The Writings of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and the Style of Question and Answer
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Question:
And this person says that the writings of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) raise up a disputatious student, because their content relies on the method of question and answer. He claims that this style is not one that purifies the self, and the evidence for this, he says, is that most of those who study them are characterized by bad morals, whereas some of the opposing paths are characterized by high morals. What is your opinion?
Answer:
This is a reaction against the good. This is a matter that contains good, but there is misguidance in his heart. He looks at the books of the Shaykh and others through this black lens. The books of the Shaykh guided nations, praise be to Allah. Nations benefited from them, and people continue to benefit from them in the east and west of the earth. The fact that this person did not benefit from them is due to a defect in him. A person sometimes rejects food and drink because of an illness in him. So this is like the sick person. We ask Allah for health.
And this person says that the writings of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) raise up a disputatious student, because their content relies on the method of question and answer. He claims that this style is not one that purifies the self, and the evidence for this, he says, is that most of those who study them are characterized by bad morals, whereas some of the opposing paths are characterized by high morals. What is your opinion?
Answer:
This is a reaction against the good. This is a matter that contains good, but there is misguidance in his heart. He looks at the books of the Shaykh and others through this black lens. The books of the Shaykh guided nations, praise be to Allah. Nations benefited from them, and people continue to benefit from them in the east and west of the earth. The fact that this person did not benefit from them is due to a defect in him. A person sometimes rejects food and drink because of an illness in him. So this is like the sick person. We ask Allah for health.
Source
السلفية حقيقتها وسماتها — alfawzan.live (52:22)
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