The Ruling on Teaching the Nullifiers of Islam to the Youth
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Question:
A questioner says: We notice that some students of knowledge begin by teaching the youth the nullifiers of Islam, even though they do not know the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the doubts surrounding them. Do you not hold, Your Eminence, that these nullifiers should not be forced upon young students of knowledge, just as they should not be explained by anyone other than those who are among the people of knowledge who are firmly established in it, and who know the implications of the words of the scholars of knowledge and their contexts, so that the youth do not fall into the pitfalls of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever)?
Answer:
Yes, teaching should begin with the essentials first. They are taught tawhid, even in a simplified and concise manner. Tawhid is taught before teaching the nullifiers of Islam. Also, the nullifiers of Islam are not presented to everyone, especially in this time when thinking has become widespread and [the spread of] doubts has become widespread. They are not presented except to the established students of knowledge who understand and are capable of explanation. As for presenting them to some people, if they hear that they are presented to everyone, they are presented to the established students of knowledge after they have studied 'aqidah (creed) and the principles of 'aqidah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A questioner says: We notice that some students of knowledge begin by teaching the youth the nullifiers of Islam, even though they do not know the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the doubts surrounding them. Do you not hold, Your Eminence, that these nullifiers should not be forced upon young students of knowledge, just as they should not be explained by anyone other than those who are among the people of knowledge who are firmly established in it, and who know the implications of the words of the scholars of knowledge and their contexts, so that the youth do not fall into the pitfalls of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever)?
Answer:
Yes, teaching should begin with the essentials first. They are taught tawhid, even in a simplified and concise manner. Tawhid is taught before teaching the nullifiers of Islam. Also, the nullifiers of Islam are not presented to everyone, especially in this time when thinking has become widespread and [the spread of] doubts has become widespread. They are not presented except to the established students of knowledge who understand and are capable of explanation. As for presenting them to some people, if they hear that they are presented to everyone, they are presented to the established students of knowledge after they have studied 'aqidah (creed) and the principles of 'aqidah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-045-أهمية دعوة الشيخ المجدد محمد بن عبدالوهاب|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:24)
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