Patience in enduring harm for the sake of adhering to the Sunnah
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The questioner:
I intended to clarify the possibility of the committee’s shortcoming, as some countries, through these countries, due to the committee’s long duration, are a primary cause for some distortions and feelings, and this is from the perspective that warding off harm takes precedence over seeking benefit.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, it is not like that. You heard that patience in obeying Allah the Exalted is required, and maintaining the beard is obedience to Allah, so maintain it and be patient. Be patient with what befalls you, and you will be rewarded, if Allah wills. However, I do not think they approach a person just for maintaining a beard; rather, they approach a person if he does something of the inappropriate deviations they do not want. If a person holds fast to his religion and does not engage in inappropriate deviations, he generally does not face harm. And if, by chance, he faces harm because of his adherence to the Sunnah, he is rewarded. I tell you, this is the matter.
I intended to clarify the possibility of the committee’s shortcoming, as some countries, through these countries, due to the committee’s long duration, are a primary cause for some distortions and feelings, and this is from the perspective that warding off harm takes precedence over seeking benefit.
The Shaykh:
No, my brother, it is not like that. You heard that patience in obeying Allah the Exalted is required, and maintaining the beard is obedience to Allah, so maintain it and be patient. Be patient with what befalls you, and you will be rewarded, if Allah wills. However, I do not think they approach a person just for maintaining a beard; rather, they approach a person if he does something of the inappropriate deviations they do not want. If a person holds fast to his religion and does not engage in inappropriate deviations, he generally does not face harm. And if, by chance, he faces harm because of his adherence to the Sunnah, he is rewarded. I tell you, this is the matter.
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : يأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر — islamhouse.com (1:03:10)
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