Statement: The truth has come and falsehood has vanished, upon the destruction of the idols
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person destroys idols, is it prescribed that he say what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:[Al-Isra 17:81]?
Answer:
Yes, if he has the authority and is able to remove them, he says what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said when they were removed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person destroys idols, is it prescribed that he say what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."
جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًاAnswer:
Yes, if he has the authority and is able to remove them, he says what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said when they were removed. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (51:20)
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