Occupying Oneself with One’s Own Faults and Responding to the People of Innovation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear from some students of knowledge who say, “Occupy yourself with your own faults and do not occupy yourself with the faults of others,” and his intention with this statement is that one should not respond to the people of innovation.
Answer:
No, no, this is not correct. Enjoining good and forbidding evil, and responding to those who hold contrary views, is worship. It is worship and jihad in the path of Allah. It combines both matters: he holds himself accountable, and he also fulfills what is obligatory upon him, which is clarifying the truth, calling people to Allah, and so on. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We hear from some students of knowledge who say, “Occupy yourself with your own faults and do not occupy yourself with the faults of others,” and his intention with this statement is that one should not respond to the people of innovation.
Answer:
No, no, this is not correct. Enjoining good and forbidding evil, and responding to those who hold contrary views, is worship. It is worship and jihad in the path of Allah. It combines both matters: he holds himself accountable, and he also fulfills what is obligatory upon him, which is clarifying the truth, calling people to Allah, and so on. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (52:29)
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