If a man does not pray, or prays but is an ordinary person, is it possible to say that it is permissible for him to go out with the Tabligh Jama'ah based on the rule of committing the lesser of two evils?
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The questioner : I have a question, O Shaykh. May Allah reward you.
The student: Go ahead.
The questioner : The question is that we heard a week ago about the lesser of two evils. Based on this rule, one of the brothers issued a ruling that it is permissible to go out with the Dawat al-Tabligh group for a man who does not pray, meaning he does not pray. You tell me that Ibn Taymiyyah passed by the Tatars who were drunk and drinking wine and said, "Leave them; do not kill the Muslims while they are in their drunkenness." This is what he said: that he goes out with the Tabligh Jama'ah and then starts praying. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : Within the scope of the question, I say the same.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If he is not praying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He goes out.
The questioner : When he is an ordinary person.
The Shaykh : Every question has an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : When you say an ordinary person who prays?
The questioner : He prays.
The Shaykh : Good, and does he have no idea about the Salafi call?
The questioner : He does not.
The Shaykh : We tell him to go out, but we warn them and explain to them that this going out has no basis in the Sunnah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that it is one of the innovations of this group.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that they do not focus on explaining to the Muslims the correct creed. This correct creed includes tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the unseen matters, and all matters of faith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he should be cautious of that, and we advise him to attend the circles and lessons of the Dawat al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah group on the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih (the righteous predecessors), rather than leaving him with the Tabligh Jama'ah alone.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning knowledge must be gradual and sequential. You started with the first question: he does not pray.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, let him accompany the group until he prays, but we do not leave him like that. Then you moved on to the man who is an ordinary person but prays.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, we must also warn him and open his insight to the call of truth, which is the call of the Book and the Sunnah, and to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih (the righteous predecessors).
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The student: Go ahead.
The questioner : The question is that we heard a week ago about the lesser of two evils. Based on this rule, one of the brothers issued a ruling that it is permissible to go out with the Dawat al-Tabligh group for a man who does not pray, meaning he does not pray. You tell me that Ibn Taymiyyah passed by the Tatars who were drunk and drinking wine and said, "Leave them; do not kill the Muslims while they are in their drunkenness." This is what he said: that he goes out with the Tabligh Jama'ah and then starts praying. What is your opinion on this?
The Shaykh : Within the scope of the question, I say the same.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If he is not praying.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He goes out.
The questioner : When he is an ordinary person.
The Shaykh : Every question has an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : When you say an ordinary person who prays?
The questioner : He prays.
The Shaykh : Good, and does he have no idea about the Salafi call?
The questioner : He does not.
The Shaykh : We tell him to go out, but we warn them and explain to them that this going out has no basis in the Sunnah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that it is one of the innovations of this group.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And that they do not focus on explaining to the Muslims the correct creed. This correct creed includes tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the unseen matters, and all matters of faith.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he should be cautious of that, and we advise him to attend the circles and lessons of the Dawat al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah group on the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih (the righteous predecessors), rather than leaving him with the Tabligh Jama'ah alone.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning knowledge must be gradual and sequential. You started with the first question: he does not pray.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : No, let him accompany the group until he prays, but we do not leave him like that. Then you moved on to the man who is an ordinary person but prays.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, we must also warn him and open his insight to the call of truth, which is the call of the Book and the Sunnah, and to the methodology of the Salaf al-Salih (the righteous predecessors).
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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