Warning Against the People of Takfir and Bombing Ideology and Its Relation to Backbiting
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Question:
And this, Honorable Shaykh, he says: When we speak about the people of the ideology of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) and bombing, and we warn against them and highlight the danger of their actions and what they bring upon the lands and the people, some individuals object and say that this is ghibah (backbiting) and that it is not permissible for you to speak about so-and-so or so-and-so. Is our speech, which is to clarify their reality, warn against them, and warn against their ideology, something that is religiously prohibited?
Answer:
This is from the obligatory advice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 4197Sahih (Darussalam). This is from the advice. And good is intended by it.
And the intention is to benefit the one who is heedless of these matters so that he may abandon them. This is not ghibah (backbiting). If you mentioned him by his name, or if you mentioned him by his name, that would be ghibah. But if you advise in a general manner, warn against these crimes, and explain their consequences and their evil for the Muslims, then this is from the advice and from the religion. The religion is advice. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Therefore, the one who says that this is ghibah does not know the meaning of ghibah, nor does he know the meaning of advice, nor does he distinguish between the two. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this, Honorable Shaykh, he says: When we speak about the people of the ideology of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever) and bombing, and we warn against them and highlight the danger of their actions and what they bring upon the lands and the people, some individuals object and say that this is ghibah (backbiting) and that it is not permissible for you to speak about so-and-so or so-and-so. Is our speech, which is to clarify their reality, warn against them, and warn against their ideology, something that is religiously prohibited?
Answer:
This is from the obligatory advice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Religion is sincerity (An-Nasihah).' They said: 'To whom, O Messenger of Allah?' he said: 'To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the imams of the Muslims, and to their common folk
الدين النصيحة. قلنا لمن؟ يا رسول الله. قال لله ولكتابه ولرسوله ولأئمة المسلمين وعامتهمAnd the intention is to benefit the one who is heedless of these matters so that he may abandon them. This is not ghibah (backbiting). If you mentioned him by his name, or if you mentioned him by his name, that would be ghibah. But if you advise in a general manner, warn against these crimes, and explain their consequences and their evil for the Muslims, then this is from the advice and from the religion. The religion is advice. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Therefore, the one who says that this is ghibah does not know the meaning of ghibah, nor does he know the meaning of advice, nor does he distinguish between the two. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-027-الرقية الشرعية أحكام وضوابط|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (41:16)
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