The Ruling on Warning Against Misguided Groups
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Question:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes directives are issued by the authorities warning against certain original groups or ideas. Some people then refrain from issuing a statement or reading this statement or order, or they do not preach when addressing the congregation about a group, on the grounds that it would cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What is Your Eminence’s view on this ijtihad (independent legal reasoning)?
Answer:
We say that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) lies in allowing the people of evil to spread their evil without being restrained and without warning against their evil and refuting their ideas. That is the fitnah. As for issuing a statement and restraining the foolish and the people of misguidance, that is wisdom, not fitnah. It is averting danger. Yes.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes directives are issued by the authorities warning against certain original groups or ideas. Some people then refrain from issuing a statement or reading this statement or order, or they do not preach when addressing the congregation about a group, on the grounds that it would cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What is Your Eminence’s view on this ijtihad (independent legal reasoning)?
Answer:
We say that fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) lies in allowing the people of evil to spread their evil without being restrained and without warning against their evil and refuting their ideas. That is the fitnah. As for issuing a statement and restraining the foolish and the people of misguidance, that is wisdom, not fitnah. It is averting danger. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 13- — archive.org (37:31)
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