Dealing with those who shun the Shaykh's call and categorize the preachers
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The questioner:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, and this person asked me, saying: I am studying in some of the countries and I find among them a shunning of the call of Shaykh Muhammad and a distance from this. So how do I deal with them, and how do I interact in such a crisis?
The Shaykh:
You do not tell them that this is the call of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, but rather that this is the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Explain to them the call of the Messenger, and the Shaykh's call is in accordance with the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. And in his question he said: And when we call people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and begin to clarify the true methodology to people, they classify us and make people averse to us, saying that sometimes we are utilitarians, sometimes we are extremists, and so on. So what is your Eminence's guidance in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Be patient with them, and praise be to Allah.[Luqman 31:17] [Al-'Asr 103:3] Be patient with this. If you want people to praise you and speak well of you, and if that is your intention, then that is showing off and seeking fame. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Excellency the Shaykh, and this person asked me, saying: I am studying in some of the countries and I find among them a shunning of the call of Shaykh Muhammad and a distance from this. So how do I deal with them, and how do I interact in such a crisis?
The Shaykh:
You do not tell them that this is the call of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, but rather that this is the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Explain to them the call of the Messenger, and the Shaykh's call is in accordance with the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh. And in his question he said: And when we call people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and begin to clarify the true methodology to people, they classify us and make people averse to us, saying that sometimes we are utilitarians, sometimes we are extremists, and so on. So what is your Eminence's guidance in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Be patient with them, and praise be to Allah.
O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
يَا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِand advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
حقيقة دعوة الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب وأثرها على العالم الإسلامي — af.org.sa (36:11)
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