Warning Against Debating Hypocrites and Innovators and Striving with the Tongue
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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are those who shun and warn against debating hypocrites and innovators. Is this not jihad with the tongue?
Answer:
There are those who warn against all jihad, jihad against the disbelievers and jihad against the hypocrites. They warn against all jihad. This is not to be arranged or heeded. There are those who belittle and slander among the hypocrites, even in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)[At-Tawbah 9:47] These hypocrites are like this in every time and place. Yes.
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: There are those who shun and warn against debating hypocrites and innovators. Is this not jihad with the tongue?
Answer:
There are those who warn against all jihad, jihad against the disbelievers and jihad against the hypocrites. They warn against all jihad. This is not to be arranged or heeded. There are those who belittle and slander among the hypocrites, even in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah. And among you are avid listeners to them.
لَوْ خَرَجُوا فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمْ إِلَّا خَبَالًا وَلَأَوْضَعُوا خِلَالَكُمْ يَبْغُونَكُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ
Source
تفسير حزب المفصل، تفسير سورة الصف [ الآية 10 إلى آخر السورة ] — islamhouse.com (37:00)
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