Advice on calling people to follow the evidence
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: In my country, which is outside this land, there are people who follow a specific school of jurisprudence completely. They say that the students studying in this land are Wahhabis. So my question is: What do you advise us regarding our da'wah (calling) so that we may call them with wisdom, and they may return, by the permission of Allah, to the correct methodology?
Answer:
Yes, call them to follow the evidence, to follow the statement that has evidence for it, whether their scholars agree with it or scholars other than them. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[An-Nisa 4:59] So if we differ with them on an issue, we return to the Book of Allah.
Praise be to Allah. Allah has not left us to our own statements, our own opinions, or our own independent legal reasoning. Rather, He has given us a Book and a Sunnah in our hands to which we return when there is disagreement. So if the evidence becomes clear to someone, it is obligatory for him to follow it, whether it is Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab or someone else. And we do not show partisanship for the Shaykh; if he made a mistake, he is a human being, and we do not show partisanship for him. But, praise be to Allah, we have only experienced good from him. We have not experienced any of the things they say about him. And we respect all the imams of Islam. We do not show partisanship for our Shaykh, but rather we respect all the imams of Islam, whether they are in Najd, in Egypt, in the Levant, or anywhere else. We respect them and honor them, except for the one who disobeys Allah and His Messenger and opposes [the truth]; that is our enemy, and we are his enemies. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: In my country, which is outside this land, there are people who follow a specific school of jurisprudence completely. They say that the students studying in this land are Wahhabis. So my question is: What do you advise us regarding our da'wah (calling) so that we may call them with wisdom, and they may return, by the permission of Allah, to the correct methodology?
Answer:
Yes, call them to follow the evidence, to follow the statement that has evidence for it, whether their scholars agree with it or scholars other than them. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًاPraise be to Allah. Allah has not left us to our own statements, our own opinions, or our own independent legal reasoning. Rather, He has given us a Book and a Sunnah in our hands to which we return when there is disagreement. So if the evidence becomes clear to someone, it is obligatory for him to follow it, whether it is Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab or someone else. And we do not show partisanship for the Shaykh; if he made a mistake, he is a human being, and we do not show partisanship for him. But, praise be to Allah, we have only experienced good from him. We have not experienced any of the things they say about him. And we respect all the imams of Islam. We do not show partisanship for our Shaykh, but rather we respect all the imams of Islam, whether they are in Najd, in Egypt, in the Levant, or anywhere else. We respect them and honor them, except for the one who disobeys Allah and His Messenger and opposes [the truth]; that is our enemy, and we are his enemies. Yes.
Source
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