Defining Purification and Upbringing
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The Shaykh : Start with the preliminaries of purification and upbringing. These preliminaries: if you understand them, that is the answer. If you do not understand, and you have the right not to understand, then you must seek clarification. Do you understand?
The questioner : No, I did not understand. Seek clarification, O Shaykh. Your answer is that I did not understand.
The Shaykh : This is what I am asking you about. The purification of the preliminaries of Islamic action is purifying Islam from what has entered it that is foreign to it. Do you understand now? This is the meaning of the word "purification." And upbringing is raising the young generation on this purified Islam. Is it clear to you now? Any action without this, or without this planning, is futile.
The questioner : No, I did not understand. Seek clarification, O Shaykh. Your answer is that I did not understand.
The Shaykh : This is what I am asking you about. The purification of the preliminaries of Islamic action is purifying Islam from what has entered it that is foreign to it. Do you understand now? This is the meaning of the word "purification." And upbringing is raising the young generation on this purified Islam. Is it clear to you now? Any action without this, or without this planning, is futile.
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