Can a society be considered Islamic when the majority of its people are Muslims?
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The questioner :
Regarding the issue of whether a society is Islamic or not, this is what we say about a Muslim society, because the majority
of the people are Muslims, if we were like the rest of people, like those who are
The Shaykh :
What do you mean, like the rest of people?
The questioner :
I mean our Islam is like the Islam of the rest of the society—that we believe in certain beliefs
The Shaykh:
I referred to this
The questioner:
No, regarding the beliefs of the Salaf that we believe in, but there are not
The Shaykh :
You referred to this
The questioner :
The general public of the society who are considered Muslim do not believe in these beliefs that were presented
The Shaykh:
What do you rule about the one who prays next to you?
The questioner:
We are not talking about the Salafi.
The Shaykh:
He is not a Salafi, this one who prays next to you. Do you not pray in the mosque? Or—may Allah forbid—it became
the infection went from there to here. You pray in the mosque, do you know him as a Salafi? You do not know him, he is a person who prays in the mosque
What do you rule about him? A Muslim, of course a Muslim, and the second and the third and the fourth, etc....
The questioner:
From the perspective of knowledge....
The Shaykh:
Therefore, Professor, the truth was with the brother when he said we explained the difference between faith and Islam. You are now looking into
the circle of faith, and we looked into Islam. That is, a person may pray next to me and he is a disbeliever in the sight of Allah, whether he is
or he is not, but you and I consider him a Muslim. Therefore, the distinction must be made between two circles: Islam and faith. It may
be that a person is a Muslim in appearance, but Allah knows from his heart that he is a hypocrite in the lowest depth of the Fire
And the opposite: if Allah knows from him that he is a believer, then he is a Muslim. Therefore, there is a general and a specific here: every believer is a Muslim
and not every Muslim is a believer. So when we want to look for an answer to the question, which is: Is our society
an Islamic society or not? We do not look into the circle of faith, we look into the circle of Islam. Every believer is a Muslim
and not every Muslim is a believer.
Regarding the issue of whether a society is Islamic or not, this is what we say about a Muslim society, because the majority
of the people are Muslims, if we were like the rest of people, like those who are
The Shaykh :
What do you mean, like the rest of people?
The questioner :
I mean our Islam is like the Islam of the rest of the society—that we believe in certain beliefs
The Shaykh:
I referred to this
The questioner:
No, regarding the beliefs of the Salaf that we believe in, but there are not
The Shaykh :
You referred to this
The questioner :
The general public of the society who are considered Muslim do not believe in these beliefs that were presented
The Shaykh:
What do you rule about the one who prays next to you?
The questioner:
We are not talking about the Salafi.
The Shaykh:
He is not a Salafi, this one who prays next to you. Do you not pray in the mosque? Or—may Allah forbid—it became
the infection went from there to here. You pray in the mosque, do you know him as a Salafi? You do not know him, he is a person who prays in the mosque
What do you rule about him? A Muslim, of course a Muslim, and the second and the third and the fourth, etc....
The questioner:
From the perspective of knowledge....
The Shaykh:
Therefore, Professor, the truth was with the brother when he said we explained the difference between faith and Islam. You are now looking into
the circle of faith, and we looked into Islam. That is, a person may pray next to me and he is a disbeliever in the sight of Allah, whether he is
or he is not, but you and I consider him a Muslim. Therefore, the distinction must be made between two circles: Islam and faith. It may
be that a person is a Muslim in appearance, but Allah knows from his heart that he is a hypocrite in the lowest depth of the Fire
And the opposite: if Allah knows from him that he is a believer, then he is a Muslim. Therefore, there is a general and a specific here: every believer is a Muslim
and not every Muslim is a believer. So when we want to look for an answer to the question, which is: Is our society
an Islamic society or not? We do not look into the circle of faith, we look into the circle of Islam. Every believer is a Muslim
and not every Muslim is a believer.
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