The Principle of Freedom: Freedom of the Heart and the Demand for Freedom
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The principle mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) is that freedom is freedom of the heart, and servitude is servitude of the heart. Do you advise students of knowledge to disseminate this principle, given that people in our time—media figures and others, and channels—repeat the demand for freedom, and the word “freedom” is always repeated, and they intend by it things that are not hidden?
Answer:
They intend by freedom freedom from the rulings of the Shari'ah. Do you know that the rulings of the Shari'ah are constraints they want to get rid of? That is their usual intent with the freedom they call for. So let us beware of them and their call.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The principle mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) is that freedom is freedom of the heart, and servitude is servitude of the heart. Do you advise students of knowledge to disseminate this principle, given that people in our time—media figures and others, and channels—repeat the demand for freedom, and the word “freedom” is always repeated, and they intend by it things that are not hidden?
Answer:
They intend by freedom freedom from the rulings of the Shari'ah. Do you know that the rulings of the Shari'ah are constraints they want to get rid of? That is their usual intent with the freedom they call for. So let us beware of them and their call.
Source
العبودية لشيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية، العبودية لشيخ الإسلام بن تيمية [2] — alfawzan.live (1:12:47)
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