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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the call to Allah based on divine text or independent legal reasoning?

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Question:
He says: Are the means of calling to Allah based on divine text or on independent legal reasoning?

Answer:
There is a difference between the methodology of the call and the means of the call. Pay attention. The methodology of the call is based on divine text. It must be according to the methodology of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and according to what came in the Book and the Sunnah. As for the means, the means of conveying the call, they renew in every age according to its circumstances. We are speaking here now, and our words reach the East and the West.
This means of the call, what is it a means for? It is a means for the call for whoever utilizes it for good. It is the greatest means. Before, they used to travel on foot and on beasts of burden. Now, on cars, airplanes, and ships. We use these means to call to Allah the Exalted. Broadcasting is a means for the call.
All these are new, good means if they are used for the call to Allah, because they reach the East and the West, and you are a preacher in the mosque and not in any other place. So they are a blessing from Allah the Exalted. Great means that Allah has brought into being for us.
We utilize them for the call and spreading the call. So there is a difference between the means and the methodology. The methodology is not based on divine text. As for the means, they are according to the circumstances of each age. Yes. So do not mix this with that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الدعوة إلى الله توقيفية أم اجتهادية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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