Are the demonstrations in response to the insult of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a form of the blameworthy panic?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is not insulting the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) among the calamities that the author mentioned in this lesson, where panic in them causes the enemy to gloat, the friend to be distressed, and the Lord to be angered? And do the demonstrations that took place in some countries for this reason count as panic?
Answer:
This does not fall under what we are discussing. Mocking the Messenger is not new; this existed in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and indeed, his other brothers among the messengers and prophets were mocked and ridiculed. This is not new. But how did they respond to this? They responded with patience. They responded with jihad in the path of Allah when they were able to do so. They did not respond with demonstrations, or with destruction, or with killing the innocent. All of this is not the action of Muslims when the Messenger is mocked. They want to test us and say, "Do you not have to react with a rash action?" so that they can use it as an argument against us. We should react with a wise action that cuts off their tongues, and we should clarify to them our position on these matters as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is what is required. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is not insulting the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) among the calamities that the author mentioned in this lesson, where panic in them causes the enemy to gloat, the friend to be distressed, and the Lord to be angered? And do the demonstrations that took place in some countries for this reason count as panic?
Answer:
This does not fall under what we are discussing. Mocking the Messenger is not new; this existed in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and indeed, his other brothers among the messengers and prophets were mocked and ridiculed. This is not new. But how did they respond to this? They responded with patience. They responded with jihad in the path of Allah when they were able to do so. They did not respond with demonstrations, or with destruction, or with killing the innocent. All of this is not the action of Muslims when the Messenger is mocked. They want to test us and say, "Do you not have to react with a rash action?" so that they can use it as an argument against us. We should react with a wise action that cuts off their tongues, and we should clarify to them our position on these matters as it came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is what is required. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3285] هل المظاهرات لأجل الإساءة للنبي ﷺ من الجزع المذموم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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