The Ruling on Calling to Tawhid and Patience with the Harm of the Mushrikin
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, shirk (associating partners with Allah) has spread in these times, whether verbal or practical. Does the Muslim have to go out to call them to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and be patient with their harm? Is calling them obligatory, given that the majority of them, if not all of them, know that it is shirk and they persist in it?
Answer:
Calling is necessary, and advice is necessary to the extent of one's ability. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 49a. Therefore, it is necessary to forbid evil, and it is necessary to call to Allah to the extent of one's ability.
And as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 3701 “Call [people] to the path of Allah, even if the only one who is guided by your hand is one person.” Or is it necessary that all people be guided through you, otherwise you abandon the call? Have you not been told that the Prophet will come on the Day of Resurrection with no one with him, and the Prophet will come with one or two men, a complete ummah (Muslim community) with him but only one or two men, and with him ten men, the complete ummah did not follow, and yet he did not abandon the call to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. They said: [Al-A'raf 7:164-165] It is not permissible to abandon the call, and it is not permissible to despair and lose hope; this is not permissible. Yes, but according to one’s ability. [Al-Baqarah 2:286] Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, shirk (associating partners with Allah) has spread in these times, whether verbal or practical. Does the Muslim have to go out to call them to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and be patient with their harm? Is calling them obligatory, given that the majority of them, if not all of them, know that it is shirk and they persist in it?
Answer:
Calling is necessary, and advice is necessary to the extent of one's ability. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.
من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمانAnd as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you, it would be better for you than
لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من(164) And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him." (165) And when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.
لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ فَلَمَّاAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
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