Dealing with the bombing in Riyadh and the accusation that the curricula are responsible for terrorism

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Many questions have come in on one topic, and I hope you will clarify the Islamic ruling regarding what happened yesterday in the bombing in Riyadh, and how to deal with the hypocrites who use terrorism to harm the people of righteousness, and that the educational curricula and the words of the imams of the da'wah are the target of this matter.

Answer:
As for the judgment on these criminals, that is for the court; the Sharia court is responsible for judging them. As for what concerns the people, the believers do not speak except of good, of what is beneficial for Islam and the Muslims, of what is beneficial for society, and of what brings hearts together, between the shepherd and the flock. These are the people of faith; they speak of good. As for the people of hypocrisy, they will speak of evil, and this is their opportunity. Their claim that this comes from the curricula or from the religion, and that it involves extremism, is the speech of the hypocrites from ancient times, from the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). One should not pay attention to them or turn to them. We say that the majority of those who practice these things have not studied; they did not attend schools. They forbid schools, they forbid schools, they forbid studying. This is the result of extremism, may Allah protect us from it. Extremism leads its owner to what it led the Khawarij to, who went to the extent of fighting the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), the best of generations. It is never attributed to the hypocrites, and they are not given any attention. As for the claim that this comes from the curricula, that is a lie. Those who practice these matters have not studied; they failed in their studies. In fact, some of them forbid studying and forbid schools. How did things end up for them at this extreme? So the matter is not from the curricula. The curricula reform people, praise be to Allah, because they are curricula of knowledge and curricula of good. So they reform people, teaching them the creed, teaching them enjoining good and forbidding evil and its regulations, how it is to be done, and teaching them good moral conduct. There is good in the study, and its curricula are good, because they are based on the Book and the Sunnah. I say this about this country; as for other countries, I do not know about them. But in this country, our curricula, praise be to Allah, are based on the Book and the Sunnah, and on the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. There is no extremism in them, no excess. Rather, they forbid extremism, they forbid excess, they forbid harshness, and they refute the deviant and seceding sects. These are our curricula, praise be to Allah: curricula of refinement, reform, knowledge, and good. They do not contain what they say. But they have something against the curricula within themselves, so they took advantage of this opportunity. However, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will make their plot return to their own throats, and they will not attain any good, by the permission of Allah. The curricula will continue, if Allah wills, and knowledge will continue, if Allah wills, despite their noses, no matter how much they try. On the contrary, extremism only comes from those who have not studied these curricula and have not known them, and who took knowledge from themselves, or from disbelief, or from the people of misguidance. As for those who studied under the scholars and studied under the people of good, praise be to Allah, nothing has happened from them except good. So be reassured, if Allah wills, that only good will happen. Their arguments are refutable, and the judgment on these people is for the court. May Allah guide those in charge of the judiciary to what is correct and good for the Ummah. We ask Allah to guide the astray of the Ummah. We ask Allah to guide these young men who were deceived. We ask Allah to guide them and return them to the right path. Pray for them, and do not pray against them. Pray for them with prayer and guidance, perhaps Allah will guide them and return them to the right path. As for the one who does not want guidance, pray against him, because Allah will take him with punishment.