What is the ruling on seeking knowledge while shirk (associating partners with Allah) is spreading?
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Question:
The questioner says: In our lands, shirk (associating partners with Allah) exists in both its major and minor forms. Is seeking knowledge an individual obligation for me so that I can call people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for the Muslim to seek the knowledge by which he knows his religion: he must know tawhid (the oneness of Allah), know the prayer, know the rulings of zakah (the obligatory alms), the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj (the major pilgrimage) and 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage). At the very least, he must know the five pillars of Islam. Yes.
The questioner says: In our lands, shirk (associating partners with Allah) exists in both its major and minor forms. Is seeking knowledge an individual obligation for me so that I can call people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
Without a doubt, it is obligatory for the Muslim to seek the knowledge by which he knows his religion: he must know tawhid (the oneness of Allah), know the prayer, know the rulings of zakah (the obligatory alms), the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj (the major pilgrimage) and 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage). At the very least, he must know the five pillars of Islam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم طلب العلم حال انتشار الشرك؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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