Advice to the Sons of Senegal on Spreading Knowledge and Dealing with Disagreement
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Question:
Yes, the second question, Shaykh (may Allah preserve you). They say: What do you advise your sons in Senegal, in a country where the Sufis are numerous, and where shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) are widespread? And if there is a disagreement among the brothers, where some see the need to speak out for the truth and explicitly point out the misguidance of the Sufis, while others do not see that, arguing that the Sufis have power in the country and we are a minority, what is your advice?
Answer:
Yes, our advice is to spread beneficial knowledge and to spread the correct creed with wisdom and good instruction, and to argue with what is best, as Allah (Exalted and Majestic) said:[An-Nahl 16:125] [An-Nahl 16:125-126] This verse contains the methodology by which Muslims proceed in every time and place, especially when trials intensify and misleading calls multiply, and how numerous they are in this time. There is no salvation from them except by holding fast to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, and by learning it, teaching it, and spreading it among the people until the truth becomes clear and the correct path becomes evident to whoever seeks the truth. Yes.
Yes, the second question, Shaykh (may Allah preserve you). They say: What do you advise your sons in Senegal, in a country where the Sufis are numerous, and where shirk (associating partners with Allah) and bid'ah (religious innovations) are widespread? And if there is a disagreement among the brothers, where some see the need to speak out for the truth and explicitly point out the misguidance of the Sufis, while others do not see that, arguing that the Sufis have power in the country and we are a minority, what is your advice?
Answer:
Yes, our advice is to spread beneficial knowledge and to spread the correct creed with wisdom and good instruction, and to argue with what is best, as Allah (Exalted and Majestic) said:
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ(125) Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. (126) And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّابِرِينَ
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وصايا مهمة في زمن الفتن 21-11-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (9:03)
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