Reading the chapter "The Path of Islam in Immortalizing the Great" from the book *Al-Halal wa al-Haram* by al-Qaradawi
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The Shaykh :"The Path of Islam in Immortalizing the Great:
Perhaps someone will say: Is it not a form of loyalty for the community to return some of the favor to its great figures, who wrote glorious pages in its history through their deeds, by erecting material statues for them that remind later generations of their virtue and the glory they built? For the memory of peoples often forgets, and the alternation of day and night causes one to forget?
The answer is: Islam dislikes exaggeration in the glorification of individuals "
It is a good chapter to be read later, and first, there is no disagreement regarding it, and second, it has no connection to our topic.
...this chapter with his statement: "And if immortality among people is a must, it will not be achieved by erecting statues for the great figures one wishes to immortalize. The unique method that Islam approves of is immortalizing them in hearts and minds and on tongues, through the good and work they presented and the virtuous deeds they left behind, which will be a truthful tongue for them in the hereafter."
Perhaps someone will say: Is it not a form of loyalty for the community to return some of the favor to its great figures, who wrote glorious pages in its history through their deeds, by erecting material statues for them that remind later generations of their virtue and the glory they built? For the memory of peoples often forgets, and the alternation of day and night causes one to forget?
The answer is: Islam dislikes exaggeration in the glorification of individuals "
It is a good chapter to be read later, and first, there is no disagreement regarding it, and second, it has no connection to our topic.
...this chapter with his statement: "And if immortality among people is a must, it will not be achieved by erecting statues for the great figures one wishes to immortalize. The unique method that Islam approves of is immortalizing them in hearts and minds and on tongues, through the good and work they presented and the virtuous deeds they left behind, which will be a truthful tongue for them in the hereafter."