The Scholars' Position on the Advocates of Westernization
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Question:
Salem asks your eminence: What is the scholars' position on the advocates of Westernization who appear at every moment on local media, promoting the Westernization of women? What do you advise?
Answer:
There are many diverse advocates of misguidance. It is not limited to Westernization; there are advocates of shirk (associating partners with Allah), advocates of bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters, advocates of Westernization, and advocates of sins and forbidden things. There are many advocates of misguidance. Therefore, it is obligatory to warn against them and to refute them, for those who are able to refute them. It is also obligatory to report them to the authorities so that they may take action against them. It is not permissible to leave them alone. Yes.
Salem asks your eminence: What is the scholars' position on the advocates of Westernization who appear at every moment on local media, promoting the Westernization of women? What do you advise?
Answer:
There are many diverse advocates of misguidance. It is not limited to Westernization; there are advocates of shirk (associating partners with Allah), advocates of bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters, advocates of Westernization, and advocates of sins and forbidden things. There are many advocates of misguidance. Therefore, it is obligatory to warn against them and to refute them, for those who are able to refute them. It is also obligatory to report them to the authorities so that they may take action against them. It is not permissible to leave them alone. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 09-5-2-1433 — archive.org (34:45)
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