Refuting the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah and the Advancement of the West
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A person spoke in one of the gatherings and said, "The West has advanced and invaded us from every direction, yet our scholars are still talking about the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah." I did not respond to him out of fear of delving into the honor of the scholars. The question is: Is my silence correct? And what was obligatory for me in such a situation?
The Shaykh:
This is a deception of the people. What is the relationship between refuting the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah, who corrupted the creed, and industrial advancement? What prevented us from working in that field? There is no objection to combining the refutation of the people of misguidance with learning useful technology. There is no contradiction between this and that. But this person wants people to leave the people of misguidance and not refute them, so that he can promote their falsehood and corrupt the beliefs of the Muslims. That is what he wants. Or perhaps he is ignorant and does not know; he hears the words of others and repeats them. Otherwise, there is no contradiction between people learning the correct creed and refuting false creeds, and their also learning the matters of their worldly affairs and the matters of jihad. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Rather, their learning of their creed is among the first preparations for jihad, because if the creed is correct and the creed is upright, then faith is sound, and this is the greatest of the two strengths, for strength is the strength of faith and the strength of weapons. If the two strengths come together, that is the greatest thing, and the strength of faith is of the first degree. As for the strength of weapons without faith, or with weak faith, it does not benefit anything. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A person spoke in one of the gatherings and said, "The West has advanced and invaded us from every direction, yet our scholars are still talking about the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah." I did not respond to him out of fear of delving into the honor of the scholars. The question is: Is my silence correct? And what was obligatory for me in such a situation?
The Shaykh:
This is a deception of the people. What is the relationship between refuting the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah, who corrupted the creed, and industrial advancement? What prevented us from working in that field? There is no objection to combining the refutation of the people of misguidance with learning useful technology. There is no contradiction between this and that. But this person wants people to leave the people of misguidance and not refute them, so that he can promote their falsehood and corrupt the beliefs of the Muslims. That is what he wants. Or perhaps he is ignorant and does not know; he hears the words of others and repeats them. Otherwise, there is no contradiction between people learning the correct creed and refuting false creeds, and their also learning the matters of their worldly affairs and the matters of jihad. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Rather, their learning of their creed is among the first preparations for jihad, because if the creed is correct and the creed is upright, then faith is sound, and this is the greatest of the two strengths, for strength is the strength of faith and the strength of weapons. If the two strengths come together, that is the greatest thing, and the strength of faith is of the first degree. As for the strength of weapons without faith, or with weak faith, it does not benefit anything. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 09 — archive.org (29:05)
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