The Standard of the Pre-Islamic Age of Ignorance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the standard of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah)? Or when do I say that a certain thing is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, or that it is a pre-Islamic ruling?
Answer:
The general pre-Islamic age of ignorance is what was before Islam, before the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance. As for the specific pre-Islamic age of ignorance of certain people or certain tribes, this may exist. This may exist. You must avoid it and call its practitioners to abandon it, if you are able to call them to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the standard of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah)? Or when do I say that a certain thing is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, or that it is a pre-Islamic ruling?
Answer:
The general pre-Islamic age of ignorance is what was before Islam, before the sending of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance. As for the specific pre-Islamic age of ignorance of certain people or certain tribes, this may exist. This may exist. You must avoid it and call its practitioners to abandon it, if you are able to call them to it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-15-03-1439هـ — af.org.sa (1:00:07)
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