Bias and Partisanship for the Truth
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Question:
And Shaykh Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have also heard from some of the supplications that the Muslim should be affectionate and partisan for the truth. The evidence for this is that the party of Allah are the believers.
Answer:
Yes, being partisan for the truth and taking sides for the truth is what is required. The hated partisanship and fanaticism is when it is for other than the truth. As for the partisanship and tribalism of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, that is what is blameworthy. But if it is for the truth, then it is good. And if they call it fanaticism, we call it following and emulation; we do not call it fanaticism.
And Shaykh Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have also heard from some of the supplications that the Muslim should be affectionate and partisan for the truth. The evidence for this is that the party of Allah are the believers.
Answer:
Yes, being partisan for the truth and taking sides for the truth is what is required. The hated partisanship and fanaticism is when it is for other than the truth. As for the partisanship and tribalism of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, that is what is blameworthy. But if it is for the truth, then it is good. And if they call it fanaticism, we call it following and emulation; we do not call it fanaticism.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [1] — alfawzan.live (1:20:57)
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