What is the Shaykh's advice for the people of Algeria? And what should they do in the face of the trials surrounding them?
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The questioner : So, you should refrain from commenting on what is currently happening in Algeria.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And you should advise our brothers there to seek knowledge, avoid partisanship, and not clash with them. But if the state is harsh with them, is it permissible for them, for example, to shave their beards and change their shirts?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. Changing the shirt is an easy matter, because this is not like shaving the beard, which is prohibited in the hadiths, as it involves altering Allah's creation.
The questioner : Yes. And what do you advise the one who, for example, is unable to seek knowledge in these weakening circumstances?
The Shaykh : How do you mean he is unable?
The questioner : For example, an ordinary person who loves the religion but is busy with his profession and earning his livelihood.
The Shaykh : We advise him with the wisdom of Mu'adh ibn Jabal: "Be a scholar, or a student, or a listener, and do not be the fourth, lest you perish." One must be one of these three. Yes, and it is not permissible for him to be occupied with earning his daily sustenance to the neglect of seeking the obligatory individual knowledge that is required of him.
The questioner : Yes, it is obligatory for him. Yes. And regarding the sisters, we have heard that some of them, as mentioned earlier, took the call to exit and other such things. What do you advise now? For example, should they participate in elections in the future, or yes?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is:
The questioner : It is found in the questions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And you should advise our brothers there to seek knowledge, avoid partisanship, and not clash with them. But if the state is harsh with them, is it permissible for them, for example, to shave their beards and change their shirts?
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible. Changing the shirt is an easy matter, because this is not like shaving the beard, which is prohibited in the hadiths, as it involves altering Allah's creation.
The questioner : Yes. And what do you advise the one who, for example, is unable to seek knowledge in these weakening circumstances?
The Shaykh : How do you mean he is unable?
The questioner : For example, an ordinary person who loves the religion but is busy with his profession and earning his livelihood.
The Shaykh : We advise him with the wisdom of Mu'adh ibn Jabal: "Be a scholar, or a student, or a listener, and do not be the fourth, lest you perish." One must be one of these three. Yes, and it is not permissible for him to be occupied with earning his daily sustenance to the neglect of seeking the obligatory individual knowledge that is required of him.
The questioner : Yes, it is obligatory for him. Yes. And regarding the sisters, we have heard that some of them, as mentioned earlier, took the call to exit and other such things. What do you advise now? For example, should they participate in elections in the future, or yes?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is:
The questioner : It is found in the questions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah.
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