Is it obligatory for students of knowledge to resist destructive ideas and devote themselves to refuting them?
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The questioner : Praise be to Allah alone, and blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. After that:
Our honorable and noble Shaykh, ... ... and the question is: We are students at the Islamic University ... to engage in resisting these ideas and refuting their concepts. So, we are here to direct a question to you: Is it better to resist destructive ideas or to stand by and not resist them? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good. Knowing that this initiative we undertook faced opposition from our brothers who study Aqeedah (creed) with us; so what do you advise us, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah: ... This question: whoever lives in an Islamic environment and does not find around him Muslims who are in need of teaching, guidance, cultural enrichment, and upbringing, let him devote himself to resisting—as you said in your question—resisting the communists, the Christians, and the like. And I imagine that Muslims in every place, in every land of Islam, are surrounded by Muslims who are in need of teaching, guidance, cultural enrichment, and upbringing. Therefore, if the principle in Islam is that the Muslim starts with the closest to him, then the closest in everything that is obligatory upon him—whether in zakah, spending, or teaching—then it is obligatory for those like you, students of knowledge, to spread your knowledge among those around you, starting with your closest relatives, then those around you from neighbors or friends or the like. And in my opinion, if you direct yourselves to performing this obligation, then that is ... whether you wish it or not, regarding the performance of another obligation, which is what you expressed as resisting those who deviate from Islam, such as the communists and their like. For this reason, I see that the brothers you referred to in your question are right in that, because—as we said recently—we are in need of two things to prepare for establishing the system of Islam and Islamic governance in the Muslim community. What are the two things? "Purification and upbringing." "Purification" means purifying Islam from everything foreign that has entered it; whether in beliefs, acts of worship, transactions, or behavior. And carrying this out leaves no room for callers to Allah to ever be occupied with those people, or to direct themselves toward them intentionally. Yes, if an opportunity arises and one of us meets ...
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Our honorable and noble Shaykh, ... ... and the question is: We are students at the Islamic University ... to engage in resisting these ideas and refuting their concepts. So, we are here to direct a question to you: Is it better to resist destructive ideas or to stand by and not resist them? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good. Knowing that this initiative we undertook faced opposition from our brothers who study Aqeedah (creed) with us; so what do you advise us, may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah: ... This question: whoever lives in an Islamic environment and does not find around him Muslims who are in need of teaching, guidance, cultural enrichment, and upbringing, let him devote himself to resisting—as you said in your question—resisting the communists, the Christians, and the like. And I imagine that Muslims in every place, in every land of Islam, are surrounded by Muslims who are in need of teaching, guidance, cultural enrichment, and upbringing. Therefore, if the principle in Islam is that the Muslim starts with the closest to him, then the closest in everything that is obligatory upon him—whether in zakah, spending, or teaching—then it is obligatory for those like you, students of knowledge, to spread your knowledge among those around you, starting with your closest relatives, then those around you from neighbors or friends or the like. And in my opinion, if you direct yourselves to performing this obligation, then that is ... whether you wish it or not, regarding the performance of another obligation, which is what you expressed as resisting those who deviate from Islam, such as the communists and their like. For this reason, I see that the brothers you referred to in your question are right in that, because—as we said recently—we are in need of two things to prepare for establishing the system of Islam and Islamic governance in the Muslim community. What are the two things? "Purification and upbringing." "Purification" means purifying Islam from everything foreign that has entered it; whether in beliefs, acts of worship, transactions, or behavior. And carrying this out leaves no room for callers to Allah to ever be occupied with those people, or to direct themselves toward them intentionally. Yes, if an opportunity arises and one of us meets ...
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