What is the concept of purification and education? (Discussion)
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The questioner : You mentioned to us in many tapes.
The Shaykh : Before that, excuse me, did you accept the condition?
The questioner : I previously stated that your conditions are commands.
The Shaykh : How? Yes.
The questioner : You mentioned to us in many tapes of the Shaykh that our work in this da'wah consists of two main issues, which are purification and education.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I would like you to give us a detailed explanation of the concept of each, so that it becomes a clear methodology for us.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That is, purification and education, and we ask Allah not to...
The Shaykh : The question is clear, but it seems from your question that you have not read or listened to a tape containing the details?
The questioner : I have a general understanding; I have not listened to the tape. To be frank, the details are in it.
The Shaykh : Because, in truth, the heaviest thing for a person in my position is repeating the answer to a matter for which many tapes have already been recorded. However, I will say, in the spirit of cooperation with the questioner and accepting his excuse that he has not heard the details, that the meaning of the word "purification" is very clear. It refers to purifying Islam, the Islamic religion, from what has entered it that is foreign to it, whether it relates to the fundamentals or the branches, as they say, or, in other words, whether it relates to beliefs, rulings, transactions, or morals. And I say this frankly now: your question means that your mind, and the mind of the Salafi youth in Kuwait, is devoid of the meaning of this technical term, "purification."
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, please allow me to speak on their behalf, because you mentioned this statement and we want to build upon it. I have an understanding... and I want to confirm after we proceed, because, as I said before, I have not listened to a detailed tape, but I understand according to my understanding of the words. And even if you explain it to me, I will ask related questions so that it becomes clear to us.
The Shaykh : All right, what do you think if we shorten the path? If you clarify to me what you understand by this word, I will answer you with the optimal plan we agreed upon, whether you are right or wrong, correct or incorrect. What do you think?
The questioner : ... Without a doubt, yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Very good.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Please, what do you understand by the word "purification"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have explained my opinion on the matter to you, but this opinion needs some detail.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : But what do you understand by the word "purification," and what do you understand by the word "education"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The student : I say, my Shaykh, as for purification.
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Purification is the purification or removal of what has attached itself to the belief of the righteous Salaf of impurities, wrongs, and innovations, and extracting them so that it is pure as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained it to us. This is a general statement: extracting every innovation that has entered it.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : This is as for purification.
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The student : Purification.
The Shaykh : Purification, education?
The student : As for education, it is the practical, methodical conduct that is built upon this purified Islam.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : This...
The Shaykh : All right, this is what is intended.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is behind the question?
The student : I hope I have not wronged the Salafi brothers in Kuwait by initially asking about this concept.
The Shaykh : I do not know, because you do not represent every brother there.
The student : Exactly.
The Shaykh : Rather, we fear that the matter may be so.
The student : Yes, so I gave this answer, meaning.
The Shaykh : This, my brother, is my answer always in the tapes.
The Shaykh : Before that, excuse me, did you accept the condition?
The questioner : I previously stated that your conditions are commands.
The Shaykh : How? Yes.
The questioner : You mentioned to us in many tapes of the Shaykh that our work in this da'wah consists of two main issues, which are purification and education.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I would like you to give us a detailed explanation of the concept of each, so that it becomes a clear methodology for us.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That is, purification and education, and we ask Allah not to...
The Shaykh : The question is clear, but it seems from your question that you have not read or listened to a tape containing the details?
The questioner : I have a general understanding; I have not listened to the tape. To be frank, the details are in it.
The Shaykh : Because, in truth, the heaviest thing for a person in my position is repeating the answer to a matter for which many tapes have already been recorded. However, I will say, in the spirit of cooperation with the questioner and accepting his excuse that he has not heard the details, that the meaning of the word "purification" is very clear. It refers to purifying Islam, the Islamic religion, from what has entered it that is foreign to it, whether it relates to the fundamentals or the branches, as they say, or, in other words, whether it relates to beliefs, rulings, transactions, or morals. And I say this frankly now: your question means that your mind, and the mind of the Salafi youth in Kuwait, is devoid of the meaning of this technical term, "purification."
The questioner : No, my Shaykh, please allow me to speak on their behalf, because you mentioned this statement and we want to build upon it. I have an understanding... and I want to confirm after we proceed, because, as I said before, I have not listened to a detailed tape, but I understand according to my understanding of the words. And even if you explain it to me, I will ask related questions so that it becomes clear to us.
The Shaykh : All right, what do you think if we shorten the path? If you clarify to me what you understand by this word, I will answer you with the optimal plan we agreed upon, whether you are right or wrong, correct or incorrect. What do you think?
The questioner : ... Without a doubt, yes, yes.
The Shaykh : Very good.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Please, what do you understand by the word "purification"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : I have explained my opinion on the matter to you, but this opinion needs some detail.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : But what do you understand by the word "purification," and what do you understand by the word "education"?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The student : I say, my Shaykh, as for purification.
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Purification is the purification or removal of what has attached itself to the belief of the righteous Salaf of impurities, wrongs, and innovations, and extracting them so that it is pure as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained it to us. This is a general statement: extracting every innovation that has entered it.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : This is as for purification.
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The student : Purification.
The Shaykh : Purification, education?
The student : As for education, it is the practical, methodical conduct that is built upon this purified Islam.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : This...
The Shaykh : All right, this is what is intended.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is behind the question?
The student : I hope I have not wronged the Salafi brothers in Kuwait by initially asking about this concept.
The Shaykh : I do not know, because you do not represent every brother there.
The student : Exactly.
The Shaykh : Rather, we fear that the matter may be so.
The student : Yes, so I gave this answer, meaning.
The Shaykh : This, my brother, is my answer always in the tapes.
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