Priorities in Forbidding Evil and Speaking About the Rulers
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The questioner:
Or the Shaykh may make an added error. A person may find himself in situations where there is more than one harm and more than one error, and a person does not find himself in a beautiful state of conflict, so he will not find a group in the hour of brevity speaking about this, and perhaps he will not be able to leave the gathering voluntarily.
The Shaykh:
The work begins with the most important; the most important begins with the most dangerous of sins, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) or speaking about the rulers, because this is more dangerous than backbiting about individual people. Speaking about the rulers causes chaos and fills hearts with hatred toward the rulers, and in the end, rebellion against the rulers occurs in this manner, as Ibn Saba did (may Allah curse him) when he started speaking about 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), saying and saying, until the matter ended with the killing of the Caliph of the Muslims, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). So the one who sees these matters starts with the most dangerous of them and forbids this, which is more dangerous than shaving the beard and more dangerous than imitating the drinking of alcohol. He forbids this matter because if something spreads in it, it becomes widespread and feared, and in the end, matters lead to the destruction of the Ummah.
Or the Shaykh may make an added error. A person may find himself in situations where there is more than one harm and more than one error, and a person does not find himself in a beautiful state of conflict, so he will not find a group in the hour of brevity speaking about this, and perhaps he will not be able to leave the gathering voluntarily.
The Shaykh:
The work begins with the most important; the most important begins with the most dangerous of sins, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) or speaking about the rulers, because this is more dangerous than backbiting about individual people. Speaking about the rulers causes chaos and fills hearts with hatred toward the rulers, and in the end, rebellion against the rulers occurs in this manner, as Ibn Saba did (may Allah curse him) when he started speaking about 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), saying and saying, until the matter ended with the killing of the Caliph of the Muslims, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). So the one who sees these matters starts with the most dangerous of them and forbids this, which is more dangerous than shaving the beard and more dangerous than imitating the drinking of alcohol. He forbids this matter because if something spreads in it, it becomes widespread and feared, and in the end, matters lead to the destruction of the Ummah.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : يأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر — islamhouse.com (1:12:02)
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