Staying in Madinah to seek knowledge or returning to call people to Islam in one's home country
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Question:
The questioner says: May Allah bless you, our blessed Shaykh. Is it better for me to stay in the Prophet's City to earn a livelihood and seek knowledge, or to go to my country with the intention of calling people to Allah from outside the Kingdom?
Answer:
No, you will not stay to learn. First, complete your education. Once you have acquired knowledge that you can trust, you go to your country to call them to Allah and to rectify their creed. You explain tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to them. You warn them against shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovations), and narcotics. This is in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:122] meaning for the sake of seeking knowledge. [At-Tawbah 9:122].
Learn first in this land and in other Muslim lands. Learn tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the creed, and the five pillars of Islam, and whatever additional knowledge Allah grants you success in, you practice it yourselves. Then you go to your countries as callers to Allah, teachers, and jurists, and you obtain this great reward.[Fussilat 41:33]. This is the best statement. Call to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah forgive you.
The questioner says: May Allah bless you, our blessed Shaykh. Is it better for me to stay in the Prophet's City to earn a livelihood and seek knowledge, or to go to my country with the intention of calling people to Allah from outside the Kingdom?
Answer:
No, you will not stay to learn. First, complete your education. Once you have acquired knowledge that you can trust, you go to your country to call them to Allah and to rectify their creed. You explain tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to them. You warn them against shirk (associating partners with Allah), bid'ah (religious innovations), and narcotics. This is in accordance with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And it is not for the believers to go forth [to battle] all at once
وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنفِرُوا كَافَّةًFor there should separate from every division of them a group [remaining] to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious.
فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِن كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِّيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَLearn first in this land and in other Muslim lands. Learn tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the creed, and the five pillars of Islam, and whatever additional knowledge Allah grants you success in, you practice it yourselves. Then you go to your countries as callers to Allah, teachers, and jurists, and you obtain this great reward.
And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah forgive you.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 15-.-12-5-1439 — archive.org (20:00)
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