The Role of Scholars and Preachers in Clarifying Tawhid and Warning Against Shirk
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. As you can see, Shaykh Salih, there are many messages mentioning graves, specifically those inside mosques. They also mention the people's mistakes regarding this issue. Even though this issue relates to 'aqidah, it relates to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and it relates to the validity of the prayer or its invalidity, all these matters, people are still heedless of them. What is the solution, Shaykh Salih? And what is the way to correct people's path so that their 'aqidah is correct and their prayer is correct?
Answer:
The burden is easy, praise be to Allah. This is by the people of knowledge and the callers to Allah the Exalted focusing on calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and warning against shirk (associating partners with Allah), explaining the types of shirk and clarifying that for people. This should be in their daily lessons in the mosques and schools and various fields of education. They should pay attention to this and give it special attention in their calls to Allah, their lectures, their seminars, and their talks. The callers to Allah the Exalted should focus on the 'aqidah of tawhid, explaining it, and explaining what contradicts it, opposes it, and diminishes it, which is shirk. They should warn people against that so that people know the ruling of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the callers turning a blind eye to this matter and turning away to side matters or secondary matters that are not valid except after the 'aqidah is correct, such as commanding prayer or commanding acts of obedience and noble morals or other things, while people are upon the 'aqidah of shirk, and they do not clarify it to them or explain it to them, then this is negligence and a deficiency. This is contrary to the call of the Messengers, peace and blessings be upon them. This does not benefit anything and does not profit anything, no matter how much they tire themselves and claim that they are calling to Allah the Exalted. This is not the methodology of the call, and it is not the path of the Messengers, peace and blessings be upon them. Unless the callers, scholars, and teachers pay attention to this matter, focus on it, and clarify it for people, then people will remain in ignorance and misguidance, except for whom Allah the Exalted has mercy. This is the reason for the spread of this evil, and it is the negligence of the scholars, or most of the scholars. We do not say all of them; there are, praise be to Allah, those who perform this obligatory duty, but the majority are turning away from this thing, especially those who claim to be in the call. They do not pay attention to this, except what Allah wills. This is it. And the common people and the ignorant use those as an excuse, saying, "If this were warned against, they would not have been silent about it, and they would not have left speaking about it." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. As you can see, Shaykh Salih, there are many messages mentioning graves, specifically those inside mosques. They also mention the people's mistakes regarding this issue. Even though this issue relates to 'aqidah, it relates to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and it relates to the validity of the prayer or its invalidity, all these matters, people are still heedless of them. What is the solution, Shaykh Salih? And what is the way to correct people's path so that their 'aqidah is correct and their prayer is correct?
Answer:
The burden is easy, praise be to Allah. This is by the people of knowledge and the callers to Allah the Exalted focusing on calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and warning against shirk (associating partners with Allah), explaining the types of shirk and clarifying that for people. This should be in their daily lessons in the mosques and schools and various fields of education. They should pay attention to this and give it special attention in their calls to Allah, their lectures, their seminars, and their talks. The callers to Allah the Exalted should focus on the 'aqidah of tawhid, explaining it, and explaining what contradicts it, opposes it, and diminishes it, which is shirk. They should warn people against that so that people know the ruling of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. As for the callers turning a blind eye to this matter and turning away to side matters or secondary matters that are not valid except after the 'aqidah is correct, such as commanding prayer or commanding acts of obedience and noble morals or other things, while people are upon the 'aqidah of shirk, and they do not clarify it to them or explain it to them, then this is negligence and a deficiency. This is contrary to the call of the Messengers, peace and blessings be upon them. This does not benefit anything and does not profit anything, no matter how much they tire themselves and claim that they are calling to Allah the Exalted. This is not the methodology of the call, and it is not the path of the Messengers, peace and blessings be upon them. Unless the callers, scholars, and teachers pay attention to this matter, focus on it, and clarify it for people, then people will remain in ignorance and misguidance, except for whom Allah the Exalted has mercy. This is the reason for the spread of this evil, and it is the negligence of the scholars, or most of the scholars. We do not say all of them; there are, praise be to Allah, those who perform this obligatory duty, but the majority are turning away from this thing, especially those who claim to be in the call. They do not pay attention to this, except what Allah wills. This is it. And the common people and the ignorant use those as an excuse, saying, "If this were warned against, they would not have been silent about it, and they would not have left speaking about it." Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4531- أدلة بطلان الصلاة في المساجد المبنية على القبور ووجه الدلالة منها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:52)
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