Focusing on Morals Without Calling to the Creed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some groups focus on noble morals, but they do not focus on calling to the creed. Is this the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
Answer:
No, the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community is the methodology of the prophets and messengers: they begin with the creed and correcting the creed. Every prophet’s first statement to his people is[Al-A'raf 7:59] This is how the prophets first call their people.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some groups focus on noble morals, but they do not focus on calling to the creed. Is this the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community?
Answer:
No, the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community is the methodology of the prophets and messengers: they begin with the creed and correcting the creed. Every prophet’s first statement to his people is
O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him
يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 16-05-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (52:14)
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