The Impact of Bias Toward Certain Individuals and the Exclusion of Others on Moderation
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says: In some places, a bias has spread among a group of students of knowledge toward certain individuals and orientations, and the exclusion of those who were not with them on this path. What is the impact of that on moderation? May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
This is not from moderation. It distances the people of good except for those who agree with him in his statement or in his inclination. This is not from moderation. This is from the extremists in what he is upon. He is extreme in what he is upon of the sect. So moderation is to follow the truth wherever it turns. This is moderation. Whether the truth is with him or with someone else. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner says: In some places, a bias has spread among a group of students of knowledge toward certain individuals and orientations, and the exclusion of those who were not with them on this path. What is the impact of that on moderation? May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
This is not from moderation. It distances the people of good except for those who agree with him in his statement or in his inclination. This is not from moderation. This is from the extremists in what he is upon. He is extreme in what he is upon of the sect. So moderation is to follow the truth wherever it turns. This is moderation. Whether the truth is with him or with someone else. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تأثير التحيز إلى أشخاص وإقصاء الآخرين على الوسطية\صالح الفوزان\كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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