Advice for students of the Islamic University upon their return to their countries
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Question:
Our Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A questioner says: We are the sons of the Islamic University in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. We will return to our country after we leave from the study of Arabic morphology at the Islamic University. We find in our country various types of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What is your advice to us? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Our advice to you and to our Muslim brothers is, first, to hold fast to the truth. You have known the truth, and praise be to Allah, you have gained insight through your studies at the Islamic University, so hold fast to the truth that you have come to know. This is one aspect. The second aspect is that it is obligatory for you to make clear to the people. You must make clear to the people the error that they have.
Explain to them tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sound creed, and let this be done with mercy, gentleness, wisdom, and good exhortation, and not with harshness or violence. So, first, you must hold fast to what you are upon and the truth that you have come to know, and second, you must call people to this truth with wisdom, good exhortation, and argument in the best manner, andSahih al-Bukhari 3701.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Our Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A questioner says: We are the sons of the Islamic University in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. We will return to our country after we leave from the study of Arabic morphology at the Islamic University. We find in our country various types of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What is your advice to us? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Our advice to you and to our Muslim brothers is, first, to hold fast to the truth. You have known the truth, and praise be to Allah, you have gained insight through your studies at the Islamic University, so hold fast to the truth that you have come to know. This is one aspect. The second aspect is that it is obligatory for you to make clear to the people. You must make clear to the people the error that they have.
Explain to them tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and sound creed, and let this be done with mercy, gentleness, wisdom, and good exhortation, and not with harshness or violence. So, first, you must hold fast to what you are upon and the truth that you have come to know, and second, you must call people to this truth with wisdom, good exhortation, and argument in the best manner, and
if one man is guided on the right path (i.e. converted to Islam) through you, it would be better for you than (a great number of) red camels.
لأن يهدي الله بك رجلا واحدا خير لك من حمر النعمThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب ما جاء في الفتن — islamhouse.com (57:06)
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