What is the Muslim's position, in general, and the student of knowledge's position, in particular, regarding the dominance of hypocrites over the media and the press?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We complain to Allah the Exalted about the dominance of open sinners and hypocrites over Muslims in the media and the press, and elsewhere, especially in the press. What is the obligatory duty of the Muslim toward this corruption? And what is the role of scholars, students of knowledge, and preachers in stopping these corrupt newspapers?
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This is not strange; this is part of the Sunnah of Allah in His creation: the trial and the test. He made some of you a trial for others.[Muhammad 47:4]. [Al-Furqan 25:31] [Al-An'am 6:112]. [Al-An'am 6:113] This is the Sunnah of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and His wisdom, so that He may test the servants, some of them with others, and with the press. The press you described, which is the corrupt press, is a type of this trial and test. It is obligatory upon scholars to denounce what is in it and to refute it. It is obligatory to refute the corrupt articles in it and to point out the misguided propaganda in it. This is the duty of the people of knowledge. It is obligatory upon the general public to avoid them, not to purchase them, and not to bring them into their homes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We complain to Allah the Exalted about the dominance of open sinners and hypocrites over Muslims in the media and the press, and elsewhere, especially in the press. What is the obligatory duty of the Muslim toward this corruption? And what is the role of scholars, students of knowledge, and preachers in stopping these corrupt newspapers?
Answer:
This is not strange; this is part of the Sunnah of Allah in His creation: the trial and the test. He made some of you a trial for others.
That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others.
ذَٰلِكَ وَلَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لَانتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَ بَعْضَكُم بِبَعْضٍAnd thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًاAnd thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَاطِينَ الْإِنسِ وَالْجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ الْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَAnd [it is] so the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will incline toward it and that they will be satisfied with it and that they will commit that which they are committing.
وَلِتَصْغَىٰ إِلَيْهِ أَفْئِدَةُ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما موقف المسلم عمومًا وطالب العلم خصوصًا من تسلط المنافقين على الإعلام والصحافة؟ — youtube.com
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