The Shaykh’s guidance to his students regarding not using the term "Arabs" with Muslims, and that it is obligatory to say "Muslims" only.

The Shaykh : But I was surprised by the use of the term "Arabs" with Muslims in these gatherings, and my surprise increased at how this usage was accepted or digested!

The questioner : Yes, it is.

The Shaykh : Do you not see anything in that?

The questioner : The distinction between Arabs and Muslims, our teacher, is a recent distinction, a distinction that is not, well, it has many bad implications. But, glory be to Allah, the writer was the brother Abu Anas, and some of the brothers read it, and the speech was in explaining the reality. The one who made him use it spoke about the reality of Muslims and the peaceful solution and so on. He took the title from a word for you, and when he heard it, he went out and said he would write it as an introduction, meaning an opening word. So the good, our teacher, between its two extremes is from you. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.

The questioner : But the answer to the question, well, he is speaking, for example, about the secret meetings between the Arabs and the Jews. I mean, in some places, perhaps in some contexts, there are justifications in some places. I mean, he says, for example: "And there were secret meetings between the Arabs and the Jews." For example, this is in one context, another context, I mean, in two or three contexts, I see a justification for them, and in the beginnings, Allah knows best, there is a justification. For example, the justifications here have justifications, Allah knows best.

The Shaykh : He, may Allah bless you, in a place where it is appropriate to mention, but in the beginning of the introduction.

The questioner : Quoting a saying: "The Arabs and the Muslims," this distinction.

The Shaykh : What is this?!

The questioner : Yes, the Arab and Islamic nations.

The Shaykh : There were secret meetings between the Arabs, yes.

The questioner : Yes, this is my intention.

The Shaykh : But the first one is better, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : Yes, the Arabs, and likewise before that.

The Shaykh : "And before that, and what followed it in global, Arab, and Islamic consequences!!"

The questioner : Yes, this is like the first one.

The Shaykh : And in the heading: "The Arabs and the Muslims remained."

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Who are the Arabs here?! Perhaps you notice these issues so that we do not fall into what others fall into.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. We are in need of your guidance, our Shaykh, constantly.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : What is the correct alternative to "Arabs and Muslims"?

The Shaykh : May you have goodness.

The questioner : May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : There are no Arabs, Shaykh, there are only Muslims. That is where the error lies.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh : Because when you say "Arabs and Muslims," it means Muslims are one thing.

The questioner : And the Arabs.

The Shaykh : And the Arabs are another thing, and the Arabs have no existence except through Islam.

The questioner : But he, for example, intends the Arabs who speak Arabic like us now, not Arabs like us?! As a language.

Another questioner : Among the Arabs, there may be a Christian who is an Arab.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Or a Jew.

The Shaykh : Everyone who speaks Arabic is an Arab, even if he is a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, or a Zoroastrian. These are not mentioned. There is no power or strength except with Allah. I hope I will be given the opportunity to study these questions and write an answer to them, even if brief, if Allah wills.