The Obligation of Scholars and Preachers Regarding the Call to Change Curricula
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. May Allah bless you and make Islam and the Muslims benefit from you. In these times, there is a continuous call to change the curricula derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), under a false pretext that they promote terrorism and spread terrorism, as they claim. Some changes have already occurred in some of these curricula. So, what is the obligation of scholars, preachers, and the general Muslim public regarding this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. As for the curricula being accused of teaching terrorism and teaching this by those with ill intentions and the enemies of the religion, and they have a strange habit, this is their constant practice at all times: they accuse Islam, they accuse knowledge and scholars, and they accuse the curricula. So it is not strange if one or two or ten people come forward with these accusations; it is not strange. This has been the case from old, and it indicates hatred in their hearts and complete evil in their hearts. But we ask Allah to suppress them and to turn their plots back against them. And the curricula, praise be to Allah, are still standing now. So if a change occurs that is not correct and is noticeable, the obligation is not to remain silent. It is obligatory for the students, it is obligatory for the teachers, and it is obligatory for the scholars to report this change to the one in authority. He will not be pleased, if Allah wills, if complaints come to him from the sincere and the experienced. He will not be pleased, by the permission of Allah, he will not be pleased with this change. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Honorable Shaykh. May Allah bless you and make Islam and the Muslims benefit from you. In these times, there is a continuous call to change the curricula derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), under a false pretext that they promote terrorism and spread terrorism, as they claim. Some changes have already occurred in some of these curricula. So, what is the obligation of scholars, preachers, and the general Muslim public regarding this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes. As for the curricula being accused of teaching terrorism and teaching this by those with ill intentions and the enemies of the religion, and they have a strange habit, this is their constant practice at all times: they accuse Islam, they accuse knowledge and scholars, and they accuse the curricula. So it is not strange if one or two or ten people come forward with these accusations; it is not strange. This has been the case from old, and it indicates hatred in their hearts and complete evil in their hearts. But we ask Allah to suppress them and to turn their plots back against them. And the curricula, praise be to Allah, are still standing now. So if a change occurs that is not correct and is noticeable, the obligation is not to remain silent. It is obligatory for the students, it is obligatory for the teachers, and it is obligatory for the scholars to report this change to the one in authority. He will not be pleased, if Allah wills, if complaints come to him from the sincere and the experienced. He will not be pleased, by the permission of Allah, he will not be pleased with this change. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-086-مسؤولية العلماء والدعاة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (47:37)
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