Learning evil in order to warn against it
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Question:
And other than the sword, may Allah grant you success. We urge you to read what encouraged them regarding the timing and interpretation of people and the community, and to its advice. Some of you were encouraged by contemporary principles of humanity, nationalism, and socialism, among others.
Answer:
It is something that is necessary, something that is necessary. A person learns good and learns its opposite; he learns tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and learns its opposite; and he learns good and learns evil. He learns good in order to act upon it and call to it, and he learns evil in order to forbid it and warn against it. If he does not know evil, how can he avoid it? How can he warn against it if he does not know it? Both of these are necessary. Yes.
And other than the sword, may Allah grant you success. We urge you to read what encouraged them regarding the timing and interpretation of people and the community, and to its advice. Some of you were encouraged by contemporary principles of humanity, nationalism, and socialism, among others.
Answer:
It is something that is necessary, something that is necessary. A person learns good and learns its opposite; he learns tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and learns its opposite; and he learns good and learns evil. He learns good in order to act upon it and call to it, and he learns evil in order to forbid it and warn against it. If he does not know evil, how can he avoid it? How can he warn against it if he does not know it? Both of these are necessary. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 16 من 16 / شرح مسائل الجاهلية / المسألة الثامنة عشرة بعد المائة/صالح الفوزان/ لعقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:41)
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