Guidance on Treating the Fitnah of Rebellion and Takfir Among the Youth
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Question:
There are questions indicating that some of the younger youth are affected by the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) of rebellion and the fitnah of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever). What they face, and what increases this, is the fitnahs and wars that some Islamic countries are currently facing, which has affected their minds due to the prevalence of this fitnah. So what is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is a reality that exists. What has happened in the countries, this exists. But its treatment is not that we revolt against our societies, and that we, and that we forbid evil without deliberation and without understanding of the religion of Allah. Forbidding evil may itself be the evil if the forbidding of evil is not done in the correct manner; then it is the evil, and it is greater than the existing evil. Forbidding evil has limits and regulations. If you cannot, my brother, then withdraw. Withdraw from the evil, be silent, and stay away from the places of evil. Save yourself.
This is the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). And the confusion that occurred among the students is a result of the fact that the curricula do not refer to these matters. The curricula are weak, my brothers.
They do not contain the principles of the people of the Sunnah and the community on how to handle matters. It is necessary that the curricula and educational programs be reviewed, from the first year of primary school to the last year of postgraduate studies. They must be reviewed to be as they were in the beginning: valuable, valuable, and productive programs.
Rather than being weak and flimsy, and some say, "Do not teach the children of Muslims tawhid (the oneness of Allah) because they are Muslims." Muslims? The Muslim studies tawhid. Fine, the Muslim is ignorant of tawhid and ignorant of many issues of tawhid. It is necessary that he is more deserving of being taught than the non-Muslim. That you make him understand, that you clarify to him how to proceed in his creed. So this matter is necessary. I say this is a result of the weakness of the curricula and the weakness of the courses, or the weakness of the teachers. So it is necessary to look into both matters: looking into the curricula.
Return to how they were at the beginning. Second, the teachers who have laziness or deficiency or lack of understanding should be replaced with others. And we should not remain in this situation which leads us to consequences that are not praiseworthy. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
There are questions indicating that some of the younger youth are affected by the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) of rebellion and the fitnah of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever). What they face, and what increases this, is the fitnahs and wars that some Islamic countries are currently facing, which has affected their minds due to the prevalence of this fitnah. So what is your guidance in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is a reality that exists. What has happened in the countries, this exists. But its treatment is not that we revolt against our societies, and that we, and that we forbid evil without deliberation and without understanding of the religion of Allah. Forbidding evil may itself be the evil if the forbidding of evil is not done in the correct manner; then it is the evil, and it is greater than the existing evil. Forbidding evil has limits and regulations. If you cannot, my brother, then withdraw. Withdraw from the evil, be silent, and stay away from the places of evil. Save yourself.
This is the fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). And the confusion that occurred among the students is a result of the fact that the curricula do not refer to these matters. The curricula are weak, my brothers.
They do not contain the principles of the people of the Sunnah and the community on how to handle matters. It is necessary that the curricula and educational programs be reviewed, from the first year of primary school to the last year of postgraduate studies. They must be reviewed to be as they were in the beginning: valuable, valuable, and productive programs.
Rather than being weak and flimsy, and some say, "Do not teach the children of Muslims tawhid (the oneness of Allah) because they are Muslims." Muslims? The Muslim studies tawhid. Fine, the Muslim is ignorant of tawhid and ignorant of many issues of tawhid. It is necessary that he is more deserving of being taught than the non-Muslim. That you make him understand, that you clarify to him how to proceed in his creed. So this matter is necessary. I say this is a result of the weakness of the curricula and the weakness of the courses, or the weakness of the teachers. So it is necessary to look into both matters: looking into the curricula.
Return to how they were at the beginning. Second, the teachers who have laziness or deficiency or lack of understanding should be replaced with others. And we should not remain in this situation which leads us to consequences that are not praiseworthy. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-002-أثر طاعة ولي الأمر على الفرد والمجتمع|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (45:48)
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