The Ruling on One Who Downplays the Understanding of 'Aqeedah and Books of 'Aqeedah
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. Some people say that people understand 'aqeedah, and that there is no need to repeat lectures on it, and that they do not need it. It may be observed that many people go to sorcerers and fortune-tellers and believe what they say. What is the ruling on one who downplays the understanding of 'aqeedah? And what are the books you recommend (may Allah preserve you) in 'aqeedah for a student of knowledge? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
What Allah willed, are all people understanding 'aqeedah? Most people do not understand 'aqeedah in the required manner. So this statement is wrong.
Second, as I pointed out to you, a person, no matter how much knowledge he is given, is in need of knowledge, and in need of an increase in knowledge. And third, this statement that people understand 'aqeedah is used to make people neglect the study of the 'aqeedah of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), so that superstitions and shirk (associating partners with Allah) may spread, or so that there is no opposition to them, because they are opposed only by the correct 'aqeedah, and by the divine scholars who knew the correct 'aqeedah and what contradicts it. So these people intend to allow the opportunity for their superstitions and their practices to spread among the people.
And another group among them may have principles, directions, and affiliations to parties or to sects. Undoubtedly, the correct 'aqeedah forbids these affiliations and these party politics. So he wants not to be opposed in these matters, because if the 'aqeedah is studied, it becomes a strong barrier against party politics and directions that contradict the 'aqeedah of Muslims.
So the one who strives in 'aqeedah is a bad man without a doubt. The worst or best thing said about him, the best thing said about him, is that he is ignorant, and ignorance is sufficient for him and its deficiency.
Muslims do not do without studying 'aqeedah, repeating it, explaining it, announcing it to the people, and clarifying it to the people in every lesson and every occasion, until it becomes clear, and until the contradictions approaching the 'aqeedah become clear. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. Some people say that people understand 'aqeedah, and that there is no need to repeat lectures on it, and that they do not need it. It may be observed that many people go to sorcerers and fortune-tellers and believe what they say. What is the ruling on one who downplays the understanding of 'aqeedah? And what are the books you recommend (may Allah preserve you) in 'aqeedah for a student of knowledge? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
What Allah willed, are all people understanding 'aqeedah? Most people do not understand 'aqeedah in the required manner. So this statement is wrong.
Second, as I pointed out to you, a person, no matter how much knowledge he is given, is in need of knowledge, and in need of an increase in knowledge. And third, this statement that people understand 'aqeedah is used to make people neglect the study of the 'aqeedah of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), so that superstitions and shirk (associating partners with Allah) may spread, or so that there is no opposition to them, because they are opposed only by the correct 'aqeedah, and by the divine scholars who knew the correct 'aqeedah and what contradicts it. So these people intend to allow the opportunity for their superstitions and their practices to spread among the people.
And another group among them may have principles, directions, and affiliations to parties or to sects. Undoubtedly, the correct 'aqeedah forbids these affiliations and these party politics. So he wants not to be opposed in these matters, because if the 'aqeedah is studied, it becomes a strong barrier against party politics and directions that contradict the 'aqeedah of Muslims.
So the one who strives in 'aqeedah is a bad man without a doubt. The worst or best thing said about him, the best thing said about him, is that he is ignorant, and ignorance is sufficient for him and its deficiency.
Muslims do not do without studying 'aqeedah, repeating it, explaining it, announcing it to the people, and clarifying it to the people in every lesson and every occasion, until it becomes clear, and until the contradictions approaching the 'aqeedah become clear. Yes.
Source
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