The ruling on applying the description of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance to the present era
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Question:
And if the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) made it easy to apply the term of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance to this era, as it is said, the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, that is for the sake of caution.
Answer:
I drew your attention to this in the first lesson, and we said that applying the term pre-Islamic age of ignorance to all people is forbidden and not permissible, because the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance ended with the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The meaning of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is the absence of knowledge. If a land has no religious knowledge, like the state before the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), that is the first pre-Islamic age of ignorance. The general pre-Islamic age of ignorance had no law; the messengers had perished and the people were in a period of this. This is the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. But after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance ended, praise be to Allah, because divine knowledge and religious knowledge exist, praise be to Allah, and are preserved until the Hour occurs. So there is no general pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and it is not permissible to say "the pre-Islamic age of ignorance of the twentieth century" or that "people are in a pre-Islamic age of ignorance." This is not permissible. But it can be said that there are some characteristics of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, or some pre-Islamic age of ignorance, in some individuals, or in some countries, or in some tribes. This is partial pre-Islamic age of ignorance. No, there is no harm in that.
Be certain. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: regarding the deceased. And he said to some of his Companions: Sahih Muslim 1661c when some disparagement of some of the Companions occurred from him. Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:79 The partial pre-Islamic age of ignorance, yes, it exists. But the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance, this ended with the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah drew attention to this in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*. Yes.
And if the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) made it easy to apply the term of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance to this era, as it is said, the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, that is for the sake of caution.
Answer:
I drew your attention to this in the first lesson, and we said that applying the term pre-Islamic age of ignorance to all people is forbidden and not permissible, because the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance ended with the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The meaning of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is the absence of knowledge. If a land has no religious knowledge, like the state before the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), that is the first pre-Islamic age of ignorance. The general pre-Islamic age of ignorance had no law; the messengers had perished and the people were in a period of this. This is the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. But after the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the general pre-Islamic age of ignorance ended, praise be to Allah, because divine knowledge and religious knowledge exist, praise be to Allah, and are preserved until the Hour occurs. So there is no general pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and it is not permissible to say "the pre-Islamic age of ignorance of the twentieth century" or that "people are in a pre-Islamic age of ignorance." This is not permissible. But it can be said that there are some characteristics of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, or some pre-Islamic age of ignorance, in some individuals, or in some countries, or in some tribes. This is partial pre-Islamic age of ignorance. No, there is no harm in that.
Be certain. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Four things in my Ummah are from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and they do not leave them: slandering lineages, boasting about genealogies, seeking rain from the stars, and wailing over the deceased.
أربع في أمتي من أمور الجاهلية لا يتركونهن الطعن في الأنساب، والفخر بالأحساب، والاستسقاء للنجوم، والنياحةYou are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him
إنك أمرؤ فيك جاهليةHe said: You are a man in whom there is pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
قال إنك أمرؤ فيك جاهلية
Source
شرح مسائل الجاهلية [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من المسألة الثالثة والأربعين : جحود القدر — islamhouse.com (40:06)
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