The events that recently occurred in the Lands of the Two Holy Mosques, as you know, are not approved by any religion, custom, or reason, but
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The events that recently occurred in the Lands of the Two Holy Mosques, as you know, are not approved by any religion, custom, or reason, but we read and hear from those with sickness in their hearts, from some writers and others, who have taken advantage of these events to attack the scholars, preachers, and people of goodness and righteousness, especially the upright youth. They continue to do so every day in their newspapers and journals. The question is: What is our position, as students of knowledge, regarding this? And what do you advise us in these matters?
Answer:
The malicious enemy, whatever you do, you are not safe from his aggression and evil, but his evil returns to him, and praise be to Allah. The hypocrites spoke about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions and said what they said. This is not strange from the people of evil; they speak about the people of goodness and they seize the opportunities.
[Ali 'Imran 3:154] Here, this means that the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) vision was limited, in that he took them to this place to be killed. This is a sin attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And if the matter had been up to them, they would not have gone out, for they claim to be more cunning than the Messenger and more knowledgeable than the Messenger. So this is not strange at all; the hypocrites speak about the Muslims and the believers during times of events. And when the matter became severe for the Muslims on the Day of the Confederates, [Al-Ahzab 33:12] this is not strange at all. So do not grieve for them or be distressed for them. Their sin returns to them, if Allah wills, and their plot rebounds upon their own throats.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The events that recently occurred in the Lands of the Two Holy Mosques, as you know, are not approved by any religion, custom, or reason, but we read and hear from those with sickness in their hearts, from some writers and others, who have taken advantage of these events to attack the scholars, preachers, and people of goodness and righteousness, especially the upright youth. They continue to do so every day in their newspapers and journals. The question is: What is our position, as students of knowledge, regarding this? And what do you advise us in these matters?
Answer:
The malicious enemy, whatever you do, you are not safe from his aggression and evil, but his evil returns to him, and praise be to Allah. The hypocrites spoke about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions and said what they said. This is not strange from the people of evil; they speak about the people of goodness and they seize the opportunities.
If there was anything we could have done in the matter, some of us would not have been killed
لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَاAnd [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"
وَإِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [699 -954] ما حصل في بلاد الحرمين من الأحداث الأخيرة كما تعلمون لا يقره دين ولا عرف ولا عقل، ولكن .. — youtube.com
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