A Response to Those Who Criticize the University for the Large Number of Its Lectures on the Obligation of Adhering to the Congregation
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people criticize the Imam University for the large number of its lectures and seminars on the obligation of adhering to the congregation and listening to and obeying the one in authority, whether out of envy, doubt, or ignorance of the reality. Do you have an opinion on this direction, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
This is nothing unusual. They criticized the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). May Allah send prayers and peace upon him. They criticized the Rightly Guided Caliphs, they criticized the rulers of the Muslims, they criticized the scholars. This is a known thing. But the obligation is that we fortify ourselves, and we fortify our children, and we fortify our brothers against these ideas, and we make it clear to them that this is a plot by the enemy, and we do not pay attention to it. And we are convinced, and praise be to Allah, we are convinced of what we are upon, because we are on the truth. And upon the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the methodology of our righteous predecessors, so we do not pay attention to them.
We do not pay attention to them and we do not take them seriously. And this does not mean that we remain silent about their falsehood and their evil, but rather we clarify it, expose it, and refute their doubts and their nonsense. Yes.
The questioner:
And the university’s duty in this regard is great, especially since it is a Shari'ah university.
The Shaykh:
It was established for this purpose. This university was established to uphold this religion in knowledge, practice, and methodology. It was established for this, and its existence is a mercy from Allah and a success from Allah for the rulers who established it and planted it in this land, and praise be to Allah. So it is a fortified fortress where all the doubts of falsehood and the nonsense of misguidance are broken. But if there are men in it, if there are men in it who perform this obligation and make it clear to the people, yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people criticize the Imam University for the large number of its lectures and seminars on the obligation of adhering to the congregation and listening to and obeying the one in authority, whether out of envy, doubt, or ignorance of the reality. Do you have an opinion on this direction, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
This is nothing unusual. They criticized the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). May Allah send prayers and peace upon him. They criticized the Rightly Guided Caliphs, they criticized the rulers of the Muslims, they criticized the scholars. This is a known thing. But the obligation is that we fortify ourselves, and we fortify our children, and we fortify our brothers against these ideas, and we make it clear to them that this is a plot by the enemy, and we do not pay attention to it. And we are convinced, and praise be to Allah, we are convinced of what we are upon, because we are on the truth. And upon the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the methodology of our righteous predecessors, so we do not pay attention to them.
We do not pay attention to them and we do not take them seriously. And this does not mean that we remain silent about their falsehood and their evil, but rather we clarify it, expose it, and refute their doubts and their nonsense. Yes.
The questioner:
And the university’s duty in this regard is great, especially since it is a Shari'ah university.
The Shaykh:
It was established for this purpose. This university was established to uphold this religion in knowledge, practice, and methodology. It was established for this, and its existence is a mercy from Allah and a success from Allah for the rulers who established it and planted it in this land, and praise be to Allah. So it is a fortified fortress where all the doubts of falsehood and the nonsense of misguidance are broken. But if there are men in it, if there are men in it who perform this obligation and make it clear to the people, yes.
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