The Muslim's Position on the Errors of Some Imams in Matters of Creed and Religious Innovations
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the Muslim's position when he sees or hears about some of the imams in some of the mosques in some of the regions? Perhaps you have noticed some errors in their creed, such as their calling for the Mawlid from the pulpit and encouraging it, or their letting their garments hang below the ankles, or other things. The questioner inquires and asks Your Eminence (may Allah preserve him) to intensify efforts in the media to intensify articles and television, radio, and print programs in education, a good hadith, and the members of the Senior Scholars Committee and others, especially regarding some of those religious innovations (bid'ah) and the specific days they claim, such as the Night of the Ascension and the Conveyance, the middle of Sha'ban, the day of the Mawlid, and the like?
Answer:
It is obligatory for anyone who knows of a person who engages in bid'ah (religious innovation) and displays it on the minbar, or calls for it on the minbar, or in any place, to report the matter to the responsible authority, or to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, or to the administration in his country, the Islamic Affairs Administration in his country, or to the committee in his country. He must not remain silent. This is part of cooperation. Have you not heard Allah say:[At-Tawbah 9:71] And the Glorious and Exalted says: [Al-Ma'idah 5:2] And the Exalted says, regarding the era: [Al-'Asr 103:2-3] Where have these verses gone?
It is obligatory for the believers to cooperate. If they find, hear, or see what is wrong, they must report it to the authority they believe will execute or intercede in removing this wrong, whether it is from an imam, a preacher, or someone else. It is necessary to report it to the rulers, to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, to the mufti, to the committee administration in the place of the committee in the country where the committee is located. It is necessary to strive to remove the wrong according to one's capacity, to the committee in his country, to the preachers in his country, the Dawah office in his country, to the court in his country, to the governorate, to the general responsible authority, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, to the Ifta. It is to be done through cooperation. This is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted and Majestic:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2] and fear Allah. This is the meaning of "and enjoin one another to truth." This is the meaning of "some of them enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong." Its meaning is not silence, negligence, or turning away. The meaning is cooperation. We ask Allah for success for everyone.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and preserve and protect you, Your Eminence
Your Eminence the Shaykh! What is the Muslim's position when he sees or hears about some of the imams in some of the mosques in some of the regions? Perhaps you have noticed some errors in their creed, such as their calling for the Mawlid from the pulpit and encouraging it, or their letting their garments hang below the ankles, or other things. The questioner inquires and asks Your Eminence (may Allah preserve him) to intensify efforts in the media to intensify articles and television, radio, and print programs in education, a good hadith, and the members of the Senior Scholars Committee and others, especially regarding some of those religious innovations (bid'ah) and the specific days they claim, such as the Night of the Ascension and the Conveyance, the middle of Sha'ban, the day of the Mawlid, and the like?
Answer:
It is obligatory for anyone who knows of a person who engages in bid'ah (religious innovation) and displays it on the minbar, or calls for it on the minbar, or in any place, to report the matter to the responsible authority, or to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, or to the administration in his country, the Islamic Affairs Administration in his country, or to the committee in his country. He must not remain silent. This is part of cooperation. Have you not heard Allah say:
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِAnd cooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ(2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْاIt is obligatory for the believers to cooperate. If they find, hear, or see what is wrong, they must report it to the authority they believe will execute or intercede in removing this wrong, whether it is from an imam, a preacher, or someone else. It is necessary to report it to the rulers, to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, to the mufti, to the committee administration in the place of the committee in the country where the committee is located. It is necessary to strive to remove the wrong according to one's capacity, to the committee in his country, to the preachers in his country, the Dawah office in his country, to the court in his country, to the governorate, to the general responsible authority, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, to the Ifta. It is to be done through cooperation. This is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted and Majestic:
And cooperate in righteousness
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and preserve and protect you, Your Eminence
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء الأئمة - ابن باز - ٢ — archive.org (23:10)
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