The hope is great for the removal of the innovations surrounding condolences; what is the obligation of the students of knowledge so that they may make the people understand this?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The hope is great, Shaykh Salih, that the innovations surrounding condolences will be removed. What is the obligation of the students of knowledge so that they may make the people understand and abandon these innovations?
The Shaykh:
The obligation upon the students of knowledge and upon the scholars is a great obligation.
The presenter:
And Allah is sought for help.
The Shaykh:
That they clarify to the people the matter of these gatherings and other things that contradict the Shari'ah. It is obligatory for the scholars to clarify matters to the people,[Ali 'Imran 3:187]. These customs and traditions that contradict the Shari'ah did not arise except because of the silence of the scholars.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
The scholars were lazy in clarifying. If they had done what Allah made obligatory upon them, and clarified the Sunnah to the people, encouraged them to follow it, and warned them against what contradicts the Sunnah, and if this had been repeated by the scholars, it would have had a good effect in the Muslim societies. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The hope is great, Shaykh Salih, that the innovations surrounding condolences will be removed. What is the obligation of the students of knowledge so that they may make the people understand and abandon these innovations?
The Shaykh:
The obligation upon the students of knowledge and upon the scholars is a great obligation.
The presenter:
And Allah is sought for help.
The Shaykh:
That they clarify to the people the matter of these gatherings and other things that contradict the Shari'ah. It is obligatory for the scholars to clarify matters to the people,
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it."
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُThe presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
The scholars were lazy in clarifying. If they had done what Allah made obligatory upon them, and clarified the Sunnah to the people, encouraged them to follow it, and warned them against what contradicts the Sunnah, and if this had been repeated by the scholars, it would have had a good effect in the Muslim societies. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، والأمل كبير في زوال البدع المحيطة بالعزاء، ما واجب طلبة العلم حتى يفقهوا الناس في هذا؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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