مِّنَ الْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةًAnd warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.
وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [192 -1024] ما الرد على من يقول: إن كلام العلماء في المعتزلة هذه الأيام هو ضرب من العبث؟ — youtube.com
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