Warning Against Youth Being Preoccupied with Politics to the Neglect of Learning Tawhid
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Question:
The questioner says: Many young people are interested in political events and exaggerate in following them in newspapers and satellite channels, and you do not find with them a lesson in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), nor do they even know tawhid. All of this is for the sake of understanding the reality, so we ask for a warning and guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, there is no doubt that it is obligatory for the Muslim to learn his religion first, to learn the matters of his religion, to learn tawhid, to learn the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, the rulings of Hajj, how to worship his Lord, how to perform worship. This is the first thing that is required, and this is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) for every Muslim, for every Muslim, that he learns the five pillars of Islam and their rulings so that he performs them in the required manner.
As for being preoccupied with political matters while he does not know the conditions of prayer, or does not know the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah," or does not know the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that contradicts tawhid or that diminishes tawhid—he does not know it. He only hears about shirk and does not know what shirk is. He hears about tawhid and does not know what tawhid is. And if you ask him about political matters, he is a sea of knowledge whose streams have overflowed. What benefit is there in that? If he becomes knowledgeable about politics, and so-and-so went and so-and-so came, what benefit is this with Allah?
It is obligatory for the Muslim to be concerned with his religion, for that is what he will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection. When he is placed in his grave, he will be asked: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet? So how will the answer be? If he has neglected this and is concerned with politics, will that benefit him in the grave? Is it not obligatory for the Muslim to think, to think about his affair? And to know why he was created, what he was commanded, and what is obligatory upon him? This is what is obligatory upon him. As for political matters, he leaves them to the people of politics. He wants to reform politics, but politics is for the people of politics. He is not responsible for it, nor is he burdened with it. Yes. Ah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. He says
The questioner says: Many young people are interested in political events and exaggerate in following them in newspapers and satellite channels, and you do not find with them a lesson in tawhid (the oneness of Allah), nor do they even know tawhid. All of this is for the sake of understanding the reality, so we ask for a warning and guidance. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, there is no doubt that it is obligatory for the Muslim to learn his religion first, to learn the matters of his religion, to learn tawhid, to learn the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, the rulings of Hajj, how to worship his Lord, how to perform worship. This is the first thing that is required, and this is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) for every Muslim, for every Muslim, that he learns the five pillars of Islam and their rulings so that he performs them in the required manner.
As for being preoccupied with political matters while he does not know the conditions of prayer, or does not know the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah," or does not know the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that contradicts tawhid or that diminishes tawhid—he does not know it. He only hears about shirk and does not know what shirk is. He hears about tawhid and does not know what tawhid is. And if you ask him about political matters, he is a sea of knowledge whose streams have overflowed. What benefit is there in that? If he becomes knowledgeable about politics, and so-and-so went and so-and-so came, what benefit is this with Allah?
It is obligatory for the Muslim to be concerned with his religion, for that is what he will be asked about on the Day of Resurrection. When he is placed in his grave, he will be asked: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet? So how will the answer be? If he has neglected this and is concerned with politics, will that benefit him in the grave? Is it not obligatory for the Muslim to think, to think about his affair? And to know why he was created, what he was commanded, and what is obligatory upon him? This is what is obligatory upon him. As for political matters, he leaves them to the people of politics. He wants to reform politics, but politics is for the people of politics. He is not responsible for it, nor is he burdened with it. Yes. Ah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. He says
Source
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