Advice for Students of Knowledge in the Proliferation of Bid'ah and Shirk
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Trials, religious innovations (bid'ah), and superstitions have multiplied, and shirk (associating partners with Allah) has spread in many lands of the Muslims. What is your advice to us as students of knowledge in this time, and what is our position regarding that?
Answer:
Explain it to the people, for most of them are ignorant and do not know. Explain it to them with wisdom, gentleness, and good admonition, so that perhaps Allah may benefit through you.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Trials, religious innovations (bid'ah), and superstitions have multiplied, and shirk (associating partners with Allah) has spread in many lands of the Muslims. What is your advice to us as students of knowledge in this time, and what is our position regarding that?
Answer:
Explain it to the people, for most of them are ignorant and do not know. Explain it to them with wisdom, gentleness, and good admonition, so that perhaps Allah may benefit through you.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (54:13)
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