Associating with the People of Falsehood and Calling Them to the Truth, While Guarding Against Fitnah
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Question:
Be patient, O Shaykh, if that is the case. If there is no fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for him, as some scholars have mentioned, then he is told what he is told. This is the case with some who are susceptible to fitnah; for example, if it is said that so-and-so and so-and-so were found using certain words, they are treated the same as one who is not susceptible to fitnah, for example, O Shaykh?
Answer:
And who faces the one who guarantees him, or who guarantees the one who is susceptible to fitnah? Caution is obligatory, or caution is obligatory.
The bottom line is that the believer avoids the causes of fitnah in shirk (associating partners with Allah) and sins in general. He is cautious and does not say, "I am good and I am a believer," unless the need arises to warn them, but only without associating with them or being lax. He warns them and calls them to Allah, and he guards against their evil; because if he associates with them and is lax with them, they may drag him into their falsehood, some doubt may confuse him, or Satan may remove something of their falsehood from his mind. But he calls them to Allah and warns them of shirk, while he himself is also on guard. We ask Allah for safety.
Be patient, O Shaykh, if that is the case. If there is no fear of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for him, as some scholars have mentioned, then he is told what he is told. This is the case with some who are susceptible to fitnah; for example, if it is said that so-and-so and so-and-so were found using certain words, they are treated the same as one who is not susceptible to fitnah, for example, O Shaykh?
Answer:
And who faces the one who guarantees him, or who guarantees the one who is susceptible to fitnah? Caution is obligatory, or caution is obligatory.
The bottom line is that the believer avoids the causes of fitnah in shirk (associating partners with Allah) and sins in general. He is cautious and does not say, "I am good and I am a believer," unless the need arises to warn them, but only without associating with them or being lax. He warns them and calls them to Allah, and he guards against their evil; because if he associates with them and is lax with them, they may drag him into their falsehood, some doubt may confuse him, or Satan may remove something of their falsehood from his mind. But he calls them to Allah and warns them of shirk, while he himself is also on guard. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
شرح كشف الشبهات [ ابن باز ]، بداية من الفصل الأول : بيان أن مهمة الرسل الأولى : تحقيق توحيد العبادة — islamhouse.com (28:48)
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