The Intended Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom”
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Question:
With the blessing of Allah, we begin this episode with what the brother Abu Thamer from Riyadh sent. He is a Jordanian resident in the Kingdom. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nahl 16:125] He asks: How does the caller implement these noble directives?
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This call, this noble verse, contains levels of calling because it is according to the state of the one being called. If the one being called is ignorant and does not know the rulings,
then it is sufficient to explain the Islamic rulings to him, with gentleness and kindness, because he did not abandon them out of stubbornness, but rather out of ignorance. So you explain them to him with wisdom, and wisdom is placing things in their proper place with gentleness, softness, and kindness. If you explain them to him and he complies and acts upon them, praise be to Allah, and the objective is achieved. But if he hesitates after knowing them and delays in acting upon them, he is to be admonished and warned of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, because the truth has become clear to him, yet he did not hasten to act upon it and comply with it.
So he is admonished and warned of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, but he is admonished with that which is best, and the good admonition is one that contains no violence or harshness. If admonition does not benefit him and he argues, becoming one who argues with falsehood to overthrow the truth, then there is another procedure for him.[An-Nahl 16:125-126] If there is aggression from the one being called, aggression against the caller, then he is punished with the like of what he did of aggression, and nothing is added to that. And if you punish, [An-Nahl 16:126] then this is permissible, but the best is if you are patient and do not punish him, and you are patient regarding what he did, then patience is better, and it is better for the patient. Then He said, Glorified and Exalted is He, [An-Nahl 16:127] so his patience is for the sake of the face of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
With the blessing of Allah, we begin this episode with what the brother Abu Thamer from Riyadh sent. He is a Jordanian resident in the Kingdom. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَthen it is sufficient to explain the Islamic rulings to him, with gentleness and kindness, because he did not abandon them out of stubbornness, but rather out of ignorance. So you explain them to him with wisdom, and wisdom is placing things in their proper place with gentleness, softness, and kindness. If you explain them to him and he complies and acts upon them, praise be to Allah, and the objective is achieved. But if he hesitates after knowing them and delays in acting upon them, he is to be admonished and warned of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, because the truth has become clear to him, yet he did not hasten to act upon it and comply with it.
So he is admonished and warned of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, but he is admonished with that which is best, and the good admonition is one that contains no violence or harshness. If admonition does not benefit him and he argues, becoming one who argues with falsehood to overthrow the truth, then there is another procedure for him.
(125) Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. (126) And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُواpunish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed
فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah
وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى ليوم الأربعاء 1439/08/23هــ — youtube.com (1:01)
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