Guidance for the Ummah in Times of Fitnah: Seeking Beneficial Knowledge
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Question:
We conclude with this question. You know, may Allah preserve you, what is happening and occurring in the lands of the Muslims. Do you know what is happening, or are you aware of what is occurring in many of the lands of the Muslims? I am Wael. There is much fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurring in many of the lands of the Muslims, between truth and falsehood. So what is the word you direct to your sons and brothers in the Islamic Ummah?
Answer:
What we direct to our brothers in the face of fitnah is that they learn, or that they learn beneficial knowledge from the scholars. Nothing saves them from this, after Allah, except beneficial knowledge. They know the truth from the falsehood, they know how to act in these situations. This is obligatory from knowledge: learning knowledge. We advise them to seek knowledge from the scholars.
We advise them to do so, and not to be lenient in this matter, for nothing saves them, by the permission of Allah, except beneficial knowledge that clarifies for them the truth from the falsehood, and clarifies for them how to act when fitnah occurs. It is obligatory to learn beneficial knowledge. May Allah guide us and you to sound speech and action, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
We conclude with this question. You know, may Allah preserve you, what is happening and occurring in the lands of the Muslims. Do you know what is happening, or are you aware of what is occurring in many of the lands of the Muslims? I am Wael. There is much fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) occurring in many of the lands of the Muslims, between truth and falsehood. So what is the word you direct to your sons and brothers in the Islamic Ummah?
Answer:
What we direct to our brothers in the face of fitnah is that they learn, or that they learn beneficial knowledge from the scholars. Nothing saves them from this, after Allah, except beneficial knowledge. They know the truth from the falsehood, they know how to act in these situations. This is obligatory from knowledge: learning knowledge. We advise them to seek knowledge from the scholars.
We advise them to do so, and not to be lenient in this matter, for nothing saves them, by the permission of Allah, except beneficial knowledge that clarifies for them the truth from the falsehood, and clarifies for them how to act when fitnah occurs. It is obligatory to learn beneficial knowledge. May Allah guide us and you to sound speech and action, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
شرح نواقض الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، الناقض التاسع : من اعتقد أن بعض الناس يسعه الخروج عن شريعة محمد - صلى الله عليه وسلم - كما وسع الخضر الخروج عن شريعة موسى - عليه السلام -؛ فهو كافر — islamhouse.com (47:27)
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