The Purpose of Studying Matters of the Pre-Islamic Age of Ignorance
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Question:
Or is something written that Allah has delayed you? Is the purpose of studying this [garbled] blessed? That the scholars said the [garbled] that I follow it and that you follow it? As for what are the signs and its writing in every matter? And how do we benefit from this [garbled] to
Answer:
The intended meaning is that we know the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) in order to avoid them, and also to call people to oppose them and avoid them, and to warn people against them. This is the intended purpose, because the purpose is not knowledge alone, but rather, along with knowledge, there must be action and calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
Or is something written that Allah has delayed you? Is the purpose of studying this [garbled] blessed? That the scholars said the [garbled] that I follow it and that you follow it? As for what are the signs and its writing in every matter? And how do we benefit from this [garbled] to
Answer:
The intended meaning is that we know the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) in order to avoid them, and also to call people to oppose them and avoid them, and to warn people against them. This is the intended purpose, because the purpose is not knowledge alone, but rather, along with knowledge, there must be action and calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/3/14 شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط الرابع عشر / جزء٣ — youtube.com (7:27)
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